The Nugget Climbing Podcast EP 253: April Davidson (yeahapril) — Living With a Blind Man, a Decade of Addiction, and Seeking Your Fullest Life
April Davidson (yeahapril) is a rock climber and content creator. We talked about what it is like living with her blind fiance Justin Salas, growing up and moving to LA, losing her mom, opiate addiction, finding climbing, her Instagram career, health issues and adrenal fatigue, her experiment with the carnivore diet, responsible meat eating, chocolate cake, and much more.
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Show Notes:
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Nuggets:
(00:00:00) – Intro
(00:01:22) – Living with a blind man
(00:07:33) – Why they quit vanlife
(00:10:04) – Building out their van
(00:21:02) – Settling in Vegas
(00:23:44) – April’s relationship with climbing
(00:26:18) – Growing up & moving a lot
(00:31:44) – Moving to LA
(00:33:40) – 30s
(00:40:00) – Loss & addiction
(00:49:06) – An abusive relationship
(00:52:01) – Finding climbing
(00:54:34) – Breaking free
(00:58:56) – Dissociation & wasted time
(01:02:13) – Support & accountability
(01:05:21) – Her Instagram career
(01:12:57) – Photography & video
(01:16:15) – Going with the flow
(01:17:57) – Weddings & elopements
(01:21:10) – Health issues & adrenal fatigue
(01:28:56) – The carnivore diet
(01:35:25) – Getting strong
(01:40:00) – Gut health & her current diet
(01:43:52) – Vegan & vegetarian diets
(01:50:52) – Responsible meat eating
(01:55:08) – Quitting caffeine
(01:56:37) – Food tracking
(01:59:39) – Cake
(02:00:28) – Rapid fire questions
(02:04:18) – Narrating life to Justin
(02:07:30) – Ultimate trust
(02:08:34) – Wrap up & EXTRA teaser