TPM Episode 362: Chris King and Graham Zimmerman, VP OR Brand, Climber and OR and POW Athlete Director
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.8 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2023
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Chris King and Graham Zimmerman are two of the power players over at Outdoor Research. Chris is OR's VP of Brand, and we discuss his career that took him from behind the lens to behind the curtain. Graham is OR's Athlete Team Captain, the Athlete Director at Protect Our Winters, and one of the most accomplished climbers of the 21st century. On the podcast, we talk about his new book "A Fine Line," his journey to the mountains, and so much more. This one's a business and athlete episode.
Chris King/Graham Zimmerman Show Notes:
3:00: When things go wrong on social media, Seattle, Golf Scholarship at Carol College in Montana, and graduating into a recession
12:00: Financial marketing, learning how to use a camera, starting his own business in action sports, entertainment, and travel, and working with dogs at Rover
19:00: Stanley: Get up 60% off at Stanley1913.com
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22:00: Bamboo, Outdoor Research, managing athletes, pairing back OR productions, OR Mountain Bike, creating new fits and cuts, and competing with retailers
42:00: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there.
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44:00: Graham Zimmerman, his successful PR barrage, the "Why," Team Captain at OR, Athlete Director at POW, and different types of climbing
61:00: By all means, alpine climbing, kooks of the mountain, getting into climbing young, Yosemite SAR, dropping everything life for Alaska and suffering
74:00: How do people find out about his adventures, Free Solo, money, and sponsors
87:00: Inappropriate Questions with Chris King
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have a seat on your porcelain throne. |
| 0:02.3 | It's time to talk some shit on the Powell Movement. |
| 0:13.5 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm your host Mike Powell, |
| 0:18.2 | and I'm just back from emceeing the high-fives Silver Tye Gala in Reno, Nevada. |
| 0:22.7 | And what a time. |
| 0:24.0 | The whole high-fives crew really does change lives and creates hope. |
| 0:27.7 | And I'm stoked they included me for their most important night of the year fundraising-wise. |
| 0:31.8 | And it was also a great escape for me, not to forget what's going on at home, but it was a way not to think about it that much, |
| 0:37.5 | and I really needed that. And while I don't like to toot my own horn, toot, I crushed this |
| 0:43.2 | black tie event and was already invited to MC next year's. So like I've said, if you have an event |
| 0:48.4 | and you want to make it better, hire me. If you want the same old thing that you've been doing year after year, well, keep doing the same old thing and it won't be as good. Finally, for all of you that are wondering about what the |
| 0:58.4 | High Five Silver Tide Gala is about, well, it's about all the high five athletes, it's about all the |
| 1:02.6 | programs they put together each year, and it's about all the people who really create a special |
| 1:06.9 | community. So if you have a chance to make it next year, the stories, the stoke, |
| 1:10.9 | and even the tears made this event so special. What else is special is the holidays. I hope |
| 1:16.0 | everyone is enjoying time with friends and family or loved ones. Cherish that shit because you |
| 1:20.5 | never know what will happen in life. But you do know what's going to happen on this podcast. I'll |
| 1:24.6 | interview a guest. But since this is Christmas, I'm giving you two guests. |
| 1:28.3 | That's right. It's a gift for you. I'm going to start this podcast off with the VP of Brand over at |
| 1:33.1 | Outdoor Research, Chris King. And then we jump into the team captain over at Outdoor Research for all |
| 1:37.9 | their athletes. He's also the athlete director at Protect Our Winters. He's a world-renowned alpinist. I'm talking about Graham Zimmerman, |
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