The Power Company Climbing Podcast

BOARD MEETINGS | The Gym to Crag Performance Gap

In this episode, Kris and Nate sit down to talk about the ways the gym doesn’t prepare you for climbing outside, and provide some tips on how you can address this gap.
 
The Power Company Podcast is brought to you by Power Company Climbing and is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective.
You can help us keep episodes ad-free by becoming a Patron for as little as $3 a month!
Find full episode transcripts and more at our website.

WHAT WHEN HOW TO TRAIN | Chattanooga Bouldering with Juliet Hammer

Looking for a winter bouldering destination with seemingly endless amounts of rock, hosting classic problems of every grade, all within driving distance of one of the coolest cities in the Southeast? Look no further than Chattanooga.
Juliet Hammer first climbed in the Chattanooga area as a college student at the University of Virginia and has recently returned to the area after living in Colorado for a number of years. She’s since then racked up an impressive tick-list of southeastern sends, and even walked away with the win at last year’s Triple Crown Bouldering Series. Now she’s helping climbers reach their goals as a coach. Hear more from her in this previous episode.
Head over to this episode's blog post to see Kris and Juliet's picks for Must-Do Boulders, Overlooked Classics, guidebook recommendations, and more.
 
Support the Southeastern Climbers Coalition!
Find Juliet on Instagram and at her website!
 
The Power Company Podcast is brought to you by Power Company Climbing and is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective.
You can help us keep episodes ad-free by becoming a Patron for as little as $3 a month.
Find full episode transcripts and more at our website.

Sam Prentice | The Giant Sequoia Mortician

As wildfires become more common and powerful, the Giant Sequoias of the American West are burning at alarming rates. These enormous beings stand at a few hundred feet in height and a hundred feet in diameter.
Due to climate change and 100 years of human mismanagement, the forests where these Sequoias live are being lost to wildfire.
In this episode, Kris sits down with Sam Prentice, District Hydrologist for the USDA Forest Service, to speak about how wildfires are impacting our Giant Sequoia groves, the surrounding communities, and what we can do about it. 
This episode also dives into our history of fire management, or mismanagement, in the United States, and how current government bodies and nonprofits are not on the same page for a mitigation plan. 
Links from this episode:
Save The Sequoias Act
10 Tips to Prevent Wildfires
Smokey Bear’s Helpful Website
The Sequoia Conservation Fund
Read the Access Fund article about how wildfires are impacting climbers. 
Plug Tone Outdoors is part of the Plug Tone Audio Collective. Check out our website or follow along on Instagram to learn more about our other shows.
This episode of Plug Tone Outdoors was created and produced by Kris Hampton.
Music by Mepa Melson, Serge Quadrado, Anton Vlasov, LesFM and Coma Media from Pixabay.com
Find a full transcript of this episode, images from Sam, and more, at the blog post for this episode.
 
The Power Company Podcast is brought to you by Power Company Climbing and is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective.
You can help us keep episodes ad-free by becoming a Patron for as little as $3 a month!
Find full episode transcripts and more at our website.

Prerna Dangi | Finding Her Power

Every summer, Kris emcees the International Climbers Festival here in Lander, Wyoming. One of his favorite parts of doing the event is being able to introduce the keynote speakers. It was quite a lineup this year, with big names like Chris Kalous and Brittany Goris. But it was one of the opening speakers who ended up stealing the show: Indian climber and force of nature, Prerna Dangi.
Prerna’s time in Lander was just one of many stops she’s making this year on a big climbing trip throughout the US. With plenty of hours logged in the alpine, on a rope, and over crash pads, she’s got experience and goals on ice, rock, and beyond. But her biggest goal of all — and the one she’s certainly dedicating the most to — is to continue building an empowered community of female climbers in India.
DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
How Prerna got her start in climbing.
The climbing scene in India and how it differs from here in the US.
The ongoing development of climbing in India.
How organizations like CLAW (Climb Like a Woman) are empowering women in India to climb.
How Prerna is finding her power — as a climber, a role model, and a community leader.
 
