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