Chris Schulte is an elite boulderer known for bold first ascents, compression mastery, and a thoughtful approach that prioritizes style over grades. We talked about his evolution as a climber, developing his own style, how Fred Nicole inspired him, redefining progress with age, tips for compression problems and wide cracks, and the state of elite bouldering and cutting-edge grades.

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(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:13) – Being an introvert

(00:13:49) – Becoming a boulderer

(00:24:56) – First ascents vs. repeating

(00:37:09) – Climbing in Yosemite

(00:47:00) – How Chris developed his climbing style

(00:51:28) – Fred Nichol's inspiration

(01:11:25) – Putting brakes on grades

(01:33:02) – What drives Chris & what progress looks like

(01:40:20) – How climbing has changed with age

(01:50:37) – The Big Island

(01:51:56) – Pairing projects

(01:55:31) – Compression climbs

(01:59:16) – Elbow tendonitis

(02:03:08) – What makes for a beautiful line

(02:08:51) – Best V10+ compression in the Front Range

(02:14:28) – Tips on wide cracks

(02:18:43) – Where Chris would like to climb next

Christian Beckwith is the former editor of The American Alpine Journal and Alpinist Magazine, and the creator of the award-winning podcast, Ninety-Pound Rucksack. We talked about the formation of the 10th Mountain Division in WW2, the breaking of Hitler’s Gothic Line, stories of mountain gorilla warfare, gear innovations that changed climbing forever, and much more. You can listen to Christian’s podcast at christianbeckwith.com

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Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:48) – Ninety-Pound Rucksack

(00:10:46) – Birth of the 10th Mountain Division

(00:22:00) – Ghosts in the trees

(00:35:23) – New ropes & belay techniques

(00:49:45) – Boots

(00:54:00) – New vs. old climbing gear

(00:57:49) – The Ninety-Pound Rucksack Challenge

(01:05:35) – Breaking Hitler’s Gothic Line

(01:19:18) – Coal to diamond

(01:25:05) – Writing the story of the 10th

(01:34:32) – Teaching GIs to climb

(01:41:45) – What’s next for this story

(01:47:30) – Wrap up

Carol Simpson returns to the podcast to talk about life after 80 years old, and everything she does to stay healthy and climb hard. We talked about making the move to Salt Lake, discovering Dr. Peter Attia, her health routines, training for a world record in grip strength, balance training, rediscovering art, and much more.

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Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:12) – Leaving Lone Pine

(00:08:25) – The energy of Salt Lake

(00:13:12) – Kalymnos

(00:17:23) – Turning 80

(00:21:46) – Climbing in the gym

(00:25:26) – Women leveling the playing field

(00:31:34) – Dr. Peter Attia

(00:38:44) – Why

(00:44:47) – Routines & training

(00:54:43) – Carol’s deadhang goal

(00:57:25) – Being your own advocate

(01:02:24) – Balance training

(01:11:41) – Yoga

(01:15:45) – Art & breathing

(01:23:14) – Joy

(01:25:45) – Accepted

(01:27:10) – Unrealized dreams

(01:30:06) – Tips from Carol

(01:33:18) – Don’t get married

(01:43:44) – What’s next

(01:45:33) – Wrap up