EP 249: Chris Sharma
November 18, 2024
Photo by Helene Clancy
Chris Sharma is one of the greatest climbers of all time. We talked about his rapid ascension as a teenager, the knee injury that almost ended his career, why La Dura Dura was a turning point, reinventing ourselves as climbers, the importance of finishing what you start, what he does in the off-season, mini objectives, embracing competition, finding contentment, having kids, and much more.
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Nuggets:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:48 – Community & climbing alone
00:07:15 – A rapid ascension & crashing down
00:10:32 – Knee injury
00:13:29 – Reinventing our relationship
00:17:27 – La Dura Dura
00:20:07 – New challenges
00:27:32 – Chapters
00:29:59 – Finding the sweet spot
00:36:46 – Biographie & traveling in Asia
00:41:58 – Persistence & evolution
00:48:22 – Finishing what you start
00:52:32 – Should or should not
00:59:18 – Sleeping Lion & speed climbing
01:03:55 – First Round First Minute
01:11:17 – Paris Olympics
01:13:21 – Le Blonde & Perfecto Mundo
01:15:48 – Playfulness & mini objectives
01:19:43 – DWS during the off-season
01:27:21 – Santa Linya
01:32:30 – US Lead Nationals & competing again
01:40:17 – Paris 2028
01:46:32 – Embracing competition
01:50:00 – The next generation
01:54:12 – The media churn
01:57:22 – JB Tribout’s advice
02:00:22 – “It’s cool to do hard shit. ”
02:05:18 – Finding contentment & having kids
02:12:32 – Ferrari
02:16:16 – Magic
02:19:12 – More psyched than ever
02:21:24 – Climbing for other people
02:25:10 – Wrap up & EXTRA teaser