{"id":180258,"date":"2022-07-26T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=180258"},"modified":"2022-07-26T10:18:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T17:18:30","slug":"finding-yourself-in-climbing-with-mario-stanley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/finding-yourself-in-climbing-with-mario-stanley","title":{"rendered":"Finding Yourself in Climbing with Mario Stanley"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/17aadc18-dd20-4824-8475-30e1a3387c0d?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/finding-yourself-in-climbing-with-mario-stanley\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mario Stanley started rock climbing in his early twenties and quickly fell in love with the sport. He became a climbing coach and an outdoor guide, and now runs his own company, Highpoint Expeditions. Climbing gave Mario\u2019s life a sense of direction at a time when he was feeling lost. He\u2019s learned over the years that it\u2019s about more than scaling to the top of a wall. Climbing is an exercise in freedom, trust, and pushing through fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Mario:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mariostanley.com\/\">Website&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mariorstan\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCvLMa4FpXSQIqJQC8MMKssg\">YouTube<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mariostanley.com\/sends-and-suffers-podcast\">Sends and Suffers Podcast&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li>Highpoint Expeditions<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitgyms.com\/\">Summit Climbing Gyms<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode sponsor:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonos.com\/en-us\/home\">Sonos<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/tooth-claw-true-stories-of-animal-attacks\/id1530064872\">Tooth and Claw<\/a>&nbsp;podcast<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Mario Stanley started rock climbing in his early twenties and quickly fell in love with the sport. He became a climbing coach and an outdoor guide, and now runs his own company, Highpoint Expeditions. Climbing gave Mario\u2019s life a sense of direction at a time when he was feeling lost. 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