SEND ALERT: Kai Lightner — ‘Life of Villains’ 9a, Not Rushing the Process, and Building Jamaica’s First Climbing Wall

SEND ALERT: Kai Lightner — ‘Life of Villains’ 9a, Not Rushing the Process, and Building Jamaica’s First Climbing Wall

Kai Lightner is back on to talk about his recent send of 'Life of Villains' 5.14d/9a at the Hurricave! We talked about the emotional rollercoaster of sending 'LOV', how it felt to send 9a in his current body, not rushing the process, his trip to Jamaica, bolting his first route, what's going on with Climbing 4 Change, and more!

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Kai’s Original Episode:

EP 55: Kai Lightner

Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Kai’s upcoming trip and project

(00:03:41) – Self-preservation

(00:05:11) – The emotional rollercoaster of ‘Life of Villains’ 5.14d/9a

(00:07:57) – How it felt to send ‘LOV’ in his current body

(00:13:40) – Not rushing the process

(00:16:50) – Expanding his technical arsenal

(00:18:15) – Bad weather, broken holds, and the send

(00:23:07) – His trip to Jamaica

(00:27:00) – Building a climbing gym in the National Training Center

(00:28:42) – Bolting his first route

(00:33:31) – The food

(00:35:34) – What’s going on with C4C

(00:37:49) – Paying it forward

(00:41:35) – How to support C4C

(00:45:47) – Testifying in Washington to get climbing gyms recognized as sports facilities

(00:54:02) – Bouldering with Drew Ruana, and negative temperatures

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