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🗓️ 11 July 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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0:00.0 | A few years ago, I interviewed Chris Sharma, one of the most influential climbers of all |
0:06.2 | time. |
0:07.2 | At a young age, Chris was considered a climbing prodigy and won multiple competitions. |
0:12.8 | He's established some of the most challenging routes around the world, and he's pushed |
0:16.8 | the sport forward technically and culturally. |
0:20.1 | Recently, Chris decided to go after a different type of wild idea. |
0:24.8 | Ian, his longtime friend, fellow climber and actor Jason Memoa, came up with the idea |
0:30.1 | to produce a competitive reality show based on rock climbing. |
0:34.6 | Their creative brainchild has become the binge-worthy TV show The Climb. |
0:43.4 | So Jason and I decided to start a competition to inspire the next generation of climbers. |
0:51.6 | 10 amateur climbers with the dream of becoming professionals will go head-to-head on some |
1:00.1 | of nature's most incredible rock. |
1:04.5 | Oh my god. |
1:10.8 | This is a competition, and if you have the ability to win, then you need to take it. |
1:19.0 | The Climb is available on Max, previously known as HBO Max. |
1:23.6 | Today on the podcast, Chris talks about what it was like to make the series and later on |
1:28.2 | will hear from the winner of the competition. |
1:31.0 | That means this episode contains spoilers for the Climb, so if you're interested in the |
1:35.2 | show, put this episode on pause and don't come back until you've seen who wins it all. |
1:41.3 | Consider yourself warned, I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is wild ideas worth living. |
1:47.9 | And REI co-op studios production. |
1:52.6 | Johnny and I got really into watching The Climb earlier this year. |
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