Support Prerna through The Climbing Leadership Fund!
Learn more about CLAW - Climb Like a Woman!
Follow Prerna on Instagram!
 
The Power Company Podcast is brought to you by Power Company Climbing and is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective.
You can help us keep episodes ad-free by becoming a Patron for as little as $3 a month.
Find full episode transcripts and more at our website.

HIP HIP TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING | A Tribe Called Quest Taught Me Authenticity

Today's episode comes from Hip Hop Taught Me Everything, another podcast hosted by Kris Hampton and part of the Plug Tone Audio Collective.
 
The Power Company Podcast is brought to you by Power Company Climbing and is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective.
You can help us keep episodes ad-free by becoming a Patron for as little as $3 a month!
Find full episode transcripts and more at our website.

It’s Been a Long Time, I Shouldn’t Have Left You.

Without a strong rhyme to step to. Think of how many weak shows you slept through. Time's up. I'm sorry I kept you.
-Rakim, "I Know You Got Soul"
 
Follow all of our shows at:
Hip Hop Taught Me EverythingBreaking Beta | The Science of ClimbingPlug Tone OutdoorsPlug Tone Audio
 
We don't tweet. We scream like eagles.
 
The Power Company Podcast is brought to you by Power Company Climbing and is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective.
You can help us keep episodes ad-free by becoming a Patron for as little as $3 a month!
Find full episode transcripts and more at our website.

Welcome to Power Company Climbing

Welcome. There's a lot to get caught up on. Let's get into it.
 
The Power Company Podcast is brought to you by Power Company Climbing and is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective.
You can help us keep episodes ad-free by becoming a Patron for as little as $3 a month!
Find full episode transcripts and more at our website.

PSA | Is Your Climbing Chalk Ruining the Rock?

Resin, rosin, pof. Whatever you call it, it's widely accepted that we should NOT use it while climbing. It's said to ruin holds - both indoors and out. Now it might be in your chalk. Block, liquid, and powder. 
This is a public service announcement. 
Learn more about the science of climbing on Breaking Beta.
 
Read more about pof and rosin usage:
UK Climbing Forum
To Pof or Not To Pof?
UK Bergzeit Journal
Why Climbers Started Using Chalk
Removing Rosin from Liquid Chalk
We don't tweet. We scream like eagles.
 
The Power Company Podcast is brought to you by Power Company Climbing and is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective.
You can help us keep episodes ad-free by becoming a Patron for as little as $3 a month!
Find full episode transcripts and more at our website.

REWIND | Rannveig Aamodt on Coming Back Stronger

Ten years ago this week in April, 2012, Rannveig Aamodt made a nearly fatal mistake while cleaning the anchors of a sport route in Turkey. She fell 50 feet to the ground, shattering her back, pelvis, arm, and both ankles. We won’t be going into what caused the accident, but you can read that story, including some heart wrenching excerpts, at her blog about the accident.
Instead, this episode is about her recovery. The physical and mental approach she took. The resilience and the will. It’s about how she went from clinging to life, to climbing harder than ever, and what it took to get back on the sharp end, and past the spectre of that moment.
This conversation originally aired on February 19, 2016.
Find Rannveig online:  
Her Site.
Instagram.
Facebook.
Gallery of rehab photos from Nathan Welton
 
 
The Power Company Podcast is brought to you by Power Company Climbing and is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective.
You can help us keep episodes ad-free by becoming a Patron for as little as $3 a month!
Find full episode transcripts and more at our website.

The Average Climber Podcast | Busting Training and Nutrition Myths

Today we're revisiting Episode 4 of The Average Climber Podcast. If you aren't already subscribed to their show, go do that now! 
Learn more about The Average Climber Podcast.
Find Lauren at Good Spray Climbing.
Find Caitlin at Caitlin Holmes Nutrition.
If you haven't listened to Breaking Beta Season 1, get caught up now!
We don't tweet. We scream like eagles.
 
The Power Company Podcast is brought to you by Power Company Climbing and is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective.
You can help us keep episodes ad-free by becoming a Patron for as little as $3 a month!
Find full episode transcripts and more at our website.