#144 Chris Schulte — Chasing Adventure And History, The Origins Of ‘Compression’ Climbing, Bouldering In The 1800’s, and Why “Leave No Trace” Doesn’t Scale from The Testpiece Podcast

#144 Chris Schulte — Chasing Adventure And History, The Origins Of ‘Compression’ Climbing, Bouldering In The 1800’s, and Why “Leave No Trace” Doesn’t Scale

2 hour 3 minutes Posted Mar 3, 2025 at 1:00 pm.

Intro

The Big Island (8C)

USA’s Early Bouldering Years

The Origins Of “Compression” Climbing

Campusing Mono’s

Chris’ Early Years

The Connected Aesthetics Of Alpinism And Bouldering

The Growth Of Bouldering

Reducing Impact On The Outdoors

Why is Chris so good at Instagram?

“Airwolf”

Beta Videos, Now and Then

Chasing Adventure And History

The Birthplace Of Bouldering

The Future Of Bouldering

How To Climb Without ‘Baggage’

Is Hueco A Good Model For Reducing Impact?

How Do You Go From Good To Great?

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Chris Schulte has been there and FA’d that. You may know of Chris, but you probably haven’t met him because Chris likes to stay off the beaten path. Way off the beaten path!

In this episode Chris drops so much knowledge and history about climbing that no matter who you are you’ll enjoy some new stories that you haven’t heard before.

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