The Power Company Climbing Podcast

BOARD MEETINGS | Top 5 Redpoint Pitfalls: Part 4, with Dru Mack

Part 3 of our 5 part series with Dru Mack, discussing the Top 5 Redpoint Pitfalls that we see climbers getting trapped in. 
You can find Dru at www.instagram.com/drumack5
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BOARD MEETINGS | Top 5 Redpoint Pitfalls: Part 3, with Dru Mack

Part 3 of our 5 part series with Dru Mack, discussing the Top 5 Redpoint Pitfalls that we see climbers getting trapped in. 
You can find Dru at www.instagram.com/drumack5
We don't tweet. We scream like eagles.
 
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BOARD MEETINGS | Top 5 Redpoint Pitfalls: Part 2, with Dru Mack

Part 2 of our 5 part series with Dru Mack, discussing the Top 5 Redpoint Pitfalls that we see climbers getting trapped in. 
You can find Dru at www.instagram.com/drumack5
We don't tweet. We scream like eagles.
 
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BOARD MEETINGS | Top 5 Redpoint Pitfalls: Part 1, with Dru Mack

For today's Board Meeting, Nate and I sat down with Red River legend Dru Mack to discuss the top 5 most common pitfalls of redpointing. It's a complex process - one that we've all made our share of mistakes in. This conversation ended up being around 2.5 hours long, so I've decided to split it into 5 bite sized pieces over the next week. 
You can find Dru on the instagram at https://www.instagram.com/drumack5
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Trevor Ragan | Motor Learning

In this episode I sit down with Episode 64 alum Trevor Ragan. If you haven't listened to Ep 64 yet... go do that now. We'll wait. 
Trevor and I caught up after a TED X Talk he gave in Lander, to discuss the principles and theories behind motor learning. I quite selfishly gave him scenarios and examples using the drills we've created for our workshops and coaching, and asked how he might improve upon them based on the research behind motor learning. 
If you're a coach, this is a must listen to episode. In fact, if you're a climber who wants to learn to climb better, it's a must listen. 
You can find Trevor at www.trainugly.com
You can find our Movement Skills ebook, built from these principles, HERE.
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Dr. Jared Vagy | Climb Injury Free, Part 2: Strength and Movement

Technically, this is Part 2 and 3. If you haven't listened to Part 1, Episode 88, you should do that. 
In this episode I sit down with Jared at the CWA to discuss the 2nd and 3rd steps - strength and movement - in his Rock Rehab Pyramid - a system of preventing and rehabbing climbing injuries.  
You can find the book, Climb Injury Free, on Dr. Vagy's website HERE.
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Joslynn Corredor | Strength, Identity, and Cancer

Joslynn Corredor is the definition of strength and courage. Not only is she a hard working strength trainer, but she’s made some of the toughest choices there are to make in the face of adversity.
With an identity wrapped in being a strong bodied, athletic woman, Jos was diagnosed with the gene mutation BRCA1, meaning that the likelihood of developing breast cancer was high. This left her with what could have been an agonizing decision that threatened the identity she’d worked so hard to cultivate, but Jos came prepared.
Find Jos online at https://www.bodyenroute.com/the-g/2018/9/16/facing-my-risks
Find links to BRCA resources at  http://www.powercompanyclimbing.com/blog/2018/10/6/episode-106-strength-identity-and-cancer-with-joslynn-corredor
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Sasha DiGiulian | Big Walls and Authenticity

Fame and authenticity don’t always go hand in hand. We’d love to believe that in climbing they always do, but that just isn’t the case. As someone who makes their living in a very public way within the climbing industry, I’m hyper aware of my own authenticity, and I watch other public figures in our tiny sphere to see how they navigate. Because Sasha is at the top, I watch her closely.
In this episode Sasha and I sit down in her house in Boulder, CO to discuss her recent trip to Alberta, Canada. She drove north alone, after a break up and social media firestorm, to climb the Rockies Trilogy first established by Sonnie Trotter. Three 5.14 Big Walls. No small undertaking. She struggled, doubted, pulled it back together and sent, and she found out in a big way how to reconnect to the roots of her climbing.
You can find Sasha at www.sasha-digiulian.com
You can check out our new Circuit Tape at www.powercompanyclimbing.com/circuit-tape
Get the Core Strength for Climbers ebook at www.powercompanyclimbing.com/ebook
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BOARD MEETINGS | A Product of Your Climbing Environment

In this episode Nate and I break from the Top 5 format to have a simple discussion about how climbers are products of our environment.
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Dru Mack | Return of The Mack: The List

My good friend and Episode 16 guest Dru Mack stopped by during the International Climbers Festival in Lander to chat, and of course the conversation turned to climbing. He told me about a list that Jonathan Siegrist had created for him - a list that is a surefire way to make sure that Dru's development as a climber isn't lacking. 
I needed to know more, so I sat down with Dru, Nate, and our friend John Wesely to discuss the list, and the potential growth (and pitfalls) that might be involved in the attempts at completing the list.  There's also some very important commentary from a special guest. 
We always have a lot of fun in this podcast, but this episode was particularly fun to record and put together. I've known Dru since his first 5.12's, so it's fun to see him progressing both in climbing and in life.  Dru has become a Red River superstar, and well on his way to taking that to a larger platform. Since JStar so graciously offered his help, we thought it would be great if Dru came up with similar lists for the up and coming Red River Climbers.
Dru drafted his lists, Nate and I critiqued, and eventually the lists were finalized. We wanted to follow the format JStar had put forth - some of the routes are going to feel hard for the grade. Some of them are going to teach you new skills. You'll learn from every one of them. 
So download them to your phone, print them out, stash them in your guidebook. Have Dru sign your copy when you see him. 
DOWNLOAD THE LISTS HERE
FOLLOW DRU ON INSTAGRAM
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