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The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Episode 144: Raphael Slawinski – Control Within the Chaos.

The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Chris Kalous

Sports, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Wilderness

4.9 β€’ 1.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 26 January 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 144 of the Enormocast, I sit down at the Ouray ice festival with ice climbing dark horse, Rapheal Slawinski. While a total legend in his backyard of the Canadian Rockies, Raph is maybe not quite the household name of his compatriot, Will Gadd. Yet, he has been on the forefront of ice climbing, …

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Enormo Cast.

0:03.4

You know it would be great if we could all climb free and naked as we little spider monkeys,

0:08.0

leaping and bounding up rocks with nothing but our birthday suits and belief.

0:12.2

But we can't, can we, at least not in mixed company so when it's time to

0:15.9

gear up and protect your sensitive bits on the next adventure please consider

0:19.8

that Black Diamond equipment has been supporting the enormousormacast for six years, nearly from its inception.

0:25.7

Beady had faith in the project as soon as they got wind of its enormous stature.

0:30.2

And they've been helping melt the cheese on the delicious ear burger that is the Norma cast ever since.

0:35.0

So please consider that next time you open your wallet for a spanking new piece of gear.

0:40.0

Black Diamond, proud sponsor of the Norma Cast.

0:44.0

Glass Portiva presents story time.

0:47.0

There once was a little boy named Tommy Caldwell.

0:50.0

One day, little Tommy decided he wanted to climb a really big wall,

0:53.7

but he couldn't find any shoes to climb the big wall in.

0:56.5

So he decided to build his own out of scotch tape, fluffer nutter,

1:00.6

then a used pair of hand jammies left behind by a couple of euros in Camp 4.

1:06.0

When those didn't work, Tommy called the adults at Sportiva and asked them for help.

1:11.1

Sportiva came up with the TC Pro, named after little Tommy himself.

1:15.0

A shoe so good at big wall climbing that little TC grew up to climb the hardest, biggest big walls in the world in his TC pros.

1:23.6

Then he talked to his best friend, teeny tiny Alex H into trying them and Alex, well he became

1:28.9

a pretty good climber too.

1:31.2

So if you want to be like TC or Tiny A, go to sportiva.com or your favorite mountain shop

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