#26 CLIMBING THE WORLD FOR A LIVING
WITH CHARLOTTE AND JOSH
“It felt like I was living to work and I always want to work so I can live, so that is how I made that choice (to become a professional climber).”
- Josh
The experience of stepping foot outside our comfort zone and into the limitless possibilities of nature, has been life-changing for me and so many others I’ve witnessed. It’s a passion of mine to help as many people as I could, to experience this feeling safely –with the right knowledge and gear – is what motivated me to start my retail store Find Your Feet back in 2009.
Charlotte Durif and Josh Larson are a professional climbing couple who crossed my radar through Find Your Feet in Tasmania on the third leg of their A World Less Travelled Tour. They didn’t have much spare time in Tasmania but I knew I needed to have this phenomenal duo on the podcast. Once you hear their story, you’ll know why.
Their combined sporting achievements are nothing short of incredible. Just to name a few; Josh achieved 3rd Place at the USA Bouldering Nationals in 2015 and Charlotte was the World Champion Climber in 2014, placed 3rd overall at the World Championship in 2016, and was World Champion 5 times in Lead Youth between 2004 and 2009!
It became apparent to me that Charlotte and Josh’s determination extended beyond their personal love for climbing. Throughout their climbing careers, both Charlotte and Josh have actively helped to strengthen the world of climbing on a global level. Their passion to continue this work (as well as the seriously cool idea of climbing for a living!) became their motivation to embark on their epic world tour to 18 different countries.
Their combined sporting achievements are nothing short of incredible. Just to name a few; Josh achieved 3rd Place at the USA Bouldering Nationals in 2015 and Charlotte was the World Champion Climber in 2014, placed 3rd overall at the World Championship in 2016, and was World Champion 5 times in Lead Youth between 2004 and 2009!
It became apparent to me that Charlotte and Josh’s determination extended beyond their personal love for climbing. Throughout their climbing careers, both Charlotte and Josh have actively helped to strengthen the world of climbing on a global level. Their passion to continue this work (as well as the seriously cool idea of climbing for a living!) became their motivation to embark on their epic world tour to 18 different countries.
I am so grateful for the experience I shared with Charlotte and Josh through this podcast episode and they have completely inspired me to continue pursuing my own climbing missions. There is so many amazing pieces of wisdom in this episode, I’ll leave you to enjoy listening and getting to know these two phenomenal people with me.
Follow Charlotte and Josh on their A World Less Travelled Tour via their:
Website: http://www.aworldlesstraveled.com
Blog: http://www.aworldlesstraveled.com/blog
Facebook: Charlotte Durif & Josh Larson
Instagram: @chadurif & @ joshlrsn
Their epic media production company - Cold House Media
Films - Cold House Media
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ColdHouseMedia/?fref=mentions
All Images courtesy of Cold House Media
Follow Charlotte and Josh on their A World Less Travelled Tour via their:
Website: http://www.aworldlesstraveled.com
Blog: http://www.aworldlesstraveled.com/blog
Facebook: Charlotte Durif & Josh Larson
Instagram: @chadurif & @ joshlrsn
Their epic media production company - Cold House Media
Films - Cold House Media
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ColdHouseMedia/?fref=mentions
All Images courtesy of Cold House Media
“One thing that we really wanted to do, to experience fully this big journey, is to meet the locals…the climbing community has been absolutely amazing. Yes the world is big, but if your driven by the same passion then the world becomes super small.”
- Charlotte
HANNY ALLSTON
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