Mini-Episode 10: Hope is Here
For the Love of Climbing
Kathy Karlo
4.6 • 581 Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Hope isn’t perpetual optimism. It’s an inherent part of being human that requires determination for things to change for the better. We’re back this May with ten new stories from climbers about what hope means to them.
Because life can be full of sucker punches, but that doesn’t mean you stop breathing. In fact, the whole point is that you get up, learn something, pass on whatever slice of happiness or nugget of wisdom to others, and move forward. Because there’s always hope on the other side.
This is not a climbing podcast. It’s a funny, sad, and mostly uncomfortable podcast about the healing that takes place when we talk openly about our pain and being the most human we can be, which doesn't always mean our best (or shiniest).
Producer’s notes: we got a 2022 glow-up and Alex Johnson partially sings Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”.
For the Love of Climbing is presented by Patagonia. Additional support is from Deuter USA, Gnarly Nutrition, Allez Outdoors, and Ocún.
Music is licensed by Music Bed.
Cover art by Kika MacFarlane.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, a quick heads up. This many episode contains discussion about suicide, eating disorders, gun violence, and death. |
| 0:08.4 | You're listening to For the Love of Climbing Podcast. This is not a climbing podcast. Well, sort of. This is a funny, sad, and somewhat uncomfortable podcast about choosing vulnerability and talking openly about our pain. |
| 0:23.2 | This podcast is presented by Patagonia. |
| 0:26.0 | Here's the show. |
| 0:31.2 | What I think that we need to be talking more about in our climbing community is... All bodies are good bodies, and all bodies can rec climb. |
| 0:41.3 | I'm 5'9 and weigh close to 290 pounds, but that's not going to stop me. |
| 0:45.3 | Brands advocating for bigger bodies within these spaces. |
| 0:49.3 | I want to see more people that look like me, so let's fucking go. |
| 0:52.3 | Online bullying, where's it getting us? |
| 0:55.0 | Climate justice and intersectional environmentalism. |
| 0:58.0 | Is homelessness in the climbing community something we should be thinking about more? |
| 1:03.0 | Older people can still be seen as a burden, not just in climbing, but in society. |
| 1:08.0 | I started climbing at the age of 32. |
| 1:11.7 | Age 50. |
| 1:13.0 | Oof, 45. |
| 1:14.9 | 45. |
| 1:20.6 | What topics in climbing are worth talking about? |
| 1:23.3 | LGBTIA rights and LGBTQIA oppression. |
| 1:25.5 | And LGBTQIA oppression. I mean, same-sex marriage only became federally legal in all 50 states |
| 1:32.7 | six years ago, and I've been climbing for longer than that. Elitism in climbing makes the sport less |
| 1:40.0 | welcoming to new climbers. Are you a real rock climber? How hard can you spray? |
| 1:46.0 | Doesn't matter? |
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