Roger Strong made his catch king crab fishing so he could ski and climb the rest of the year — it was a path forged by sea and steel and off-season adventure. But the metallurgy of life also requires tempering, annealing, and healing too.
Roger Strong made his catch king crab fishing so he could ski and climb the rest of the year. His life was forged by sea and steel, commercial fishing hardening him for both alpinism and captainship.
As he says, it was some of the best and worst times.
But to continue the metaphor, the metallurgy of life also requires tempering, annealing, and healing too.
In this episode, we chat about:
"Being part of that environment is as important, if not more important than the accomplishment — humans just put too much value on the summit, too much value on numbers.
I don't know what the difference between 15 a, b, c, and d is, but that's for those people that can do that. And so is their ascent more important than my soloing 5.6, 5.7, 5.8? Maybe it is to them, but, it's the movement, it's the touching the stone, it's the swinging of the ice tool, looking for the perfect swing, looking for the perfect amount of footwork, and it's just this, I'm just always looking for."
Roger works for Black Diamond, America’s quintessential climbing company. For this episode, they are generously giving away:
Only members of the podcast will be able to enter, luckily, you can become a member for FREE, which gives you access to special giveaways like this (and other goodies).
👉 To enter:
In this week's newsletter, we share a question which Roger answers in this week's episode.
Once you have the answer:
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2. DM the answer to the question to @ice_ice_beta
3. Comment on Roger's episode post on our Instagram: “#manyheadedbeast” once you’ve sent in your answer
📣 Winners will be randomly selected from submissions that meet all the rules on Monday, February 10
You can follow Roger on Instagram, @roger_strong.
If you’d like to learn more about Roger’s accident, this is the video Fitz Cahall produced about his recovery.
📸: Cover photo courtesy of Roger.