EP 249: Chris Sharma — Finishing Hard Things, Reinventing Yourself, and Finding the Sweet Spot

EP 249: Chris Sharma — Finishing Hard Things, Reinventing Yourself, and Finding the Sweet Spot

Chris Sharma is one of the greatest climbers of all time. We talked about his rapid ascension as a teenager, the knee injury that almost ended his career, why La Dura Dura was a turning point, reinventing ourselves as climbers, the importance of finishing what you start, what he does in the off-season, mini objectives, embracing competition, finding contentment, having kids, and much more.

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Show Notes:

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Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:48) – Community & climbing alone

(00:07:15) – A rapid ascension & crashing down

(00:10:32) – Knee injury

(00:13:29) – Reinventing our relationship

(00:17:27) – La Dura Dura

(00:20:07) – New challenges

(00:27:32) – Chapters

(00:29:59) – Finding the sweet spot

(00:36:46) – Biographie & traveling in Asia

(00:41:58) – Persistence & evolution

(00:48:22) – Finishing what you start

(00:52:32) – Should or should not

(00:59:18) – Sleeping Lion & speed climbing

(01:03:55) – First Round First Minute

(01:11:17) – Paris Olympics

(01:13:21) – Le Blonde & Perfecto Mundo

(01:15:48) – Playfulness & mini objectives

(01:19:43) – DWS during the off-season

(01:27:21) – Santa Linya

(01:32:30) – US Lead Nationals & competing again

(01:40:17) – Paris 2028

(01:46:32) – Embracing competition

(01:50:00) – The next generation

(01:54:12) – The media churn

(01:57:22) – JB Tribout’s advice

(02:00:22) – “It’s cool to do hard shit. ”

(02:05:18) – Finding contentment & having kids

(02:12:32) – Ferrari

(02:16:16) – Magic

(02:19:12) – More psyched than ever

(02:21:24) – Climbing for other people

(02:25:10) – Wrap up & EXTRA teaser

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EP 290: Chris Schulte — Developing Your Own Style, Age-Proof Motivation, and Redefining Progress Beyond Grades

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EP 289: Christian Beckwith — The 10th Mountain Division, WW2 Guerrilla Warfare Stories, and the Birth of Modern Climbing Gear

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EP 288: Carol Simpson Returns — Life After 80 Years Old, Longevity Routines, and Training for a World Record

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EP 287: Domen Škofic — The Red Bull Plane Project, Rediscovering Passion in Flatanger, and Trying Silence 9c

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EP 286: Steve Moss — Why Discomfort Fuels Breakthroughs, Double V12 Days at Age 40, and 455 V-Points in 24 Hours

EP 286: Steve Moss — Why Discomfort Fuels Breakthroughs, Double V12 Days at Age 40, and 455 V-Points in 24 Hours

Steve Moss is a high-level boulderer and the co-founder of a brewery and pizzeria in Spokane, WA. We talked about finding climbing at age 24, his breakthrough season climbing three V12s in less than t...

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EP 285: Tyler Stableford — Finding More Joy in Climbing, Breaking Plateaus, and Inputs Over Outcomes

EP 285: Tyler Stableford — Finding More Joy in Climbing, Breaking Plateaus, and Inputs Over Outcomes

Tyler Stableford is a lifelong climber and psychotherapist specializing in trauma resolution and treatment-resistant conditions. We talked about how to find more joy in our climbing, whether high perf...

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EP 284: Four PTs — The Case for Taking a Break, Heel Hooking Injuries, & Off-the-Wall Strength Training

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