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2 of the hardest climbers on the planet right here!

Will Gaad is is insightful and very good at articulating things.

Insane that this podcast doesn’t have more views, this is some of the best climbing content on youtube

Wow 666 views how fitting

Bro, i absolutely love your spirit and energy. So curious if you wake up full of energy or need time to wake. Lol.

I appreciate Will's words and this conversation. I used to live and climb in the same Rockies as him and I was so obsessed that I started to do some extremely risky things regularly, like every weekend. When you live in canmore your normal becomes very different. And I knew I could die at any moment during these big rock ice and alpine climbs but just did it anyways. Told myself I was managing the risk, which was a complete lie. But then I stopped climbing for many years and have come back to it wanting to get on the same routes and bigger and I couldn't believe the risk I used to take on regularly. Trad climbing in the Rockies is no joke and you're often running things out with bad gear for 20m at a time, no problem. What I learned about risk was that you will never be in control ever, you will never manage all the risk, you will likely never even know or understand all the risk you take on, and that nobody can make the decision for you about what risk is or isn't ok for you. It's an entirely personal decision. The scary part though is what I've come to learn about human nature over these years. There's no such thing as objective logical thinking. you can logic your way into either side of an argument and call it true, but really what all of us humans are doing all the time is trying to find evidence to back up our beliefs, a story to tell about it (ie were managing the risk appropriately so it's actually low risk and fine, or were actually very conservative risk takers while you're out climbing something you're not allowed to fall on) and a life that allows us to feel how we want to feel. Our feelings and subconscious are always running the show and that's the part we need to get honest with ourselves about.

It’s crazy how few number of views these episodes get. Climbing is famous, but the real climbing community feels kinda small.

North Face Summit Series is some quality gear for sure. Most things I uave anyway.

Awesome!

The movie was really phenomenal fellas. Great job and great climb

Money and greed just never ends its quest to feed itself.

This guy rocks! All my admiration Ben. Very inspiring story. As you described your circumstances my jaw was dropping more and more. Make the clips a bit longer maybe.

Its incredibly sad, pathetic, and horrific what we all are collectively doing to the very biosphere thdg midwived our species into existence: neatly summarized by an Oscar Wilde quote: "For every man must kill the thing he loves..." Tho by all means this includes women, too - all those lumberjacks wives, pretending to lament our wholssale raping and reaping of "mother" earth, then blaming it on the men, but then giving birth to four more future lumberjacks DESPITE knowing full well the horrible cost of birthing the previous two. Yet it never was a necessary cost, it all could have been done in far more exologically sustainable manners, but because we value our freedom - meaning freedom to pillage from the common pot for profit - chances are four out of five of your offspring, backwards lady, will end up being pirates as well, all in one form or another, who will design and conduct further bogus "research" to dupe the public into thinking your continued daily mother raping is for the common good - when there had already been far more once primeval multistoried mixed forest "converted" into these sickly even aged overcrowded mono specific tree farms - there was already enough - more than enough - of these ecologically non-functional tree farms in 1970, w a mass replanting following each reharvesting, to have met all our timber needs thru today, even w our ridiculously explosive, utterly out of control population growth. What Im saying is, if you call 10 billion people a good thing, we even could have had all these good things, WITHOUT the attendant environmental holocaust, if people in general just had cared about the forests and the oceans and so forth just a little bit more, or even their grandkids, without a thought of the other species, if ppl just cared a wee bit more about the wotld their grandkids would inherit, none of this holocaust had to transpire. We knew in the 70s what using fossil fuels would do - but nobody cared enough to persuade everyone of the need for alternative means, and the tycoons saw a profit there so that they could benefit only their own grandchildren, while ruining it for everyone else's. That is the reality nobody wants to look at - that is why everyone saying all this clear cutting was necessary is, in a nutshell, full of fertilizer. And their words and arguments should be debunked and exposed as such. (As heaps of horseshit, and toxic horseshit to boot, in other words.)

