Author: Chris Kalous

Owner, operator, guru, yogi of enormocast.
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Enormocast 261: Timmy Kang – A Different Soul

Photos: Victoria Kohner
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On Episode 261 of the Enormocast, I connect with highball boulderer, Timmy Kang, to reflect on life, his youth, and the completion a major project. In December 2022, Timmy did 5 major Highballs in Bishop in a day, including the feared and revered Too Big to Flail. The forthcoming film, Focus, was made by Timmy and friends to document the audacious day. Through the runup and sending of the project, Timmy delved into all the emotions and reflections requisite in climbing dangerous and difficult things. He discovered incidents and influences throughout his life that lead him directly to the top of that last boulder and for now, the pinnacle of his career. But of course, there’s more to come from an over-stoked Timmy Kang.

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Emormocast 260: Peter Naituli – Sacred Mountains

Photos: Gabriel Jackson, Lower Left Ash Mulama
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On Episode 260 of the Enormocast, I connect across oceans and continents with Kenyan climber and guide, Peter Naituli (AKA Peter Muambi Loinua ‘Naitulu’ M’tulatia). Peter is a home grown Kenyan climber and guide who is spearheading development of styles, routes, and crags in Northern Kenya. In addition, Peter has a guiding service for rock and alpine introducing the wonders of Kenyan climbing to foreigners and Kenyans alike. A recent documentary, Cold Feet, follows Peter on his quest to grow even closer to the natural world by climbing Point John on Mount Kenya barefoot. Steeped in Warrior culture, Peter not only confronts serious climbing, but playfully interacts with the rocks, mountains, tribes, and wildlife of his homeland.

Peter’s Instagram @afro_vertical

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Episode 259: Lindsey Hamm – Pulling the Ripcord

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On Episode 259, I sit down in Ouray, Colorado with one of the most ebullient guests I’ve ever had on the Enormocast, Lindsey Hamm. Yes, I said “ebullient”. Lindsey is a climber and guide originally from a hard-partying and wild upbringing in East Texas. A brief but formative sojourn in the music biz chased Lindsey out of Texas and eventually to Durango, Colorado. Now Lindsey has traded that very non-climby life for one in the mountains with clients and friends alike. Late to climbing, Lindsey nevertheless “pulled the ripcord” and dove straight into trad-climbing, big routes, and guiding from the get go. Lindsey is on track to become one of only about 20 woman to get her AMGA/IFMGA certification to guide at all levels on all terrain anywhere in the world.

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