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

Thomas Huber is a German rock climbing and mountaineering legend. We talked about his most recent expedition to Pakistan, how to have fun at basecamp, exploring the impossible, his first trip to Buoux as a teenager, beer diets, his relationship with his brother Alex, challenges, silver linings, partying with the Stone Monkeys in Yosemite, his new book Freiheit, and much more.

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Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:25) – Many valleys

(00:04:53) – Hunting

(00:14:39) – Staying young

(00:16:29) – Thomas’ recent trip to Choktoi

(00:27:12) – Lessons from expeditions

(00:31:05) – Party in basecamp

(00:35:48) – The Pakistanis’ relationship with climbing

(00:45:48) – Exploring the impossible

(00:51:12) – Understanding why accidents happen

(00:55:50) – Sport climbing at age 57

(00:57:45) – Mountaineering holiday

(01:01:17) – Beer break

(01:02:37) – Early training

(01:09:36) – Part of the evolution

(01:11:42) – His first trip to Buoux

(01:13:53) – Inspiration & training setup

(01:19:11) – Finger strength in his 50s

(01:20:55) – 9a & beer

(01:27:36) – Reaching the world stage

(01:30:38) – His relationship with his brother Alex

(01:37:29) – Proudest accomplishments with Alex

(01:39:31) – Challenges & silver linings

(01:46:17) – Yosemite & the Stone Monkeys

(01:54:00) – Patagonia

(01:56:09) – El Nino on El Cap

(01:58:39) – The man-powered rappel

(02:00:45) – Keeping their stories alive

(02:06:24) – Freiheit

Moe’s Valley access is under threat! Todd Perkins returns to the show to talk about what is happening with Moe’s Valley, what actions are being taken to protect it, and what we can do to help. You can sign the petition here!

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Show Notes:

thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/todd-perkins-returns

Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – A few thoughts about my political episode with Kaizen

(00:02:16) – Intro

(00:03:34) – A splash of cold water

(00:04:33) – What’s going on with Moe’s Valley

(00:10:24) – Todd’s early days in Moe’s

(00:13:30) – Moe’s has it’s place

(00:14:04) – The petition & upcoming hearings

(00:17:46) – Fundraising

(00:21:18) – Stories from Todd

(00:27:56) – Striking a balance

(00:30:58) – Todd’s health & climbing

(00:33:00) – Top secret information

(00:34:02) – Wrap up