Who do you want to be? Marcus Garcia is turning 50 this year and he’s lived a lot of lives in that time. That question has been buzzing.
🧊 About the episode
Who Do You Want to Be?
On the surface, it’s a simple question, but getting to the core is often a devious stumbling through masquerade — “Is this really what I want to be doing?”, “Is this me or who I used to be?”, “What’s next?”
Marcus Garcia is turning 50 this year and he’s lived a lot of lives in that time. These questions have been buzzing.
In this episode, we chat about:
- 🧊 Starting anew and learning to let go
- 🧊 Understanding our energy demands and value
- 🧊 Creating and coaching the USA Youth Ice Climbing Team (and what it means to see so many of the athletes flourishing)
- 🧊 Some useful mindset techniques and exercises for other youth coaches
- 🧊 And Marcus reads some poetry too
“What letting go really means is not just letting it go, but letting it give the space it needs so you can process and understand the why you're feeling these things. So in a way, you have to grieve that old identity to make space for this new identity. And that is part of what letting go is, is making room for this new person you become.”
🎁 Giveaway
Marcus is a Rab athlete, and to support Marcus and this podcast, Rab is giving away a few items to listeners:
Only members of the podcast will be able to enter, luckily, you can become a member for free, which gives you access to special giveaways like this (and other goods).
👉 To enter:
In this week's newsletter, we share a question which Marcus answers in this week's episode.
Once you have the answer:
1. Follow @rab.equipment.na and @ice_ice_beta on Instagram
2. DM the answer to the question to @ice_ice_beta
3. Comment on the giveaway post on our Instagram: “#TheMountainPeople” once you’ve sent in your answer
4. Share the giveaway post to your story for an extra entry ⭐️
5. Winners will be randomly selected from submissions that meet all the rules on Monday, December 16! 📢
🧊 Resources and links
Marcus would like to thank his sponsors, Rab, Camp, Osprey, Lowa, and Sterling. They support him in regularly teaching climbing workshops and clinics, from the art of the offwidth to how to mix climb. The best place to see where Marcus will be and what he’s teaching is on his Instagram, @mgclimber1.
For Marcus’ opening poem, here is the post, and here is his latest video “Beyond the Climb”.
🧊 Credits
📸: Cover photo courtesy of Marcus.
Intro music by Hannah Noelle Enomoto (thanks, sis!). This episode was edited by Andrew Salomone of salomonesound.com.
🧊 Sponsors:
A huge thanks to Aniiu Gloves and Furnace Industries for supporting this show!
Aniiu Gloves: What do you get when you combine 30 years of ice climbing and product design chops? Well, if you’re into gloves you get Aniiu — a boutique climbing brand on a mission to produce the best ice climbing and drytooling gloves around. Doug, Jun, and the rest of the team spare no expense in the pursuit of durable, dextrous and waterproof. Best yet, they are made from recycled textiles — which saves waste from the landfill — and they are robustly built so they won’t end up there anytime soon. To learn more about your friend in the cold, head to aniiu.com. That is aniiu.com.
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