RunOut #138: The Bromance of Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold

Today’s guest is climbing’s Captain America, Tommy Cadlwell. Tommy’s latest film is called The Devil’s Climb, and it documents an epic adventure in which he and Alex Honnold rode their bike’s to Alaska and enchained all the summits on the striking and infamous Devil’s Thumb massif. The film was pitched as an environmental film, but the directors decided that global warming was less interesting than Tommy and Alex’s bromance.  We catch up with one of the world’s greatest climbers of all time and hear about making this film, and all the other things in life. But first, we open up the official record book of climbing, and discuss the recent news of Michaela Kirsh becoming the first woman to do a V15 and 5.15a, Babsi Zangerl’s flash of Freerider, and other achievements.  For our final bit, we’re pleased to share the heady music of longtime climber Dave Pomeranz’s band, Whale Fall, with their track Chronophobia. Show Notes Watch the trailer for The Devil’s Climb and stream the whole film on Disney+. Sign up for Tommy Caldwell’s newsletter Routefinding at Patagonia Michaela Kiersch becomes first woman to send 5.15 and V15 Babsi Flashes Freerider Setting and Revising the Record on Evening Sends Tommy’s book recommendation: Waking the Tiger by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. Whale Fall on Bandcamp and Spotify Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcast Contact us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. [email protected] // [email protected]