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EP 41: Tonde Katiyo (Part 2)
Climbing, Sport Climbing, Self-Imrovement, Bouldering, Route Setting, Coaching, Teaching, Top Route Setters Steven Dimmitt Climbing, Sport Climbing, Self-Imrovement, Bouldering, Route Setting, Coaching, Teaching, Top Route Setters Steven Dimmitt

EP 41: Tonde Katiyo (Part 2)

This is part 2 of my conversation with Tonde Katiyo. We talked about RIC (Risk, Intensity, Complexity) as a tool for communicating about difficulty, about the appropriate responses to different types of bouldering challenges, about the value and importance of route setting in a growing industry, about The Lab, and keeping training in perspective.

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EP 40: Tonde Katiyo (Part 1)
Climbing, Sport Climbing, Self-Imrovement, Bouldering, Route Setting, Coaching, Teaching, Top Real Talk, Top Route Setters Steven Dimmitt Climbing, Sport Climbing, Self-Imrovement, Bouldering, Route Setting, Coaching, Teaching, Top Real Talk, Top Route Setters Steven Dimmitt

EP 40: Tonde Katiyo (Part 1)

Tonde Katiyo is a professional route setter, a passionate climber, a father, and a coach. His mother is French and his father is Zimbabwean. We talked about the connection between route setting and coaching, about coaching Nathan Hadley, Sean Bailey, and Margo Hayes, about his discrimination and privilege resumés, about exposing his kids to risk, and about making better climbing to make a better world.

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