EP 262: Max Didier — Quitting the Air Force to Climb, Enjoying the Process, and Projecting a Potential V17 in South America

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4.2 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 161 minutes

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Summary

Max Didier is a Chilean big wall climber and alpinist turned boulderer. We talked about leaving the Air Force to climb, the value of exploration and adventure, his trip to India, maintaining simplicity in life, becoming a bouldering coach, the balance of strength and technique, his training routine, training with intention, mindset and motivation, enjoying the process, starting late, finding your passion, his futuristic project, and more.

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0:00.0	Hello friends and welcome to the Nugget climbing podcast. This is your host, Stephen Dimmit. My guest today is Max Dider. Max is a Chilean climber. He's one of the strongest climbers in South America. And I was interested in talking to him because he started pretty late in life as a climber in his mid-20s. And he's reached a V-15 level by his mid-30s. He's a very well-rounded climber. He's also a good alpinist and Bigwell climber and sport climber. But these days, he's a family man and focuses mostly on bouldering. And yeah, I just always think that's interesting to hear from people who started late and managed to get really strong. He's also a climbing coach,
0:39.0	and he's just a really sweet guy. He's very wise. He had some great insights in this conversation.
0:44.2	Just a very warm-hearted, lovely guy who really appreciates the beauty of rock climbing,
0:49.9	and yeah, a lot of good general life advice in this episode as well.
0:55.8	Please enjoy Max Dider.
1:08.2	Well, Max, Cass, Cass, no one can do it like we do it, like we do it, like we do it, like we do it, like we do it.
1:15.1	Well, Max, I think we should actually start with where you are in the world right now.
1:23.9	I see this beautiful landscape behind you. I can see the Pacific Ocean. You were just telling me that you can see whales from the house that you're staying at right now, which is just incredible.
1:29.1	But you're not in your normal home. So yeah, tell me where you are right now and why you're there.
1:31.7	This is the south of Chile.
1:34.3	It's like northern Patagonia, you could say.
1:36.1	It's called Chiloa.
1:37.1	It's an island.
1:48.8	The only way to get here is on boat because they are building this huge bridge but I don't know where where when are they going to finish it like in constructing like for 10
1:55.4	years now so we never know but, this place is beautiful.
2:01.6	Like, it has his own species here, like the nature is growing everywhere.
2:08.6	Lots of rain during the year, but now we're on summer, so excellent time to come to visit.
2:15.6	This place is so beautiful.
2:18.2	It's like 2,000 miles from Santiago to the south.
2:22.3	Okay.
2:23.1	Wow.
2:23.6	And, yeah, it's a long trip.
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