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The Nugget Climbing Podcast

EP 189: Lily Kral — Building a Board Climbing Gym, Exotic Dancing, and Being a Work in Progress

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

Steven Dimmitt

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4.0589 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

Lily Kral is the owner of Boardworks in Bend, Oregon. We talked about her childhood and her mother’s struggle with addiction, being hospitalized for an eating disorder, exotic dancing her way through college, finding an identity as a strong climber, why she decided to build a board climbing gym, biggest challenges, burning the candle at both ends, being a work in progress, training for 5.14 at Smith Rock, and much more!

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This episode is brought to you by Fizzy Vantage, now the official climbing nutrition sponsor of the Nugget Climbing Podcast.

0:09.6

Fizzy Vantage is the leading brand in climbing nutrition.

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And just to name a few names, their pro-athlete team includes Matt Fultz, Paige Classen, Drew Ruana, Jonathan Seagrist, Natalia Grossman,

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Melina Kastanza, Brittany Gores, Jordan Cannon, Katie Lambert, Jimmy Webb, and Daniel Woods.

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The list goes on and on, basically the who's who of high-performance rock climbing.

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They are all using Fizzy Vantage products.

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I personally love the supercharged collagen.

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I'm obsessed with getting stronger fingers,

0:41.5

and I want to make sure I'm giving my body

0:43.3

all the building blocks it needs to make stronger tendons,

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so I take supercharged collagen every day.

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1:01.9

and use code Nugget15 at checkout to save 15% off your order. This episode is brought to you by

1:09.9

Rhino Skin Solutions. This stuff is my go-to when it comes to

1:13.1

taking care of my skin for climbing. I use the repair cream almost every single night all the time.

1:19.7

I use it multiple times a night if I'm climbing in a sharp and crumpy area like Waco tanks or

1:25.6

Leavenworth or some of the other places I like to climb.

1:28.7

If I come home from a day of climbing and my skin's torn up, I wash my hands,

1:32.6

and then I apply repair cream several times throughout the evening.

1:36.2

And it really does wonders for helping my skin heal faster and getting me back on the rock the next day.

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