EP 286: Steve Moss — Why Discomfort Fuels Breakthroughs, Double V12 Days at Age 40, and 455 V-Points in 24 Hours

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Steven Dimmitt

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4.2 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 167 minutes

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Summary

Steve Moss is a high-level boulderer and the co-founder of a brewery and pizzeria in Spokane, WA. We talked about finding climbing at age 24, his breakthrough season climbing three V12s in less than two weeks at age 40, why discomfort helps us grow, his training routine for the past year, building a successful brewery and pizzeria from the ground up, what matters most in climbing, gratitude for life, the connections we make through climbing, and much more.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to another episode of the Nugget Climbing podcast. This is
0:05.7	Steven Dimit. One of my favorite pieces of feedback I get on the podcast is when someone comes up
0:12.2	to me and tells me that one of these episodes with a guest that they had never heard of before
0:17.3	had a big impact on them, or that they really enjoyed it or were really pleasantly
0:22.3	surprised and took a lot away from that conversation. And today is definitely one of those episodes.
0:30.0	My guest today is Steve Moss. You've probably never heard of him unless you are a climber in the
0:35.6	Pacific Northwest and spend a lot of time bouldering in Leavenworth.
0:39.3	Steve is from Spokane, Washington.
0:41.4	He's the co-founder of For the Love of God Brewing and Pizzeria.
0:46.4	He built the entire brewery from scratch, along with his wife Don and brews craft beer for the people.
0:53.0	Steve is not a pro climber and didn't start climbing until he
0:56.6	was 24, but he got into it quick and at 40 years old now, he's having a breakthrough season
1:04.9	and has sent three V-12s in the past two weeks or so, and hopefully we get a few more weather windows here in
1:12.2	Leavenworth, Washington.
1:14.1	We got to climb together for a couple days, and I really enjoy Steve's company.
1:18.7	He's a really thoughtful guy, and I knew he'd be great on the podcast, and this one didn't
1:24.1	disappoint.
1:24.8	He's super impressive in his climbing.
1:29.3	We talked about how he trained for the past year to lead to his breakthrough. And as we tend to do here on The Nugget, we talked a great
1:35.7	deal about life within and beyond climbing, what Steve's life was like as a construction
1:41.8	worker and musician before he became a climber and what it was
1:46.0	like building the brewery. And we talked a great deal about discomfort and our need to do challenging
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