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The Enormocast: the climbing podcast

Episode 156: Dean Fidelman – Film, Like Love, Takes Time Part 2.

The Enormocast: the climbing podcast

Chris Kalous

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

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

LISTEN TO PART 1 HERE. On Episode 156 of the Enormocast, we find the second half of an interview with artist, photographer, climber, historian, Dean Fidelman. Dean was/is a Stonemaster, was/is a Stone Monkey – the only guy to really span those two distant eras. His climbing odyssey began in the early 70s at Stony Point …

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Enormo Cast.

0:03.3

Alex Honeld once said that being in Black Diamond's solution harness feels like home.

0:08.8

And that's either a ringing endorsement from one of the best or a desperate cry for help.

0:14.0

The Royal We here at the Norma Cass is just going to assume it's the former,

0:18.0

because the latter is quite complicated.

0:20.0

And besides, we climb on a solution too.

0:22.0

Not a sport harness or a trad harness, it's the one harness that stays in my pack for everything,

0:27.2

because it's comfy and sveldt without all the extra muckity muck.

0:31.6

I mean, really? What's a full strength hall loop actually for?

0:35.1

Anyone? Anyone? Neither Smoot or Holly can tell you why you'd ever want 2,000 pounds hanging off your

0:41.7

ass while you're climbing.

0:43.3

So feel like your home in a cleanly designed, comfortable solution harness from Black Diamond.

0:48.5

And check out all their soft goods at black diamond equipment.com or your favorite retailer.

0:53.0

Black Diamond, a proud sponsor of the Norma cast.

0:56.0

So let's say you've taken the advice you've heard on the Norma cast

0:59.0

and played it ice climbing cool with that special climbing friend,

1:02.0

going on trip after trip like your

1:04.4

family even though you've had the hot for him or her since they burned you off your

1:08.6

proge and flips in a ratty pair of yo Jimbo's from the Lost and Found.

1:12.0

Well if the perfect ballet isn't conveying a mighty

1:13.0

pair of yojimbo's from the lost and found.

1:16.0

Perhaps the climbing inspired jewelry and accessories of Peter Gilroy

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