Author: Chris Kalous

Owner, operator, guru, yogi of enormocast.
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Episode 60: Building a Better Climber w/ Topher Donahue and Chris Van Leuven

High above Boulder

On Episode 60, we record a live one on Climbing Lawyer Dan Markoff’s deck overlooking Boulder, Colorado. Climbers Topher Donahue and Chris Van Leuven join me for a discussion of what it takes to lose that new climber smell, and replace it with old trad-climber stink. The sometimes contentious discussion ranges from toothbrush shaving, to where to store your nuts, and, luckily, a few pearls of wisdom get dropped by my guests. I’m pretty sure we don’t mention the Black, Indian Creek, or Rifle: perhaps a first on the Enormocast. As a bonus, stick around to the end for a moment of slam poetry created at the event by Jena Kirkpatrick.

Jena Kirkpatrick: Poet for Hire.

Trad with Topher class from the Colorado Mountain School.

 

 

 

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Episode 59: Jeremy Collins – The Art of Climbing.

Click to watch Jeremy's film The Wolf and the Medallion.
Click to watch Jeremy’s film The Wolf and the Medallion.

On Episode 59 of the Enormocast, I finally lure the elusive (at least for me) artist Jeremy Collins into the Enormostudio for a chat. The free-range convo covers art, family, faith, climbing, and expeditions. Jeremy explains where the connection between his art and his love of climbing intersect, and how climbing is more than just something he does. By the end, Jer is clearly relieved and elated to have finally succumbed to my wiles and gone on his first Enormodate.543448_10151620397837076_1572990967_n

 

All things Jeremy Collins at jercollins.com

 

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Episode 58: Chris Schulte – Bouldering sensei.

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On Episode 58, the Enormocast breaks the boulderer drought by bringing on compression problem savant, Chris Schulte. Chris arrived in Carbondale to bartend for the 5Point Film Festival, and graciously followed up his mini interview on Episode 57 with a full length sit down. Chris talks of his oddball existence in Indian Creek, his humble origins in BFE, Texas, and his rocky path towards enlightenment through bouldering. Hopefully, Chris is the first padsniffer of many to grace the Enormocast studios.

Bouldering on the Wolf (AKA Air Wolf) in Indian Creek.

The AirWolf chopper rises out of a mesa in Navajolands.

 

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