Ben Mayforth: Growth Mindset

Climbing Gold

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ben Mayforth’s strength is a sight to behold. The professional paraclimber’s social clips of campusing double digit boulder problems may have made it into your social feed, but his story runs much deeper than any grade or route. It’s a story of hard work, belonging and finding a path in the world. Forerunner features Alex Johnson Adapted Part 1 and Part 2 features Mo Beck Thanks to our sponsors The North Face Henson Shaving Use link and enter CLIMBINGGOLD at checkout to get 100 free blades with your purchase. (Note: you must add both the 100-blade pack and the razor for the discount to apply.) LMNT Use link to get a free LMNT sample pack with any order Altitude Climbing Learn the three key elements needed to make progress again from Dave Macleod. Sign-up for the course at altitudeclimbing.com/climbinggold COROS Use code CLIMBINGGOLD to get a free watch carabiner with the purchase of a VERTIX 2s watch when both items are in your cart. Watch Climbing Gold on YouTube

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, just a heads up that this is going to be our final episode for the remainder of
0:05.7	2024. We're going to regroup and we'll be back in the new year with another year of
0:12.3	stories, which I'm kind of psyched for a break. I will not lie. Yeah, I'll be going T70 for a little
0:17.8	bit, do a little rock climbing, focus on the fan for a bit,
0:21.0	and, you know, see what kind of stories inspire us for the next round of climbing gold.
0:25.8	Yeah.
0:26.4	I feel like we've had an incredible year.
0:28.7	Like, we're looking back at everything from all the incredible guests to the Olympics coverage.
0:33.5	But I feel like we might have saved the best for last.
0:36.7	Alex, who is our guest today?
0:38.5	Our guest today is Ben Mayforth, who is a climber.
0:42.4	And since 2018, he's been competing on the global stage in paraclimactic competitions.
0:49.0	I feel like most people listening have probably only seen him maybe on YouTube or on like social clips
0:56.9	Basically because there are a bunch of videos floating around of him doing very hard things on the board like him canvassing v12 on the kilter board
1:04.2	It is insane. It's pretty impressive
1:07.6	Yeah, today he's living his dream he He's a professional climber. He's traveling
1:11.9	the world for competitions and World Cups. He's coaching when he isn't working on growing the
1:17.2	adaptive climbing scene and leading trips. And he's basically an all-around go-getter. He's just
1:21.4	going big. For so many of us, climbing provides a growth path. But for Ben, there feels like there's
1:27.3	something about his journey where climbing seems almost necessary. Climbing provides a growth path. But for Ben, there feels like there's something
1:27.7	about his journey where climbing seems almost necessary.
1:32.6	Well, it just seems like, I mean,
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