On Episode 129 of the Enormocast, I sit down with consummate alpinist, Steve Swensen. Steve’s career in the big mountains has spanned decades. As a kid, Steve dreamed of flying to the stars as an Apollo astronaut, but he chose to climb as close to space as possible instead. While he has climbed worldwide, his … <p class="link-more"><a href="https://enormocast.com/2017/05/episode-129-steve-swenson-almost-an-astronaut/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Episode 129: Steve Swenson – Almost an Astronaut."</span></a></p>

The Enormocast: the climbing podcast

Episode 129: Steve Swenson – Almost an Astronaut.

With 35 years of climbing experience and going on 14 years behind the mic, Chris Kalous brings interviews, tributes, discussion, tears, and lots of laughs from the full breadth of the climbing zeitgeist. Rock climbing, bigwall (big wall?) climbing, alpinism, ice climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing. If it’s climbing related, it’s here. In the words of Alex Honnold, “If you are a climber, you pretty much have to do the Enormocast.”