Rob Pizem's guest appearances

Rob Pizem

The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Basecamp: A Climbing Magazine Podcast

The Thundercling Podcast

Sender's Game Podcast

Nina Williams

Matt Samet

James Lucas

Hazel Findlay

Chris Kalman

Brady Robinson

Mark Hudon

Chris Schulte

Mark Synnott

Jonathan Siegrist

Kolin Powick

Jim Donini

Chris Weidner

Brendan Leonard

Heather Weidner

OwlTail

Unaweep Canyon is a climbing destination just south of Grand Junction, Colorado, with sweeping granite walls for miles. Yet, it doesn't get much traffic. Rob Pizem wrote a feature about Unaweep for the October/November issue of Climbing Magazine. We caught up with Rob to talk about Unaweep, the first ascent potential in the area, what it's like to be a climber in Grand Junction, his training, and what he's been up to lately. Presented by Mystery Ranch. Music by Small Houses.

Unaweep Canyon is a climbing destination just south of Grand Junction, Colorado, with sweeping granite walls for miles. Yet, it doesn't get much traffic. Rob Pizem wrote a feature about Unaweep for the October/November issue of Climbing Magazine. We caught up with Rob to talk about Unaweep, the first ascent potential in the area, what it's like to be a climber in Grand Junction, his training, and what he's been up to lately. Presented by <a href="https://www.mysteryranch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mystery Ranch.</a> Music by <a href="https://smallhouses.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Small Houses.</a>

Rob Pizem Talks Unaweep Canyon

Photo by Lane Mathis.Rob "Piz" Pizem, 42, is a man in perpetual motion. Along with raising two sons with his wife, Jane, Piz teaches high school science to at-risk youth, logs hours as the head trainer at his local gym in Grand Junction, CO, and carves out time away from his family to put up some of the most ascetic first ascents on terra firma. Between driving the kids to baseball practice, spending time with his wife, developing curriculum for his students, and designing climbing regiments for his clients, Piz finds about three hours a week to train himself, somehow maintaining the fitness necessary to nab the first free ascent of routes like Thunderbird, a remote 2000 ft, 16 pitch .13a R in Zion National Park.Hard chargers can rub some folks the wrong way and Piz is no exception. His life is so bisected, investigated, and massaged to fit esoteric timetables that he has nary a moment to spare on folks who get in the way. Indeed, he maintains a list of possible climbing partners, over-stokers who know how to rise early, work hard, and suffer alongside him in sometimes unquantifiable doses. Buttercup, did you hit snooze? You're off the list. Forever.There's no faking this kind of dedication. As with climbing, he lives his life with purpose. He teaches because he wants to give back to society. He puts up new routes in wild locales because he feeds off the experience, from the pre-sunrise drives to the last bolt hand-drilled at the final belay. He walks away from epic FAs because he knows he can't justify the time away from his family. He's the real deal in a world of social media curation, a rare bird indeed.Thank you, as always, to Ryne Doughty for the tunes.Have a question, concern, pitch, or criticism? Drop us a line at  thunderclingpodcast@gmail.com. Toss us a DM on Instagram @thethundercling. We read and respond to every note we receive.

Photo by Lane Mathis. Rob "Piz" Pizem, 42, is a man in perpetual motion. Along with raising two sons with his wife, Jane, Piz teaches high school science to at-risk youth, logs hours as the head trainer at his local gym in Grand Junction, CO, and carves out time away from his family to put up some of the most ascetic first ascents on terra firma. Between driving the kids to baseball practice, spending time with his wife, developing curriculum for his students, and designing climbing regiments for his clients, Piz finds about three hours a week to train himself, somehow maintaining the fitness necessary to nab the first free ascent of routes like Thunderbird, a remote 2000 ft, 16 pitch .13a R in Zion National Park. Hard chargers can rub some folks the wrong way and Piz is no exception. His life is so bisected, investigated, and massaged to fit esoteric timetables that he has nary a moment to spare on folks who get in the way. Indeed, he maintains a list of possible climbing partners, over-stokers who know how to rise early, work hard, and suffer alongside him in sometimes unquantifiable doses. Buttercup, did you hit snooze? You're off the list. Forever. There's no faking this kind of dedication. As with climbing, he lives his life with purpose. He teaches because he wants to give back to society. He puts up new routes in wild locales because he feeds off the experience, from the pre-sunrise drives to the last bolt hand-drilled at the final belay. He walks away from epic FAs because he knows he can't justify the time away from his family. He's the real deal in a world of social media curation, a rare bird indeed. Thank you, as always, to Ryne Doughty for the tunes. Have a question, concern, pitch, or criticism? Drop us a line at thunderclingpodcast@gmail.com. Toss us a DM on Instagram @thethundercling. We read and respond to every note we receive.

Episode 11: Rob Pizem — Managing the List

Rob Pizem describes what goes into putting up a first ascent.

Rob Pizem describes what goes into putting up a first ascent.

#2 - The Art of the FA (feat. Rob Pizem)

On Episode 113, I finally move Rob Pizem from his on-deck status to current guest after saving him for a rainy day for a few years. Pizem, AKA Piz, manages a “normal” life in Grand Junction, Colorado and still climbs really hard. I try to glean the magic of how to have it all: a job(s), kids, … Continue reading "Episode 113: Rob Pizem – The Time is Now."

On Episode 113, I finally move Rob Pizem from his on-deck status to current guest after saving him for a rainy day for a few years. Pizem, AKA Piz, manages a “normal” life in Grand Junction, Colorado and still climbs really hard. I try to glean the magic of how to have it all: a job(s), kids, … <a href="https://enormocast.com/2016/09/episode-113-rob-pizem-the-time-is-now/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Continue reading "Episode 113: Rob Pizem – The Time is Now."</a>