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The Enormocast: the climbing podcast

Enormocast Tweener: Matilda Söderlund Live in Squamish

The Enormocast: the climbing podcast

Chris Kalous

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

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On this Tweener Enormocast, we rebroadcast a live interview with Swedish climber Matilda Söderlund captured in front of a smart well-dressed audience at the Arc’teryx Academy in Squamish, BC. Matilda has become a bright star of Swedish climbing progressing from a tween competitor to hot shot sport climber, big route climber, trad climber, and gyn …

Transcript

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Enormo cast.

0:04.4

First came the Archaeopteryx, a compact feathered dinosaur who dared to fly, maybe.

0:11.1

But at the very least, they dared to be different with their cute little feathers out there strutting around like primal chickens.

0:17.7

Tip of the hat to those mighty but mini mavericks.

0:20.1

Then some 150 million years later, one of them half-pombed bosses was dug up and its rebel

0:25.8

attitudes sparked the founding of Arcterix equipment.

0:32.4

These days, Arcterics is known for its own forward-thinking design instincts and apparel. But did you know that it all started with climate harnesses?

0:41.3

That's right.

0:42.3

In 1989, the sport was a changing and clunky, uncomfortable harnesses were not going to fly.

0:48.3

36 years later, Arcterics has refined their harness offerings to just two flawless designs, the Skaha and the AR-395,

0:57.9

which is a mouthful, personally I'd named it the Bugaboo, but I'm not in charge, am I?

1:03.5

The Skaha excels in sport and short climbing in the AR are all round, both blazonery for big roots and alpine. Both these sleek saddles come from

1:13.7

the vapor harness lineage we all remember where lightweight breathability does not compromise comfort

1:19.3

and function. So check out them harnesses hiding amongst all that amazing apparel at arcterics.com

1:25.5

or your local shop and fly off them roots with the same confidence

1:30.1

that our little feathered dino friend took to the sky so long ago listen uh uh

1:35.6

where you're playing in town you're playing here we're doing the uh the normal dome whatever it is

1:40.5

it's terrific oh yeah the big place that's sold it out that's a big place you sold that's a big place you

1:43.9

sold that 20,000 six we really should the hell are you doing whatever it is, it's terrific. Oh, yeah, a big place that's on the town. Very nice. You sold it out.

1:45.1

How sick?

1:45.4

We really should.

1:47.2

The hell are you doing?

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