You are listening to the Enormo Cast.

Glass Portiva presents story time.

There once was a little boy named Tommy Caldwell.

One day, little Tommy decided he wanted to climb a really big wall, but he couldn't find any shoes to climb the big wall in.

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

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

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

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

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. Then he talked his best friend

teeny tiny Alex H into trying them and Alex well he became a pretty good climber too.

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

and check out a pair of TC pros.

And maybe someday you'll grow up to.

The end.

Are you stuck in the partner zone, where that person you climb with is blithely unaware of your electric longing that's

telegraphing through that stiff gym rope.

Does she think of you is just another dude she schools in the Bullring Cave?

Does he tell his friends you're just like one of the guys?

We'll break out of the partner zone and let that person know that your rock is in a hard place

with a special gift from PeterW.Elroy.com.

Because if you thought making sure her chalk bag was always full or buying him a set of

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