The Nugget Climbing Podcast EP 249: Chris Sharma — Finishing Hard Things, Reinventing Yourself, and Finding the Sweet Spot
Chris Sharma is one of the greatest climbers of all time. We talked about his rapid ascension as a teenager, the knee injury that almost ended his career, why La Dura Dura was a turning point, reinventing ourselves as climbers, the importance of finishing what you start, what he does in the off-season, mini objectives, embracing competition, finding contentment, having kids, and much more.
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Show Notes:
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Nuggets:
(00:00:00) – Intro
(00:01:48) – Community & climbing alone
(00:07:15) – A rapid ascension & crashing down
(00:10:32) – Knee injury
(00:13:29) – Reinventing our relationship
(00:17:27) – La Dura Dura
(00:20:07) – New challenges
(00:27:32) – Chapters
(00:29:59) – Finding the sweet spot
(00:36:46) – Biographie & traveling in Asia
(00:41:58) – Persistence & evolution
(00:48:22) – Finishing what you start
(00:52:32) – Should or should not
(00:59:18) – Sleeping Lion & speed climbing
(01:03:55) – First Round First Minute
(01:11:17) – Paris Olympics
(01:13:21) – Le Blonde & Perfecto Mundo
(01:15:48) – Playfulness & mini objectives
(01:19:43) – DWS during the off-season
(01:27:21) – Santa Linya
(01:32:30) – US Lead Nationals & competing again
(01:40:17) – Paris 2028
(01:46:32) – Embracing competition
(01:50:00) – The next generation
(01:54:12) – The media churn
(01:57:22) – JB Tribout’s advice
(02:00:22) – “It’s cool to do hard shit. ”
(02:05:18) – Finding contentment & having kids
(02:12:32) – Ferrari
(02:16:16) – Magic
(02:19:12) – More psyched than ever
(02:21:24) – Climbing for other people
(02:25:10) – Wrap up & EXTRA teaser