EP 211: Davis Ngo (dr.climb) — Blowing Up on Instagram, Why Pro Climbers Deserve to Get Paid, and Overcoming Fear After Injury

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

Steven Dimmitt

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4.0 • 589 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

Davis Ngo (dr.climb) is a climber, Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Instagram personality. We talked about his upbringing as a first-generation Vietnamese American, blowing up on Instagram, why Sean Bailey deserves to make a living from climbing, breaking his back while highballing, overcoming fear after his injury, his dream of creating a bouldering competition in Bishop CA, and much more!

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to the Nugget Climbing Podcast. This is your host, Stephen Dimmit.
0:08.6	My guest today is Davis. No. Davis is a first-generation Vietnamese American. He is a doctor of
0:17.5	physical therapy. He is a very high-level rock climber. He's climbed up to V11
0:22.3	and has done some very impressive highballs in his home area of Bishop, California. Davis is also
0:29.9	an Instagram personality. If you haven't heard the name Dr. Clime, be sure to go check this guy out
0:36.9	and give him a follow on Instagram. A few months ago,
0:40.5	he had 1,500 followers. Now he's got close to 20,000. He's really blown up because he's making
0:46.0	these hilarious videos on Instagram. That's how I discovered him. And I had to talk to this guy.
0:52.2	I was like, who is this guy? I want to get to know him. I want to get
0:54.8	to know the brain behind these funny ideas and these videos and these parodies that he's making
1:00.4	that I have been really enjoying. So this was a really fun one for me. I just enjoyed getting to
1:05.7	know Davis. It was a lot more philosophical than I would have guessed. Coming into the conversation, we covered many, many topics.
1:14.5	And yeah, I really enjoyed it.
1:16.2	I hope you guys do too.
1:17.8	Once again, you can find Davis on Instagram at Dr. Klein.
1:21.6	Be sure to check him out and give him a follow.
1:24.3	And please enjoy Davis No.
1:27.8	Cause, cause, gas. Thanks for being here.
1:43.2	Yeah, thank you. It's an honor. I'm psyched.
1:46.3	Tell me where you're sitting right now. You're sitting in front of a really nice photo display.
1:50.2	Looks like many, many great memories behind you. Yeah, I, this, my roommate and I just put this up.
1:58.3	I like bring disposable cameras around during certain times of the year.
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