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The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Enormocast 277: Kurt Smith – The Iconoclast

The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Chris Kalous

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

4.9 β€’ 1.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 277 of the Enormocast, we connect with the inimitable Kurt Smith. Kurt grew up in the 70s in Tahoe and through friendships with local climbers like Rick Lovelace and encounters with Yosemite Climber, Kurt found himself in Joshua Tree amongst the Stonemasters in the early 80s. Soon, Kurt and his crew were making …

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Enormo Cast.

0:03.2

Burr. It's wintertime buckeroos. As my daddy still says, it's colder than a well drillers took us out there

0:16.1

which means them doggies are shivering and you got death metal blast and in the dark of the

0:21.0

early morn because you're on your way to go ice climbing and on this and though in this

0:25.0

in this couple's opinion they should be staged an intervention

0:28.0

rather than stoking the addiction.

0:30.0

Black Diamond is and has always been at the forefront of innovation when it comes to pure ice and mixed climbing.

0:37.0

I mean just look at the names of Black Diamond's ice tools for crying out loud, the reactor, the fuel, the Viper.

0:45.0

How the hell are you not going to feel like a boss wheeling two vipers in your hands?

0:49.0

Of course, it helps to forget that vipers generally would stay away from ice or go

0:54.2

dormant in those temperatures but try not to think about that while you're swinging

0:58.0

your way up a glorious blue chunk of God's frozen creation. So once the natural euphoria of rewarming your hands

1:05.4

begins to ebb, head over to black diamond equipment.com or your favorite local

1:10.4

shop and check out B.D.'s ice tools,

1:14.0

and all the other accouterment that goes with scraping up

1:18.2

frozen rock and water. Because hell, aren't we really just here for the accutament?

1:24.0

Happy holidays from the Norma Cast and Yeti.

1:31.0

I'm going to keep this short. No voices today. You sure about that, Chris?

1:36.3

Yonder, I told you to take the day off. Sorry, sorry, I'm going.

1:44.0

Where was I? Do you need a perfect small gift for friends and family that will actually get used?

1:49.0

Then look no further than the Yeti yonder water bottle.

1:52.0

Tons of colors, a few sizes, and now than the Yeti Yonder Water Bottle.

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