JCPC 142 Leo Houlding part 1

Photo: Dean Fidelman

Leo is one of the finest and boldest rock climbers Britain has produced. In this first of a two-part interview we follow his journey from early Gritstone and wild Welsh forays onto the huge canvas of Yosemite’s El Capitan. Stunning.

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JCPC 141 Chris Bonington

Photo Chris Bonington Picture Library

Chris Bonington’s name is synonymous with high altitude mountaineering the world over and he led the charge into the extreme during the sport’s most ambitious years. Alongside a successful and visionary career in the Himalayan giants from the 1960s through to the 1980s, CB communicated our sport to the armchair audience via his books and presentations. Hear all about his highlife.

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JCPC 140 Russ Clune

Russ Clune has been more places, met more people and climbed more climbs than most of us put together. Hear this Gunks legend tell us about decades of climbing fun around the world, how things used to be and how things have changed. Old school guaranteed!

Hear about early Gunks climbs; travelling in the 1980s to the UK, West Germany, Czechoslovakia, Russia and East Germany; visiting Korea; times and climbs with Wolfgang Güllich; working with Black Diamond.

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JCPC 139 Anna Hazelnutt

YouTuber, influencer and all-time trad slab moose Anna Hazelnutt takes us behind the scenes of video creation and climbing-wall superstardom. Legend.

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JCPC 137 Didier Berthod

Who can forget Didier Berthod from his attempts on Cobra Crack in 2007's smash video, First Ascent. The Swiss-born crack maestro's life sure has taken some turns. Find out all.

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JCPC 136 Burgess Book of Lies

Al Burgess reads wild stories of 1980s alpinism and all that that world entailed - fighting for your life and passing into death.

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JCPC 135 Ruby Petch

Adventure boulderer Ruby Petch is one of the driving forces of the development of North Devon. By hiking pads, figuring tides, checking coves and sniffing out nooks Ruby and her small band of pad pirates have carried the proud Devon torch into new areas.

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JCPC 134 Adam Ondra

© Adam Ondra, Author: Petr Chodura

The world's best climber? Hell yeah! Adam Ondra gives us a tale of childhood, grades, Dawn Wall, comps and choss. Get in!

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JCPC 133 Dean Fidelman Part 2

This is part 2 of the Dean Fidelman interview. In this show we talk about the Stonemasters’ reincarnation the Stone Monkeys who brought their heart and soul to the walls of Yosemite in the 1990s. We focus particularly on Dean Potter.

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Niall

JCPC 132 Dean Fidelman Part 1

Dean Fidelman’s photographs captured the wild characters of the Stonemasters as they revolutionized the climbing of Southern California in the 1970s. John Long, John Bacher, Lynn Hill, John Yablonski and Dale Bard all sparkle in his stunning black and white images. Hear all about it in part 1 of Dean’s interview.

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JCPC 130 Al Burgess Interview

The Burgess twins were a legendary force in the mountaineering world of the 1970s and 80s. Al and his brother Adrian smashed full-force into the rollicking world of alpinism and high altitude, high attitude mountaineering. Full value crack, guaranteed.

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JCPC 128 Liv Pearson

She's the ultimate Little Person! She's the Little Pearson! She's Liv Pearson. South-Wales-based LP it a climbing nut and a bright star in the SW bouldering scene. Let's hear her crack!

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Niall

JCPC 127 Will Bosi

The young Scot owns the strongest fingers in the game and he has pointed them at many of the UK’s hardest routes, and they have quivered before his might. In recent years, Raven Tor’s Mutations and Brandenburg Gate have felt their terrible tickle, and more recently Swiss Granite has been the direction of his digits, accounting for a swift send of Alphane, 9A-.

 In the podcast we chat early days, Malcolm Smith, Adam Ondra, Burden of Dreams, Excalibur, his diet and much much more. Much fun!

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JCPC 125 Charlie Torrance

photo - Rory Langdon-Down

Llanberis local and climbing lifer Charlie Torrance talks about a terrible car accident and the months of recovery that have followed.

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JCPC 124 More Cubby Yee Haa!

You wanted more, you get more! More Cubby for you. His episode on show 120 was one of the best ever and he’s back by popular demand.

In this episode we talk about Malcolm Smith, Stuart Cameron, The Brat, ice climbing, Glen Nevis, photography and ethics. Many laughs.

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JCPC 123 Brian Hall

Brian Hall lived through one of the most exciting and deadly eras of Himalayan exploration during the 1970s and 80s. In his new book, High Risk, he reflects on the many friends he lost to this deadly game and seeks to hear the wisdom to be learned from these lives lived and lost.

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