EP 253: April Davidson (yeahapril)
December 16, 2024
Photo by Lê Stephen
April Davidson (yeahapril) is a rock climber and content creator. We talked about what it is like living with her blind fiance Justin Salas, growing up and moving to LA, losing her mom, opiate addiction, finding climbing, her Instagram career, health issues and adrenal fatigue, her experiment with the carnivore diet, responsible meat eating, chocolate cake, and much more.
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00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:22 – Living with a blind man
00:07:33 – Why they quit vanlife
00:10:04 – Building out their van
00:21:02 – Settling in Vegas
00:23:44 – April’s relationship with climbing
00:26:18 – Growing up & moving a lot
00:31:44 – Moving to LA
00:33:40 – 30s
00:40:00 – Loss & addiction
00:49:06 – An abusive relationship
00:52:01 – Finding climbing
00:54:34 – Breaking free
00:58:56 – Dissociation & wasted time
01:02:13 – Support & accountability
01:05:21 – Her Instagram career
01:12:57 – Photography & video
01:16:15 – Going with the flow
01:17:57 – Weddings & elopements
01:21:10 – Health issues & adrenal fatigue
01:28:56 – The carnivore diet
01:35:25 – Getting strong
01:40:00 – Gut health & her current diet
01:43:52 – Vegan & vegetarian diets
01:50:52 – Responsible meat eating
01:55:08 – Quitting caffeine
01:56:37 – Food tracking
01:59:39 – Cake
02:00:28 – Rapid fire questions
02:04:18 – Narrating life to Justin
02:07:30 – Ultimate trust
02:08:34 – Wrap up & EXTRA teaser