A new climbing management plan in Joshua Tree National Park redefines bolts as installations. We pore through this ominous plan to try to figure what the hell is going on in J-tree, and what this may mean for climbing in Wilderness locations around the country.

Then, we sit down with Dr. Jared Vagy, AKA The Climbing Doctor, a physical therapist based in Los Angeles who specializes in treating climbing injuries. Our conversation runs the gamut of everything from finger tweaks to back pain, and ultimately meanders into a meta analysis of how one comes to be an expert in training and injury prevention.

For today’s final bit, get those horns up Television Sick—a band that plays loud, fast music from climber / guitarist Hunter Goldfish.

Show Notes

Climbing Management Plan for Joshua Tree National Park

The Climbing Doctor

“Afterglow,” Television Sick, available at Bandcamp.

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