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Thomas Huber is a German rock climbing and mountaineering legend. We talked about his most recent expedition to Pakistan, how to have fun at basecamp, exploring the impossible, his first trip to Buoux as a teenager, beer diets, his relationship with his brother Alex, challenges, silver linings, partying with the Stone Monkeys in Yosemite, his new book Freiheit, and much more.
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Show Notes:
thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/thomas-huber
Nuggets:
(00:00:00) – Intro
(00:01:25) – Many valleys
(00:04:53) – Hunting
(00:14:39) – Staying young
(00:16:29) – Thomas’ recent trip to Choktoi
(00:27:12) – Lessons from expeditions
(00:31:05) – Party in basecamp
(00:35:48) – The Pakistanis’ relationship with climbing
(00:45:48) – Exploring the impossible
(00:51:12) – Understanding why accidents happen
(00:55:50) – Sport climbing at age 57
(00:57:45) – Mountaineering holiday
(01:01:17) – Beer break
(01:02:37) – Early training
(01:09:36) – Part of the evolution
(01:11:42) – His first trip to Buoux
(01:13:53) – Inspiration & training setup
(01:19:11) – Finger strength in his 50s
(01:20:55) – 9a & beer
(01:27:36) – Reaching the world stage
(01:30:38) – His relationship with his brother Alex
(01:37:29) – Proudest accomplishments with Alex
(01:39:31) – Challenges & silver linings
(01:46:17) – Yosemite & the Stone Monkeys
(01:54:00) – Patagonia
(01:56:09) – El Nino on El Cap
(01:58:39) – The man-powered rappel
(02:00:45) – Keeping their stories alive
(02:06:24) – Freiheit
