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Climbing Gold

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Jun 9, 2023 • 45min

Board Games

Ravioli Biceps, world's best Moonboarding expert, discusses the awe-inspiring skills of climbing, the underground climbing trend originated in Sheffield. The conversation touches on training boards, the importance of breakthrough moments, benchmark routes, the UK's board climbing scene, the creation of Moonboard, popularity of board games in different countries, the challenges of climbing on a moonboard, and the future potential of Moonboard technology.
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Jun 2, 2023 • 51min

Roundtable: The Route That Changed My Life

Could a route change you? Kareemah Batts joins Alex, Fitz, Lauren and Leici to talk about the routes that changed what they thought was possible. Adaptive Climbing GroupThanks to our sponsorsThe North FaceMomentousAthletic Greens
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May 26, 2023 • 38min

Our Best Is Always Changing

In April of 2022, Anna Pfaff set out to tick an Alaska classic – the Harvard Route on Mount Huntington. With her partner Priti Wright, Anna romped up the 3,000 foot face of ice, rock and snow, but the climb would prove to be a life changing experience. Frostbite would force doctors to amputate most of her toes. As a professional athlete, Anna would have to come to terms with her new best.Thanks to our sponsorsThe North FaceMomentousAthletic Greens
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May 19, 2023 • 48min

Not So Mellow

The next generation needs its inspiration. The Mellow crew provides it. Between sends of the world's hardest boulders, Daniel Woods, Shawn Raboutou, Giuliano Cameroni and Jimmy Webb took climbing media into their own hands, authoring YouTube ready videos of climbing’s cutting edge with an aesthetic more akin to skate films than National Geographic. Shawn on Spectre (V13)Elijah Kiser on Levity (V14)Thanks to our sponsorsThe North FaceMomentousAthletic Greens
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May 12, 2023 • 45min

Roundtable: Strength Vs Technique

Philosophy professor and member of the exclusive 5.14 after 60 club, Bill Ramsey has a bone to pick with those who value strength over technique. In this roundtable discussion, we dive into our bias towards power and Bill’s concept of the pain box. Nothing’s worse than the pain of sucking.Thanks to our sponsorsThe North FaceMomentous
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May 5, 2023 • 47min

The Dark Horse

Quiet and humble, Lucho Rivera was the antithesis to the wild, loud and over the top antics of the Stone Monkey generation. Yet in that band of misfits, he found a home. Now, after three decades of climbing in Yosemite, Lucho may have made the greatest contribution of his generation to the Valley’s history.Thanks to our sponsors:The North FaceMomentous
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Apr 28, 2023 • 45min

Hot Henry

In the 1970’s, no flame burned brighter than Hot Henry Barber. Often heralded as the first traveling climber, Henry redefined standards for free climbing and free soloing not just the US, but every country he visited. Along the way, he shattered egos before learning to check his own.Thanks to our sponsors!The North FaceMomentous
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Dec 16, 2022 • 46min

Dope Lake Chapter 4: Aftermath

After Jack Dorn’s death, conspiracies begin to fly in the Valley. Camp 4’s dirtbags figure out what to do with their spoils. And the plane crash becomes the stuff of Hollywood, literally. Our final installment of the Dope Lake series.
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Dec 9, 2022 • 40min

Dope Lake Chapter 3: The Black Book

By early April, the rumors of Dope Lake began to spread far beyond the Valley. What was once an under-the-radar get rich mission had spiraled out of control. When the rangers get a tip, they decide it’s time to take back the lake, but not before one of the legendary Stonemasters escapes with a kilo of cocaine and the black book. The party has to end.
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Dec 2, 2022 • 14min

Dope Lake Tangent: A Climbing Revolution

Yosemite, 1970’s – it was the heart of the climbing revolution. You’ve heard a lot of voices and names in the Dope Lake series – John Long, Jim Bridwell, John Bachar, Dale Bard, Vern Clevenger, John Yablonski. Big names with big personalities that helped write the history of Yosemite Valley across all the disciplines – big wall, free climbing and bouldering. When the decade started, the hardest route in Yosemite checked in at 5.10. By the end of the decade, that standard would climb to 5.13.

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