Board Meetings | Indoor Climbing Lessons That You Should Take Outdoors (Bonus Episode)
Indoor and outdoor climbing have different constraints, and as such, lead you into different solutions for how to interact with that environment. But there are lessons from the climbing gyms that should absolutely be applied to outdoors in order to get the most out of it and become a better climber faster.
In this bonus episode from our Patron feed, Kris and Nate discuss 3 of their Top 6 Indoor Lessons. To hear their 3 favorites as well, you can get those bonus episodes on Patreon, in your Apple Podcast Feed, or on Spotify by subscribing to the We Scream Like Eagles Podcast.
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BOARD MEETINGS | Outdoor Climbing Lessons You Should Take Indoors
BOARD MEETINGS | Top 4 Ways to Transition to Outdoor Climbing
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CHAPTERS
(00:00) Introduction
(1:24) Topic Explanation
(7:13) Be Picky About Projects
(15:11) Below Project Level, Climb Everything
(27:51) Climbing With and Around Crowds
(35:30) Warming Up Well
(42:11) Walk Away When it Makes Sense
(48:24) View Climbing as Training or Practice
(1:01:00) Outro
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Kris Hampton
A climber since 1994, Kris was a traddie for 12 years before he discovered the gymnastic movement inherent in sport climbing and bouldering. Through dedicated training and practice, he eventually built to ascents of 5.14 and V11.
Kris started Power Company Climbing in 2006 as a place to share training info with his friends, and still specializes in working with full time "regular" folks. He's always available for coaching sessions and training workshops.