{"id":43680,"date":"2019-02-11T09:19:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T17:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=43680"},"modified":"2019-02-26T14:03:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T22:03:34","slug":"making-art-as-a-couple-with-jimmy-chin-and-chai-vasarhelyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/making-art-as-a-couple-with-jimmy-chin-and-chai-vasarhelyi","title":{"rendered":"Making Art as a Couple With Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8579468\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/5d4d96\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/making-art-as-a-couple-with-jimmy-chin-and-chai-vasarhelyi-transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June 2017, <a href=\"\/blog\/climb\/the-significance-of-honnolds-freesolo\">rock climber Alex Honnold climbed El Capitan without any ropes<\/a>. His journey to achieve that climb, including the physical and emotional preparation, was all captured and made into a beautiful, Academy Award winning documentary by filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from being incredibly talented filmmakers, Jimmy and Chai are married with two young children. They met in 2011 when Jimmy was working on his film,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Meru<\/em>, and their passion for film and adventure grew. Making a major motion picture involves a ton of effort, patience and skill. I was especially interested in what it was like to work on a project with such high stakes as a couple with kids. In this episode, Jimmy and Chai discuss the process of making the film together, their values and how it is possible to make art as a couple. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Listen to this episode if:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve seen or want to see <em>Free Solo<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019re interested in movies or photography.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You love documentaries or adventure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019re a climber.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You want to work with your significant other.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Episodes to listen to:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"\/blog\/podcasts\/wild-ideas-worth-living-alex-honnold\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alex Honnold<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Connect with Jimmy and Chai:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jimmy\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jimmychin.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jimmychin\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimkchin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jimmychinphotography\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chai\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chaivasarhelyi\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Subscribe to Wild Ideas Worth Living on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wild-ideas-worth-living-interviews-on-adventure-outdoors\/id1183017174?mt=2\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__wildideasworthliving.us14.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D906ddcb8082befb4355543def-26id-3D25f6390c3b-26e-3D0c09d7b9b5&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=CqkB-gCiM4xW6iOknju0uA&amp;r=UyrdvYnZmSEdNxuILFi6MQ&amp;m=kdwW0N1UeXPtTPFy01q22fKcCcSb3LAuN6mtDLpXjcI&amp;s=aR01yqAiaCnZtaoK5JJEKk3Cak1oHTnObojYepcttBU&amp;e=\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript In June 2017, rock climber Alex Honnold climbed El Capitan without any ropes. His journey to achieve that climb, including the physical and emotional preparation, was all captured and made into a beautiful, Academy Award winning documentary by filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Aside from being incredibly talented filmmakers, Jimmy and Chai [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":43681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1726,1727],"tags":[734,541,1452],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-43680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climb","category-podcasts","category-wild-ideas-worth-living","tag-climbing","tag-podcast","tag-wild-ideas-worth-living"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/making-art-as-a-couple-with-jimmy-chin-and-chai-vasarhelyi","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Making Art as a Couple With Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/making-art-as-a-couple-with-jimmy-chin-and-chai-vasarhelyi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/making-art-as-a-couple-with-jimmy-chin-and-chai-vasarhelyi"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/FreeSolo_41.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/FreeSolo_41.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333"},"articleSection":"Climb","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Bernhard"}],"creator":["Jessica Bernhard"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":["climbing","podcasts","wild ideas worth living"],"dateCreated":"2019-02-11T17:19:22Z","datePublished":"2019-02-11T17:19:22Z","dateModified":"2019-02-26T22:03:34Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Making Art as a Couple With Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/making-art-as-a-couple-with-jimmy-chin-and-chai-vasarhelyi\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/making-art-as-a-couple-with-jimmy-chin-and-chai-vasarhelyi\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/FreeSolo_41.jpg?resize=150%2C150\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/FreeSolo_41.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333\"},\"articleSection\":\"Climb\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Jessica Bernhard\"}],\"creator\":[\"Jessica Bernhard\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Path \\u2013 An REI Co-op Publication\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"climbing\",\"podcasts\",\"wild ideas worth living\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2019-02-11T17:19:22Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-11T17:19:22Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-26T22:03:34Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/rei.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/FreeSolo_41.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43680"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44273,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43680\/revisions\/44273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43680"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=43680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}