Show Notes
This week I am Hanging with Sam Junker.
Sam has been around Australian climbing for 15 years. He has built longevity not just in partaking in the sport but in building a career in Australian climbing. Sam is the example that we can create careers in the Australian climbing community and gives me hope for the dreams that I have in building out this project. I want to be in this for a long time and speaking to Sam has given me so much motivation of its possibilities.
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CHAPTERS 0:00 - Tom's Return to the Grampians 4:13 - Sam's Climbing Origin Story 9:20 - Finding Community Through Climbing 13:15 - Building a Career in the Climbing Industry 17:24 - How Route Setting Has Changed 24:05 - The Future of Indoor Climbing & MoonBoards 35:41 - Why Route Setting is an Art Form 39:23 - The Dream Call-Up to the IFSC World Cup 44:24 - Inside Para Climbing Route Setting 56:38 - The Hardest Project Sam Has Ever Worked On 1:00:20 - Losing a Fingertip & Recovering 1:09:10 - Building Climbing Gyms Across Australia 1:17:15 - Creativity, Art & Movement 1:22:30 - Longevity in Climbing 1:27:20 - Final Reflections
KEYWORDS Sam Junker, The Hangout Podcast, Australian climbing, rock climbing, route setting, route setter, IFSC, IFSC World Cup, Innsbruck, Para Climbing, adaptive climbing, climbing gyms, indoor climbing, bouldering, lead climbing, competition climbing, climbing community, Grampians, Cliffhanger, Hardrock, Walltopia, MoonBoard, climbing holds, climbing volumes, gym building, climbing industry, climbing careers, climbing coaching, mentoring, flow state, creative movement, climbing art, climbing design, Australian climbers, Brisbane 2032 Olympics, climbing podcast, climbing culture, climbing storytelling, climbing inspiration, outdoor climbing, sport climbing
Hang again soon, Tom
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