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Enormocast 330: Shara Zaia – What’s Past is Prologue

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On episode 330 of the Enormocast, I sit down in Lander, WY at the International Climbers Festival with climber Shara Zaia. Shara grew up solidly in the midwest- Ohio and Indiana- with parents who immigrated from Iraq. Though Shara was born in the US, she also has roots in the Assyrian community and culture. By the time Shara found climbing in 2019, her life had been a roller-coaster of trying to find her place in America, the Assyrian community, professionally, and in climbing. This interview falls on the eve of the premier of her short film, Sharp Edges, which takes an artful look at the intersection of her Assyrian roots and her climbing. Shara also helped found Cruxing in Color to promote broader diversity in climbing. And though Shara’s path had seemed to smooth out a bit into the climbing/working lifestyle, a tragic event two years ago changed her relationship with climbing forever.

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Enormocast 226: Stacy Bare – Resist with Joy

On Episode 226 of the Enormocast, Stacy Bare (episode 103) returns to the Enormocast with an urgent message. At this moment, Afghanistan is in crisis and evacuations are underway for allies and Afghans who worked for, collaborated with, and trusted the American mission in their country. Through his Adventure Not War initiative, Stacy travelled to Afghanistan in 2019 to ski and film the nascent ski mountaineering community which had begun to flourish around Kabul. But now, not only are outdoor pursuits like climbing and skiing curtailed, the practitioners, promoters, and liaisons in Afghanistan’s outdoor community, especially the women, are under direct threat. Stacy returns to the Enormocast to implore us not just to help our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan right this minute, but to think about our relationship with the global outdoor community and what it means to be an American abroad climbing, skiing, and seeking our spiritual connections with the mountain people of the globe.

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Stacy’s Current gig at Happy Grizzly Adventures

Stacy and Veterans Skiing in Iraq

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