Allison Vest joins me to talk about the Paris Olympics! We talked about our biggest surprises from the men’s and women’s combined semifinals, our thoughts on the route setting, what defines an “electric” boulder, why speed was so great to watch, heartbreaking results, men’s and women’s combined finals, who we are most excited to see bring their Olympic fitness to the rocks, and much more!

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EP 233: Olympic Reactions With Allison Vest — Uncut Video

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Show Notes:  

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Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:35) – How we watched the Olympics

(00:08:57) – Overall reaction

(00:10:58) – Power, Electric, Slab, & Coordination

(00:13:59) – Men’s final boulder 1

(00:16:39) – Surprises from the men’s semifinal

(00:19:25) – Adam Ondra & Jakob Schubert

(00:23:11) – The unknown format for LA

(00:26:10) – Olympic rules & limitations

(00:27:55) – Niche Olympic sports & pride for climbing

(00:30:28) – Speed recap

(00:35:40) – Heartbreak

(00:43:25) – Colin Duffy

(00:45:58) – Jakob’s point deduction in bouldering

(00:47:12) – Men’s final boulder 3

(00:50:31) – Toby Roberts & Sorato Anraku

(00:53:03) – What Toby’s gold means for the GB Team

(00:55:41) – Colin on men’s final boulder 4

(00:58:45) – Surprises from the women’s semifinal

(01:04:07) – The OQS series & the effects of qualifying at different times

(01:07:16) – Brooke Raboutou

(01:11:11) – Janja Garnbret

(01:19:36) – Climbers are wonderful

(01:28:24) – Women’s top 3

(01:29:24) – Will climbing grow after the Olympics?

(01:32:39) – Which Olympians we are excited to see climb outdoors

(01:41:14) – The skills of outdoor climbing

(01:51:03) – Camera angles & World Cup challenges

(01:53:29) – Will Allison compete again?

(01:54:39) – Wrap up