The RunOut #167: Matt Samet on documenting the state of climbing this year

Matt Samet is a sport-climbing pioneer, climbing lifer, writer, editor, and literary icon. His new role at the American Alpine Club is launching the American Climbing Journal, an annual perfect-bound book documenting the biggest and most interesting ascents of the year. But first, what would it take to get you to quit climbing? Kalous briefly dreams of taking the easy way out before Bisharat knocks some sense into him, as per usual. Last but never least, our final bit comes from climber Stefan Levinson, stage name WITHANEFF and the track Are Zombies Happy. Show Notes Follow Matt Samet —  Follow the American Alpine Club —  Follow the American Alpine Journal —  AAC —  Stefan Levinson / WITHANEFF —  Become a RunOut Rope Gun!  Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! 

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The RunOut #167: Matt Samet on documenting the state of climbing this year is an episode from The RunOut Podcast by Andrew Bisharat & Chris Kalous.

This episode is 1:01:38 long.

This episode was published on Apr 30, 2026.

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