Pedro Guerra-Zúñiga has a fighting spirit — a spirit that especially likes to laugh. After being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Pedro decided he would respond on his terms: with humor and a goal of making Team Canada.
🧊 About the episode
Pedro Guerra-Zúñiga has a fighting spirit — a spirit that especially likes to laugh.
Growing up, Pedro expected to get cancer, at some point, probably in his 60s. Fate has a funny disposition, though, so when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Pedro decided to respond on his terms: with humor and a goal of making Team Canada.
After all, you never know what can happen.
In this episode, we chat about:
- 🧊 How showing up can be the most powerful thing you do
- 🧊 The impact of philosophy on his recovery
- 🧊 Why he likes drytooling so much, beyond being tendon friendly
- 🧊 Training as a larger athlete
🧊 Resources and links
You can follow along with Pedro’s competition season via his Instagram (@peteclimbing). He shares a lot of updates, including tinkering with gear and different training techniques.
🧊 Credits
📸: Cover photo courtesy of Roger.
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.
Furnace Industries: We get it, ice season never really ends… it just kinda blends between rock, plastic, and plywood until waterfalls freeze over again. No matter how you train in the off-season Furnace Industries keeps you going ‘til your next bout of screaming barfies. With their gym-safe DRY ICE Evolutions you can keep up your fitness indoors. And if you’re looking to challenge yourself on your homewall, they have the largest stock of drytooling holds in America. Check out their full lineup of ice and drytooling gear at furnace-Industries.com… where It’s Always Ice Season.
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