• EP 248: Thomas Huber — Exploring the Impossible, the Stone Monkey Era, and Finding Freedom in the Mountains

  • Nov 11 2024
  • Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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EP 248: Thomas Huber — Exploring the Impossible, the Stone Monkey Era, and Finding Freedom in the Mountains

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  • Thomas Huber is a German rock climbing and mountaineering legend. We talked about his most recent expedition to Pakistan, how to have fun at basecamp, exploring the impossible, his first trip to Buoux as a teenager, beer diets, his relationship with his brother Alex, challenges, silver linings, partying with the Stone Monkeys in Yosemite, his new book Freiheit, and much more.

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    Show Notes:

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    Nuggets:

    (00:00:00) – Intro

    (00:01:25) – Many valleys

    (00:04:53) – Hunting

    (00:14:39) – Staying young

    (00:16:29) – Thomas’ recent trip to Choktoi

    (00:27:12) – Lessons from expeditions

    (00:31:05) – Party in basecamp

    (00:35:48) – The Pakistanis’ relationship with climbing

    (00:45:48) – Exploring the impossible

    (00:51:12) – Understanding why accidents happen

    (00:55:50) – Sport climbing at age 57

    (00:57:45) – Mountaineering holiday

    (01:01:17) – Beer break

    (01:02:37) – Early training

    (01:09:36) – Part of the evolution

    (01:11:42) – His first trip to Buoux

    (01:13:53) – Inspiration & training setup

    (01:19:11) – Finger strength in his 50s

    (01:20:55) – 9a & beer

    (01:27:36) – Reaching the world stage

    (01:30:38) – His relationship with his brother Alex

    (01:37:29) – Proudest accomplishments with Alex

    (01:39:31) – Challenges & silver linings

    (01:46:17) – Yosemite & the Stone Monkeys

    (01:54:00) – Patagonia

    (01:56:09) – El Nino on El Cap

    (01:58:39) – The man-powered rappel

    (02:00:45) – Keeping their stories alive

    (02:06:24) – Freiheit
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