Welcome to another episode of the That's Not Real Climbing Podcast! Tyler is a fellow competition climbing nerd and podcaster, who has been involved in the space much longer than I have, and you may be familiar with his channel, Plastic Weekly! In this episode, we’ll talk about what it’s like MCing at a world cup, commiserate on the hardships that come with climbing podcasting, go over some climbing HOT TAKES, and talk about the upcoming 2024 season!
Guest links:
Tyler’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nylertorton/
Plastic Weekly IG: https://www.instagram.com/plasticweekly/
Plastic Weekly Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PlasticWeekly
Reference links:
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Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
1:15 - Intro + gym experience
7:16 - MCing and commentating at world cups
13:35 - Beginnings of Plastic Weekly Podcast
17:31 - Starting The Debrief series with John Burgman
20:52 - Commiserating on highlights and lowlights of podcasting
30:36 - Competition hot take: GOAT is overused
42:09 - Hot take: Get rid of isolation?
48:29 - People don't care about the overall title anymore?
55:00 - NEOM games environmental impact
1:01:35 - IFSC's new RED-S Policy
1:05:54 - 2024 season predictions
1:13:14 - Olympic favorites
1:18:54 - Discord Q: Is there an absence of climbing media?
1:24:19 - Discord Q: Are gyms are good place to start climbing careers?
1:29:04 - Where to find Tyler