EP 288: Carol Simpson Returns — Life After 80 Years Old, Longevity Routines, and Training for a World Record

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4.2 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Carol Simpson returns to the podcast to talk about life after 80 years old, and everything she does to stay healthy and climb hard. We talked about making the move to Salt Lake, discovering Dr. Peter Attia, her health routines, training for a world record in grip strength, balance training, rediscovering art, and much more.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to the Nugget Climbing podcast.
0:04.9	I've got a return guest for you today.
0:07.0	Carol Simpson is back on the show.
0:09.4	We recorded an episode a few years ago in spring of 2022, about three and a half years ago.
0:15.5	Carol was 77 years old at the time.
0:18.6	She just had her 81st birthday just a couple weeks ago right after we
0:24.0	recorded this episode. She's still climbing at the gym multiple days a week. She does yoga
0:28.8	multiple days a week. She lifts weights. She watches her diet. She's working on her balance.
0:35.1	She does art and breath work and all the things you're supposed to do to live a long
0:39.7	and healthy life. And she's killing it. Doesn't seem to be slowing down at all. She's still
0:45.3	climbing 510 and 511, still sharp as attack and I really enjoyed catching up with her. She had some
0:51.5	advice and perspective and wisdom that she wanted to pass on in
0:54.5	this episode. I love what she had to say. Please enjoy Carol Simpson.
1:17.5	Carol, the last time we spoke, you said that you love new chapters, and it sounds like you've entered a new chapter in your life since that conversation.
1:19.9	You were living in Lone Pine, California, this quiet little town of 2,000 people.
1:25.4	Can you describe the new chapter you're in right now at 80 years old?
1:29.3	81.
1:30.2	81. Next month. Congratulations.
1:33.5	Yeah, well, I guess it is sort of a feat.
1:38.2	We are in Salt Lake City, and the whole story is just kind of crazy but the long pine experience was not
1:50.5	for me and I didn't really mess up when I spoke with you last time I didn't talk about how
1:58.5	unhappy I was there.
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