RunOut #51: Emily Harrington Has Arrived

Emily Harrington

Fresh off her historic first female ascent of Golden Gate in a day (GGIAD), Emily Harrington joins us, the unworthy podcast hosts, as we grovel in the dirt and prostrate ourselves before her majesty’s feet—still ensconced in Alex Honnold’s TC Pros. With GGIAD, Harrington has really arrived as one of the best female climbers of all time. It’s hard to think of another woman who has done as much across all disciplines, from big mountains to national competitions and ice fests, to hard sport. Though we aren’t worthy, we did enjoy this inspiring dive into one of the great bits of news in the climbing world this year.

Speaking of news, one place you won’t be reading it is in the pages of Rock and Ice magazine, which has sold / merged with Climbing magazine. We reminisce about the golden era of climbing magazines, bemoan social media, and bemuse the sort of whimper with which the news was seemingly received about Rock and Ice’s folding.

And for the final bit, introducing everyone’s new favorite game, Whose PSAAT! Is That Anyway?

Photo by Jon Glassberg / Louder Than 11.


4 responses to “RunOut #51: Emily Harrington Has Arrived”

  1. Hey guys-
    Barely digging in here (almost at minute 14), but I had to push the pause button to reply regarding the state of climbing media, how we climbers consume said media, and more pointedly the fact that Rock and Ice is going away.

    I just came by the news a few days back and was mildly heartbroken. Climbing Magazine has really gone out of its way to be a print version of a Facebook group page or a really shitty Instagram account, and is more ads than anything else. Occasionally they get it together and put a worthwhile read in there, but is the exception and not the rule.

    On the other hand I always thought that Rock and Ice really held fast to a much higher standard and I will miss the writing, the photography, and waiting to get my copy in the mail. I actually got one just yesterday.

    I own and run two climbing gyms where I live and we still have stacks of old mags at both locations. We also have a few crusty old guys that frequently made it in to ‘Hot Flashes’ lurking around during weekday mornings.

    Thank you for what you guys do. Being able to listen here keeps me from getting from surfing IG too much.

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