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The Nugget Climbing Podcast

EP 179: Cat Runner — Life After Winning The Climb, Embracing Trans Pride, and Sending Big at 5’0”

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

Steven Dimmitt

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4.0589 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 173 minutes

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Summary

Cat Runner is the winner of the HBO show The Climb. Cat sat down with me and Ethan Pringle at our cabin here in Rocklands to talk about what his life has looked like after The Climb, his experience filming the show, the stereotypical trans narrative in the media, why he chooses to be visible, his ungendered childhood, gender roles in sports, why people feel threatened by trans or queer identities, dealing with trolls, owning your accomplishments, building the Queer Climber’s Network, Rocklands highlights, and much more!

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Chalk Cartel. I've been using their chalk for a few years now.

0:06.7

And now, Chalk Cartel has a new product called the Taco Skin Sander. The taco is made by a company called Crux Climbing in Spain.

0:16.4

And Chalk Cartel is the exclusive distributor of the taco in the U.S.

0:21.7

Climbers have been using skin sanders and files for decades, but I've always preferred something

0:27.6

round. I find that if I use a flat file, I can't really get into the creases between the pads

0:33.1

of my skin. And those creases are usually when I get bunchy calloused skin that might turn into

0:39.2

a flapper or a split, a crease split, if I'm not careful. The taco skin sanders perfect. It's got

0:45.2

this nice rounded, beveled edge. You can use whatever shape on it you want. You can use a more

0:50.4

flat shape. You can use a more curved shape, you can really get in there and sand

0:54.6

all the parts of your skin that are rough or torn, get rid of those little nicks and things

1:00.3

that might catch on the rock, keep your skin looking amazing between every burn. I bring this thing

1:05.4

with me to the crag, bouldering, sport climbing. I bring it with me every time I go climbing,

1:10.2

and I use it all the time.

1:11.9

It also comes with two different grits of sandpaper, which is super handy. You can use the more

1:16.3

coarse grit to really rough up your skin. I almost always use the fine grit. I actually

1:21.6

have my taco set up with two pieces of fine sandpaper. You can either have it mixed or matched

1:26.7

or choose one or the other.

1:28.3

I like the fine stuff. That's plenty of sanding power for me. I use it all the time. I absolutely

1:34.6

love this thing. So check it out. Go to chalk cartel.com to pick up your very own taco skin sander

1:41.6

from Crux and pick up some chalk while you're at it. Again, you can head to

1:46.1

chalk cartel.com and use code Nugget at checkout for 20% off your next purchase. That's

1:53.5

chockcartel.com and get ready to join the cartel.

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