Introducing Climbing Gold

Climbing Gold

Duct Tape Then Beer

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 983 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

What connects the past, present and future of rock climbing? In season one of Climbing Gold, the sport’s biggest star Alex Honnold and co-host Fitz Cahall take you on a tour through climbing, from the early days of the lunatic fringe where dirtbag climbers gambled with their lives to chase the edge of human imagination, to today’s new generation of athletes who have risen to the top of their sport without ever having touched the world’s most famous summits. Pushing the boundaries of climbing has always meant challenging the assumptions and status quo of the previous generation. Athletes. Risk takers. Dirtbags. Pioneers. Community builders. Outsiders. Leaders. Please join us to hear the voices and stories of climbing’s past and future.

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0:00.0	Oh, God.
0:02.2	As always, I knock my mic over and then bang against an ice axe.
0:07.7	Classic.
0:09.1	April 2020, Las Vegas.
0:12.3	Okay.
0:12.8	I am now recording our garage band.
0:18.1	Alex, where are you right now?
0:21.3	So I am sitting in a closet underneath my staircase.
0:25.2	I guess it's my gear closet.
0:26.8	I've got three ice axes within 18 inches of my face
0:31.0	and the whole rack of cams behind me
0:34.0	and a bunch of shoes hanging on the wall.
0:35.4	Clearly, we've been able to bring the highest levels of production value to this operation.
0:40.3	You know, everybody works from the space they have.
0:43.3	And actually, the closet is incredibly quiet and it's not disruptive to the rest of the house,
0:48.3	so other people can go on living without even knowing that I'm doing my thing.
0:53.3	So, I mean mean I love the
0:54.3	gear closet uh should I just introduce myself as well I'll just I'll just do a whole take so
0:59.5	so hi I'm Alex Arnold and just like everybody else in the country I started a podcast
1:06.7	during the pandemic hi I'm Alex Arnold this podcast was supposed to be leading up to the Summer Olympics.
1:14.3	And, you know...
1:16.6	Okay, let's try something a little different.
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