Connor Herson's guest appearances

Connor Herson

The RunOut Podcast

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

Paige Claassen

Adam Ondra

Tom Randall

Bill Ramsey

Allison Vest

Jordan Cannon

Alex Johnson

Favia Dubyk

Mikey Schaefer

Nina Caprez

John Long

Emily Harrington

Neely Quinn

Ron Kauk

Tom Herbert

OwlTail

Connor Herson returns to the show, a few years older, a few inches taller, and more than a few impressive ticks under his belt. One of his latest ascents is “Empath” on gear—potentially one of the harder gear leads ever recorded. Carlo Traversi first climbed Empath and proposed 5.15a. After quickly sending the route as a sport climb, Connor had the idea of trying it on gear. In this episode he shares his experience with that process, his thoughts about the difficulty of the route, and his vision for what’s next (hint: it’s not climbing).First, your friendly and utterly relatable hosts pay homage to a kind of trad climbing that most of y’all will be more familiar with—the everyday, everyperson experience of going up on a 5.10 or 5.11 with a rack of gear and trying to onsight your way to the top. Could this be any different from, say, the ego-fluff of Ten Sleep?Finally, Jeremy Fullerton gives us the first-person account of one of the most epic days in Rocky Mountain National Park, when the mountains moved.Show NotesConnor Herson on Instagram. Does Connor’s ascent of Empath on gear count as the hardest trad ascent?Rocky Mountain National Park Closes Chaos Canyon Area Due to RockslideWatch Will Mondragon’s footy of the rockslide.Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support!  http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. andrew@runoutpodcast.com //  chris@runoutpodcast.com

Connor Herson returns to the show, a few years older, a few inches taller, and more than a few impressive ticks under his belt. One of his latest ascents is “Empath” on gear—potentially one of the harder gear leads ever recorded. Carlo Traversi first climbed Empath and proposed 5.15a. After quickly sending the route as a sport climb, Connor had the idea of trying it on gear. In this episode he shares his experience with that process, his thoughts about the difficulty of the route, and his vision for what’s next (hint: it’s not climbing). First, your friendly and utterly relatable hosts pay homage to a kind of trad climbing that most of y’all will be more familiar with—the everyday, everyperson experience of going up on a 5.10 or 5.11 with a rack of gear and trying to onsight your way to the top. Could this be any different from, say, the ego-fluff of Ten Sleep? Finally, Jeremy Fullerton gives us the first-person account of one of the most epic days in Rocky Mountain National Park, when the mountains moved. Show Notes Connor Herson on Instagram. Does Connor’s ascent of Empath on gear count as the hardest trad ascent? Rocky Mountain National Park Closes Chaos Canyon Area Due to Rockslide Watch Will Mondragon’s footy of the rockslide. Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! <a href="http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact</a> us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. andrew@runoutpodcast.com // chris@runoutpodcast.com

RunOut #84: Connor Herson Returns

Connor Herson is the kid who free climbed ‘The Nose’ at fifteen years old. What most people don’t know is that he is also an incredible sport climber. We talked about his sport climbing goal at age fourteen, his path to free climbing ‘The Nose’, big wall tactics, gear recommendations, headpointing, training power during COVID, recent sends, and future goals on El Cap.  Support on Patreon:patreon.com/thenuggetclimbing  Show Notes:  http://thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/conner-herson  Nuggets:  2:00 – Breakfast, caffeine, and sleep  3:26 – Connor’s goal at age 14  8:23 – Jailhouse, kneebar pads, the evolution of climbing, and 5.14d  12:53 – Trying ‘Triple Direct’  14:27 – Outgrowing beta on the ‘Changing Corners’ pitch  15:45 – Breakdown of the ‘Triple Direct’ linkup  17:24 – Three-day ascents  19:51 – Warming up for 5.14 straight out of bed and kneebaring the ‘Changing Corners’  22:08 – The path to freeing ‘The Nose’  30:34 – Making up PE class  33:25 – Two nudges from Tommy  38:09 – “If it’s a free route on El Cap it’s a goal.”, building a base of free routes, and thoughts on ‘The Dawn Wall’  40:21 – ‘Broken Arrow’, moderates to build a base, and headpointing tactics  47:55 – Bad landings, safety margins, and sewing up the first 25’ of ‘Broken Arrow’  49:37 – Offset cams, and cams vs. nuts  51:23 – ‘The Green Mile’  54:12 – Power training during shelter-in-place, ‘Throwin’ the Houlihan’, and ‘Surf Safari’  59:48 – Patron Question: Why are so few young climbers pulled towards trad and big walls?  1:05:06 – Patron Question: Connor’s go-to climbing shoes?  1:06:53 – Patron Question: Strategies for dealing with discomfort on big walls? (water, harness, shoes)  1:12:24 – Patron Question: Continue being an “all-rounder” vs. becoming more specialized?  1:14:16 – Jailhouse for training, and “if it’s training it can be contrived.”  1:15:52 – Gratitude  1:17:31 – Connor’s recent two-week trip, and sharing the driving  1:18:53 – Connor’s upcoming trip and goals  

Connor Herson is the kid who free climbed ‘The Nose’ at fifteen years old. What most people don’t know is that he is also an incredible sport climber. We talked about his sport climbing goal at age fourteen, his path to free climbing ‘The Nose’, big wall tactics, gear recommendations, headpointing, training power during COVID, recent sends, and future goals on El Cap.  Support on Patreon:<a href="http://patreon.com/thenuggetclimbing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/thenuggetclimbing  </a>Show Notes:  <a href="http://thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/conner-herson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/conner-herson  </a>Nuggets:  2:00 – Breakfast, caffeine, and sleep  3:26 – Connor’s goal at age 14  8:23 – Jailhouse, kneebar pads, the evolution of climbing, and 5.14d  12:53 – Trying ‘Triple Direct’  14:27 – Outgrowing beta on the ‘Changing Corners’ pitch  15:45 – Breakdown of the ‘Triple Direct’ linkup  17:24 – Three-day ascents  19:51 – Warming up for 5.14 straight out of bed and kneebaring the ‘Changing Corners’  22:08 – The path to freeing ‘The Nose’  30:34 – Making up PE class  33:25 – Two nudges from Tommy  38:09 – “If it’s a free route on El Cap it’s a goal.”, building a base of free routes, and thoughts on ‘The Dawn Wall’  40:21 – ‘Broken Arrow’, moderates to build a base, and headpointing tactics  47:55 – Bad landings, safety margins, and sewing up the first 25’ of ‘Broken Arrow’  49:37 – Offset cams, and cams vs. nuts  51:23 – ‘The Green Mile’  54:12 – Power training during shelter-in-place, ‘Throwin’ the Houlihan’, and ‘Surf Safari’  59:48 – Patron Question: Why are so few young climbers pulled towards trad and big walls?  1:05:06 – Patron Question: Connor’s go-to climbing shoes?  1:06:53 – Patron Question: Strategies for dealing with discomfort on big walls? (water, harness, shoes)  1:12:24 – Patron Question: Continue being an “all-rounder” vs. becoming more specialized?  1:14:16 – Jailhouse for training, and “if it’s training it can be contrived.”  1:15:52 – Gratitude  1:17:31 – Connor’s recent two-week trip, and sharing the driving  1:18:53 – Connor’s upcoming trip and goals

EP 30: Connor Herson — Fourteen 5.14s at Fourteen, Big Wall Free Climbing, and Power Training on a Home Wall

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Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! <a href="http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact</a> us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. andrew@runoutpodcast.com // chris@runoutpodcast.com