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Ep.47 w/ Brad Gobright “Simple and Pure”

Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 00:42:52
Publish Date: 2015-12-29 13:50:38
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Brad Gobright on his first free ascent of Heart Route with Mason Earle, finding his free solo feet in Yosemite, and what free solo-ing has to offer…

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Show Notes for episode with Brad Gobright:

  • Adopting the dirtbag lifestyle in Yosemite in 2008
  • What he learned about climbing while in Yosemite that led to solo-ing The Rostrum (5.11c; 8 pitches)
  • How Yosemite will always teach him new lessons despite all the time he’s spent there
  • The 5-year process of freeing the Heart Route on El Capitan with Mason Earle (including a story about enduring a push up the wall with poison ivy crotch)
  • How Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgenson helped fan the flames for the send
  • Why he started free-soloing and where he drew his inspiration from
  • His recent free solo ascent of Hairstyles and Attitudes (5.12d). The hardest free solo Eldo Canyon has seen
  • How he mentally prepared for the climb
  • Trying to do the Heart Route in a day with Alex Honnold
  • The speed rivalry between Brad and his partner Scott Bennett and their rivals, up The Naked Edge (5.11b) in Eldorado Canyon
  • What the future holds for a climber of Brad’s caliber and potential

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