Validate My Beta
Climbing, Olympics Becca Cahall Climbing, Olympics Becca Cahall

Validate My Beta

Were the Olympics more a bust than a boom? If you had $20 million to grow the sport of climbing how would you spend it? Are we at the end of the era where we climb alongside the pros? The Climbing Gold Team takes a look back at the learnings from season 2 and looks into the future of our sport.

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Olympics Recap
Climbing, Olympics Becca Cahall Climbing, Olympics Becca Cahall

Olympics Recap

After four days of alpine starts to watch climbing at the Olympics, Alex and Fitz catch up with producers John Burgman and Leici Hendrix for a laugh-filled breakdown of the good, the bad and the ugly. Ultimate fandom. Cable subscriptions. Math on the fly.

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Space Race
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Space Race

In 2019, The US Olympic Committee gave USA Climbing a one in 10,000 chance of winning a medal. Two years later, USA Climbing sent four climbers to Tokyo. Americans are winning World Cup competitions like never before. What happened? The sleeping giant woke up.

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Try Harder
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Try Harder

When it comes to the Olympics, we will probably never see a climbing competitor like Kyra Condie again. While other competitors in Tokyo have had the benefit of robust, government-funded national programs or boutique climbing teams, 23-year-old Kyra has spent the better part of a decade as her own coach and trainer while navigating the highest levels of international competition.

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You’re Too X-Treme For Me
Climbing, Olympics Becca Cahall Climbing, Olympics Becca Cahall

You’re Too X-Treme For Me

The decades long courtship between the Olympics and climbing reads like some bizarro script for a rom com. It seemed like a sure fire thing until curling got in the way. Alex and Fitz interview John Burgman, author of High Drama and an expert on competition climbing. We breakdown climbing’s journey to make its Olympic debut.

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