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The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Enormocast 253: Nik Berry – In the Arena

The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Chris Kalous

Sports, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Wilderness

4.9 β€’ 1.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 253 of the Enormocast, climber and avid first-ascensionist, Nik Berry, joins the Enormocast. Nik was a typical suburban Salt Lake kid until he found and became obsessed with climbing. His go-for-it attitude brought him early success as well as some close calls. But Nik reigned in the risk enough to become one of …

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Enormo cast.

0:03.3

Though another Halloween is behind us, the Cryptkeeper is just now cracking the door

0:08.8

for one of the most low-sum creatures to slither forth for the season.

0:13.6

That's right, the call is coming from inside your house and it's

0:20.3

your pal Dave who just loves ice climbing.

0:23.6

Dude, I just saw a gram of the snot sickle.

0:27.6

It's in and it's fat as fuck.

0:29.8

Your message has been deleted.

0:31.8

Please hang up and lose this number.

0:34.4

And though they may seem like the undead, ice climbers are not in fact impervious to the cold,

0:39.5

and that's where Black Diamond comes in.

0:41.8

In addition to basically inventing modern ice climbing,

0:44.8

Shenard, 1982, look it up.

0:47.9

An engineering cutting-edge ice tools, crampons, and ice protection,

0:51.6

BD is happy to shroud an ice climber in the best layers for movement and warmth.

0:56.7

Slap the solution 150 marino base layer against their pasty skin,

1:00.8

then wrap that in the co-efficient hoodie mid-layer, a personal favorite,

1:04.8

or the new co-efficient LT hybrid hoodie, which is lighter and stretchier,

1:08.8

but you know, just as co-efficiently.

1:12.4

Finally, waterproof that beast body with the liquid point shell.

1:16.0

BD also has the most technical gloves around and the best helmet options,

1:19.9

because well, if you ice climb without a helmet, you probably won't remain undead for long,

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