RunOut #131: Drew Ruana Climbs Hard and Thinks Ahead

<p>Out #131: Drew Ruana Climbs Hard and Thinks Ahead</p> <p>Drew Ruana started climbing on the slabs of Smith Rock, and has since become one of America’s most prolific boulderers, with over 100 V14 and harder problems ticked. He’s currently a student at the Colorado School of Mines, and thinking ahead of what kind of career he wants in life, and how climbing fits into it all.</p> <p>But first, yr friendly podcast hosts debrief on their Olympic fever, and talk about where Paris soared, and where it fell short.</p> <p>Today’s final bit is from the all-girl punk band Fire Party, who was part of the DC punk scene in the late 1980s. In true punk fashion, the members of Fire Party — including the lead singer, badass climber and friend of the pod Amy Pickering — rejected the label of being an all-girl band.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Show Notes</h3> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOZDktz8qlA">Watch Drew Ruana climb the Ice Knife</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com...