Paul Shaugnessy and Charlie Faust are the Founders of Beartooth Alpine, who specialize in metal goods made in the USA.
This episode is part of the Meet the Maker series where we highlight an entrepreneur who is making specialty gear for ice climbers. If you’ve ever wanted to hear the story behind some of your favorite – and soon to be favorite – products, that’s what today’s conversation is about.
We’re doing this because we believe that thoughtfully-designed gear is more than the sum of its parts: they are crafted by folks who have decades of experience in the sport, are refined through countless iterations and testing, and brought to life with genuine passion to solve real problems.
Said another way, these folks represent the heart and soul of product innovation.
Paul and Charlie are the the Founders of Beartooth Alpine, who specialize in metal goods made in the USA.
Driven by an ethos of “do not conform”, their mission is to produce the best gear possible out of the best materials. Period.
Their latest release — specialized picks — have gotten folks excited: their 2mm-tapered Ice Hawk is optimized for minimal displacement and durability while their Master Scratchers have been hailed as the best ice climbing mixed pick that will actually hold up to the rigors of scratchy terrain.
Paul and Charlie are generously offering a set of picks to listeners. They have picks for all major ice tool models, including the Nomic, X-Dream, Hydra, and Dark Machine.
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📸: Cover photos courtesy of Paul and Charlie