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69: Danaan Markey, PCL Co-Founder

Danaan is a Pro Climbing League (PCL) co-founder and they just released pre-sale tickets for the 2027 season. In this episode, we’ll hear about the goal of PCL, learn how they financed the huge prize pool, get responses to some of the biggest critiques of their first London comp, and we’ll talk about how comp climbing is ethical climbing.

November 9, 2026

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