Ep. 208: Trad Rock Climbing and Caring for Nature - Mike Melanson
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2016
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This is one of the best shows we have done on sport rock climbing. Mike Melanson joins us today to provide a fantastic introduction to technical climbing as well as to share with us about his exciting company, On Sight Public Affairs, that works to connect people with nature and to protect the environment. Mike explains how - as exciting as trad climbing is - it can also be a very safe and fulfilling adventure sport. Wanna climb? Check this show out!
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| 0:00.0 | This is the adventure sports podcast brought to you by 180Tack. |
| 0:22.9 | Get out there and have some fun. |
| 0:25.0 | Episode 208. |
| 0:27.6 | Mike Mellinson on rock climbing, sport technical climbing. |
| 0:31.5 | Also on how to promote organizations that promote caring for nature. |
| 0:48.5 | Hi, friends, happy Monday to you. Kurt here. Hey, so it's Monday for you, but it is Saturday evening for me, |
| 0:56.7 | and I just got back from an epic mountain biking ride with some buddies. It was such a fun time. |
| 1:03.6 | We did Mount Falcon and Laira the Bear Loop, which is about a 20-mile ride, nearly 4,000 vertical feet, amazing trail, |
| 1:15.0 | really fun time, but I gotta tell you, man, it kicked my butt. What a tough ride that was, |
| 1:20.8 | but how much fun, I'm all excited because I just got back from another adventure, |
| 1:25.9 | and, you know, anytime we get out in nature, we work hard, we breathe hard, we fill our bodies, |
| 1:31.2 | and we get to see the beauty all around us and have a ton of fun. |
| 1:36.2 | How does it get any better than that? |
| 1:38.2 | That's why we have the Adventure Sports podcast, because we love to share that with you guys. |
| 1:43.1 | Hope that you're sharing that with others. |
| 1:45.7 | And, you know, have fun. |
| 1:48.2 | Take time to enjoy nature and to kind of re-center and connect and get that great exercise. |
| 1:55.6 | Glad you're listening today and now on with the show. |
| 2:07.8 | Music and now on with the show. Hello and welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 2:10.4 | This is your host, Kurt Linville. |
| 2:12.3 | Today I have guest Mike Melanson with us, |
| 2:15.7 | and Mike is a climber, |
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