Enormocast 316: Chantel Astorga – What Would Voytek Do?

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Chris Kalous

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🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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On Episode 316 of the Enormocast I sit down with alpinist Chantel Astorga. Though Chantel didn’t grow up in a climbing family, it was her dad who lit the fire for climbing by giving a tween Chantel a book on the Alaska Range. Then an encounter with the writings of the enigmatic Polish climber Voytek …

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Enormocast.
0:03.2	Hello, welcome to the Enormacast ASMR feed.
0:07.7	On today's installment, we're zipping into the Arcterix Alpha SV jacket, made from the most advanced fabric known to humankind.
0:16.9	100D. Gortex Pro EPE.
0:20.7	What do all those letters mean?
0:22.6	They mean you're gonna feel safe, warm and dry in this jacket, silly.
0:27.6	Here we go.
0:30.6	First arm in.
0:32.6	Second arm in.
0:34.6	And now you're settling into a force bivy, only because your partner was up late
0:40.1	watching YouTube videos of knuckleheads free soloing five nights.
0:43.8	He missed his 3 a.m. alarm.
0:48.8	Now it's night again.
0:51.8	But it's okay.
0:53.6	You're swaddled in your Arcterix Alpha SV with Gortex Pro EPE.
0:58.7	Let's zip it up and shut out those nasty elements.
1:02.8	Hmm, that feels better, doesn't it?
1:05.2	Uh-oh, what's this?
1:07.8	Are those dark, existential thoughts starting to creep in?
1:11.6	Dread.
1:12.6	Fear.
1:13.6	Now, no, don't forget that your Arcterics Alpha SV has a low profile reflector hidden in the
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