Love the alpanist but don’t even think it touches the craziest things mark Andre did. The more I hear the more I think he did some of his summits in complete secrecy and then did them again with friends. Would love for Brett to share more about their story’s

Two of the greats of the sport. What a treat

She's doing such important things beyond the self-involved individualism that climbing/bouldering can be.

I think the definition of the best climber in the world varies depending on who you ask. To me, Alex is the best climber to have ever lived.. I know he hates that but you HAVE to factor in the risk of the climbs. This man Alex has done things that no one will EVER try again. There is a reason his climbs captivate the world and the best climbers won’t dare to think about what he’s done. The level of confidence, mental strength is undeniable. Adam is the best climber WITH gear. That’s my opinion. Alex if you see this, you’re a legend and inspiration to me.

Thanks algorithm! I watched The Alpinist for the first time last night and was wondering this exact question, and lo and behold the next day I’m recommended a podcast discussing just that! Cool

Legends!

She's speaking the truth. Especially the second half of the video.

Just watched the documentary on National Geographic, you all are crazy! I'd like to have seen your descent down those peaks you climbed or did a helicopter lift you off, what happened? Seriously. And the story of the crew, that would be a film within itself also, how the heck was this filmed? Drones obviously? I'm not of your world, have no idea how you got down and how this managed to be filmed so scaringly, beautifully.

Great interview with Austin!!!.........answered many questions I've long had regarding how they captured the tight shots of Marc Andre's solo of Torre Egger......I am also curious to know how they got the tight shots of Marc Andre during his solo of Robson's Emperor Face and the opening sequence on Mt Slesse in the Fraser Valley?? Did they use a similar method? Anyway, really enjoyable watch - thanks guys!!!

Born & raised Juneau, I've observed the same things around the Yukon, BC, and SEAK my whole life. thanks for platforming this. make a sad documentary.

I dont remember which world cup it was, but there was one where she (and janja ofc) where the only one to do the first slab. Since then I have been a fan. Love her style

BC has been a thriving drug scene for decades now. Even before weed was legal in the first US states, lots and lots of BC bud made its way to my hometown in the 90s. On another subject, canada produces 80% of the SPF lumber supplied for new construction housing in the US. All those 2x materials are shipped by rail mainly through Chicago hub and then distributed through the southeast. All the big mills are in Canada.

Thanks for this. What a great guy. Much respect to the yosemite legends who put style ahead of numbers, and, at the same time, so much respect to Watts and the other early sport climbers for marching to their own drum.

As a heavier climber who has struggled to find examples/climbing role models to aspire to, this made me feel a lil less alone

Fascinating conversation and insight.

Very interesting perspective from to talent leading climbers

I grew up on videos like dosage. And those just dont exist anymore. Mellow has taken the torch and has made it shine brighter in many ways. Truly appreciate the channel.

I’m named after my uncle Mugs and I love hearing more and more about him, having never met him myself. Thanks for sharing!

Alex and his mind/question.....

I still have a pair of climbing shoes from when I met her like 10 years ago and asked her to sign them 😂😂

What a crazy filming process! Cool to hear this insight, honestly puts even more respect for what Marc did, and this filmmaker. I straight up thought he filmed himself for Torre Egger

(relatively) young trans climber here! Awesome listening to this! Glad Alex is chill lol!

Thanks the trans community need more support from public figures like Honnold while we(USA) once again have a President who stokes bigotry against them.

What would Bridwell have done if he'd presented as a girl on one of their climbs?

"Hmm"

Great conversation.. Thank you for sharing🙂👍

Great conversation 👏🙂👍

Hope you know you're lucky to have a Dad that cares enough to be "harpin" on you!

please put the climbers name in the title !

I have watched The Alpinist about a hundred times I’m completely encapsulated my Marc Andre’s soul and all of your passion for climbing and connection to the mountains