Last fall, Jesse Grupper took home the gold medal at the Pan Am games, securing his spot on Team USA for the Paris Olympics in 2024. Now just a few months out from the Games, we caught up with Jesse to hear about how he is preparing and getting psyched to represent our country in lead and bouldering at the Olympics—all while balancing life as a mechanical engineer pushing the limits of soft robotics to improve people’s lives.

But first, yr sticky, sweet podcast hosts get into a debate about glue and when it’s appropriate to use it to fix boulder problems that break. This discussion comes after one of Colorado’s oldest and most historic boulder problems broke, and locals put the question to the community for a vote.

Buster Jesik, IFMGA / AMGA mountain guide, lays down a sick drum track for today’s final bit.

Jesse Grupper Wins PanAM

Watch Jesse flash Livin’ Astro

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Mental Standard Has Broken — Instagram

Mental Standard — Mountain Project

Mountain Project Thread

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