The Climbing Majority
The Climbing Majority
Kyle Broxterman
92 | An Untold Life w/ Bob Gaines
2 hour 19 minutes Posted May 5, 2025 at 8:00 am.
Introduction
Origin Story
Y.O.S.A.R.
The Art Of First Ascents
Bolting & The Bolt Wars
How The Sport Has Changed
Hollywood
SEAL Team 6
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When you hear the phrase living legend, what comes to mind?....to me…this is someone who has lived a life to their fullest. A life that inspires us to be our best. Someone whose legacy will outlast them. Today, I have the pleasure of releasing my conversation with a true living legend…Bob Gaines. Bob began climbing in the mid-1970s—right in the thick of climbing’s golden era, alongside icons like Ron Kauk, Scott Cosgrove, John Bachar, John Long, and Lynn Hill. But Bob wasn’t just in the...