Climb Hard Love Harder: Recent Episodes
Eric Askren & Dean Olin - co-hosts
Welcome to Climb Hard Love Harder Podcast - an extension of Climbers for Christ. The interviews will open a window into the life and story of members, interesting climbers, and hangers-on. By listening we hope to stir you up to love and good works at your home crag and everywhere this climbing life takes you.
This is the second part of our two part interview with Andrew Leich. In the first episode Andrew talks about is experience being bit by a rattle snake. In this episode Andrew goes in depth about his faith.
Andrew Leich of West Virginia shares about his crag adventures, writing guide books, and how to recover from a rattle snake bite!
The 2024 Idaho Mountain Festival inspired many to reflect on how God is moving in their lives-on and off the rock!
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Chris Lawrence - Climber, skier, outdoor backcountry guide, cancer survivor and author shares how he got to where he is, the ministry that grew up around his surviving cancer and how much he loves life, family and God. Find out more at https://www.hopehasarrived.com and https://backcountrybeacon.blog/called-to-the-wild/
Betsy is a mother, wife, friend and climber. She shares her love for climbing and her love for people in this episode. Betsy rocks the Michigan stoke!
We look at 2023, all we learned, all we’re grateful for and where we’re going in 2024. We also hear climbers’ take on the CFC 2023 National Conference
We’re grateful to have Eric Horst fill us in on his own climbing life, how he has integrated the most important parts (wife, kids and faith) into his vertical and professional pursuits. It’s so good!
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Bryce continues this 2nd half of his interview telling us about his own experiences of love at the crag, the importance of camaraderie all while keeping the stoke high.
Amazing Bryce Mahoney of Pilot Mountain North Carolina shares about climbing, why he moved to pursue God’s purpose in his life and . . . his love of TRICAMS!
From the February 2023 CFC Leadership gathering in Bend, OR we hear from 4 of our leaders how they’ve personally experienced climbing hard and loving harder . . . and being loved harder!
This special episode lets us listen in on 4 CFC leaders share their experiences of climbing hard but loving harder . . . we also hear how they’ve been loved-on harder. Rachel Davidson, Jim Stone, Mike Sandefur and John Blaubach tell us some of their stories.
This special episode lets us listen in on 4 CFC leaders share their experiences of climbing hard but loving harder . . . we also hear how they’ve been loved-on harder. Emma Capulong, Justin Binish, Jed Johnson and Joe Huerta tell us some of their stories.
Josh shares some of his insights on family, bouldering and the parallels of climbing and spiritual life.
Podcast hosts Dean and Eric interview each other, share stoke, talk about proudest sends and give pointers on how they love climbers well.
They share climbing, work at the refugio, living in community and how to pack gear to your route.
Executive Director’s Report: Funding the Future of CFC - How you can contribute to the vision and mission of Climbers for Christ.
Steve and Summer give us a glimpse of their hearts and climbing lives sharing about cats and what family means to them.
Kristin Anderson shares everything from her favorite pack animal to seeing positivity post concussion.
Ryan Unger calls himself a professional walker. Truth be known he’s an amazing climber as well. In this interview we learn all about his walking, climbing and spiritual heart.
Shannon shares heart-felt struggles that have lead to immense personal and spiritual growth both in and out of the vertical world - she also tells us how to pronounce “Vedauwoo!”
We interview the Executive Director of Climbers for Christ discovering what makes him tick and how he arrived at this place in life.
The great Frosty Gill tells about overcoming obstacles in the mountains and his personal life.