91 | Our Illusion Of Safety w/ IFMGA Silas Rossi

91 | Our Illusion Of Safety w/ IFMGA Silas Rossi

Published on Apr 21
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The Climbing Majority
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<p>In a world flooded with climbing content, tech tips, and loud online opinions, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when you’re educating yourself on safety systems. The truth? Learning how to climb safely and efficiently can be confusing—and quite honestly pretty dangerous. So what <em>is</em> the best way to learn? Books, YouTube, mentors, guides? Honestly, it’s a mix of all four. </p><p>Today’s guest is someone who has spent his life thinking deeply about how we learn, how we climb, and how we can stay alive in the mountains. Silas Rossi is an IFMGA certified guide, current president of the American Mountain Guides Association, and owner of Alpine Logic Guide Services... With 24 years of climbing under his belt, he’s instructed athletes, recreational climbers, and guides around the world. He’s climbed the Matterhorn nearly a dozen times, spent multiple seasons in the Alps, and enjoys crushing hard trad routes near his hometown in New York—Silas is the real deal.</p><p>And yet, despite h...