Hello, friends, and welcome to the Nugget Climbing Podcast.

This is your host, Stephen Dimmit.

And my guest today is Brendan Barr's.

Brendan is a boulderer and professional woodworker from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

And he spent the last seven years developing a new bouldering area in Ontario, Canada, called The Nooks.

Maybe you guys have seen some clips from the Nooks at

B-Bars on Instagram or from DJ Vierness. DJ has been filming a lot of Brendan's development

and bouldering up at the Nooks. So this was a fun episode. We got into Brendan's background,

how he got into climbing. He had many years as a weekend warrior,

traveling six hours each way to go climbing. And then we talked about discovering the nooks

and what it takes to develop an entire area from scratch. And it was cool. He shared some great

stories. He shared some great tips for developers, for people that are interested in putting up

their own boulders and finding

their own areas. And then we talked about the logistics and amenities and where to find info if you

want to go visit the NUCS. If you're in the Michigan or Wisconsin area or Ontario or other parts

of Canada, people have been traveling from Toronto and other areas to go climb at the NUCs. It looks amazing. I really want to make a trip there. We focus mostly on the Nooks and developing boulders in this conversation. Brendan is also Ravioli Triceps on Instagram. He's a huge fan of the kilterboard. He's a kilterboard fiend. And we talked about kilterboarding and training

in a bonus episode for patrons that's out today as well. So if you want to geek out about board

climbing and training and hear his thoughts on getting the most out of the boards. And also,

if you want to hear what developing the nooks has done to his climbing, he thinks he's a better

climber because of

the seven years that he spent doing that all of that's available in a bonus chat that was about

45 minutes long that's out today for patrons so you can check that out if that sounds interesting

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