The Nugget Climbing Podcast EP 218: Mat Wright — Sending One of the World's Hardest Trad Climbs, 'Rhapsody' E11
Mat Wright returns to the podcast to talk about his send of ‘Rhapsody’! We talked about the emotional dip after a hard send, the power of letting things come to you, making your own luck, patience as a tactic, top-down projecting, feeding our internal climbing algorithms, his process and how it felt to send, his next project, learning how to take the pressure off, and much more!
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Show Notes:
thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/mat-wright-returns
Nuggets:
(00:00:00) – Intro
(00:03:16) – Catch up and self-coaching
(00:08:58) – The dip after a hard send
(00:11:57) – Letting things come to you
(00:15:28) – His approach to ‘Rhapsody’ E11
(00:21:33) – Mindset and preparation
(00:24:22) – Making your own luck
(00:27:01) – Patience as a tactic
(00:31:51) – Top-down projecting
(00:36:15) – Feeding the climbing algorithm
(00:39:57) – Self 1 and self 2
(00:41:37) – The send
(00:44:54) – The process
(00:51:17) – The emotions after the send
(00:54:57) – Mat’s next project
(00:59:09) – Not taking it quite so seriously
(01:03:08) – Taking the pressure off
(01:11:00) – Taking time off
(01:18:37) – Less vs. more
(01:24:07) – Wrap up