That's Not Real Climbing

Ep 15: Tyler Norton - Commiserating on Climbing Podcasting


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Tyler is a fellow competition climbing nerd and podcaster, who has been involved in the space much longer than I have, and you may be familiar with his channel, Plastic Weekly! In this episode, we’ll talk about what it’s like MCing at a world cup, commiserate on the hardships that come with climbing podcasting, go over some climbing HOT TAKES, and talk about the upcoming 2024 season!

Guest links:

Tyler’s Instagram

Plastic Weekly IG

Plastic Weekly Youtube

Reference links:

Learn more about the podcast at www.thatsnotrealclimbingpodcast.com

Follow on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thatsnotrealclimbingpodcast

Join the FREE community in Discord! https://discord.gg/QTa668g8zp

If you're able to help support the podcast, you can "buy me a chalk refill" :) current proceeds are going toward a webcam! www.buymeacoffee.com/compclimbing

Timestamps of discussion topics

0:00 - Introduction

1:15 - Intro + gym experience

7:16 - MCing and commentating at world cups

13:35 - Beginnings of Plastic Weekly Podcast

17:31 - Starting The Debrief series with John Burgman

20:52 - Commiserating on highlights and lowlights of podcasting

30:36 - Competition hot take: GOAT is overused

42:09 - Hot take: Get rid of isolation?

48:29 - People don't care about the overall title anymore?

55:00 - NEOM games environmental impact

1:01:35 - IFSC's new RED-S Policy

1:05:54 - 2024 season predictions

1:13:14 - Olympic favorites

1:18:54 - Discord Q: Is there an absence of climbing media?

1:24:19 - Discord Q: Are gyms are good place to start climbing careers?

1:29:04 - Where to find Tyler

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