OOPS, Sickos went and did a journalism ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
On EP.05 Max sits down with Kaya Co-founders Marc Bourguignon and Dave Gurman, along with Kaya’s head of marketing Eric Jerome for a wide ranging conversation about the company’s history, business model, learnings and missteps, and all things guide books, digital and print!
Stick around for the Matt De Santis cameo where we break down the economics of being a digital guide book author and explore the grey areas of copyright VS reference data…
Circle the WAGONS, we’re fightin’ off pitchfork-armed troll mobs….
Did you miss us? In Episode 4 Max kicks it with Mike Bockino and Sam Enright to talk all things POTATO STATE. We try to get to the bottom of what kept Mike going to climb his hardest project after 46 days of effort at age 43, do our FOUR (or 3? But who’s counting) FAVORITE Idaho blocs, chat about Sam’s old show NO ROPE and how it feels to talk into the void, and what Mike’s favorite Netflix show is to watch with floaties on in the hot tub…
BUCKLE UP FOLKS, in episode 3 Max goes DEEP with Kyram Adsit and Nic Oklobzija for a THREE HOUR therapy session…In hours 1 and 2 with ~50 years of route setting experience between the guests, they discuss everything from where the gym industry’s at in 2025, to which celebrity setters Nic hates the most, to highlights and horror stories from World Cups and Nationals; things get LOOSE in hour 3 where Max and Kyram squash their Uintas FA beef, we debut the 8A local area LIGHTNING ROUND, and finally naming their US setter Mt Rushmore…
DON’T FORGET TO HYDRATE
In episode 2, Max chats with longtime friends Brian Nugent and Hayden Miller about Brian's flash of SPECTRE, the science behind rock quality, a mathematician's perspective of the bouldering equation and the finite limit of hard bouldering, measuring building landings in beers, and highball first ascents. GET IN LOSERS, WE'RE GOING NERDING
Episode 1