Peter Goulding reads extracts from his recently-published book Slatehead, which takes a personal look at the Llanberis slate climbing scene from the 1980s.
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Niall x
Paul Pritchard and George Smith read their farewells to their friend and 80's slate legend, Trevor Hodgson.
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Gritstone master and pioneer of many of grit's finest Extremes died in a climbing accident last week. Niall Grimes remembers his experiences of some of JA's routes, and plays some music.
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Niall x.
I play other people’s music and try to take the credit for it. Yay!
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Thinking only of you, the little people, I have recorded an episode of just me talking and playing some music. I can’t imagine it will be of much interest to anyone.
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Top adventure climber Nick Bullock recalls tales of loose rock, looser friends and the loosest ethics. Funny as hell!
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You Crackpots, honoured to say that this week we have rock solid all-round A-lister, Hazel Findlay behind the mics. Hazel and I sat down in a dark and wet Llanberis in early December to chat about being a professional climber, Tsunami, Magic Line, coaching, social media and podcasts and a load more crap besides.
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Niall x.
Blind climber Jesse Dufton talks about his starring role in the award-winning documentary Climbing Blind, culminating in his on-sight lead of the Old Man of Hoy. Awesome.
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Niall x.
Jim Pope, ‘The Last Climber’, does well at Grit headgames, international comps and sport climbing. He wants to tick Extreme Rock and climb in the Himalayas. He’s a dude. I chat to him.
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It’s been a while. To kick things off again, I read out one of my own stories all about a day of pain in Red Rocks and Las Vegas. Ouch!.
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Ryan Pasquill loves doing 9a, flashing E9s, grit E8s, Font 8B, drinking beer and slagging James McHaffie. And he's a nicer guy than YOU. Hear his vibe.
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Niall x.
Lake District legend Dave Birkett sits down with a beer, a guitar and a packet of crisps and talks climbing, music and rounding up sheep.
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Niall x.
Here we go with Part 2 of the Emma Twyford chat. Emma is one of the UK's top climbers. Over the last year she has had an amazing run of achievements on top level sport and trad climbs. In this interview she chats with Niall Grimes about her journey on E8 and E9 trad climbs and 8c and 9a sport climbs.
In this part we talk Indian Face (E9, Cloggy), The Big Issue (E9, Pembroke) and The Big Bang (9a, Pen Trwyn).
It's a long chat so I've split it in two. Part 1 can be found here.
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Niall x.
Photo: John Bunny
Emma Twyford is one of the UK's top climbers. Over the last year she has had an amazing run of achievements on top level sport and trad climbs. In this interview she chats with Niall Grimes about her journey on E8 and E9 trad climbs and 8c and 9a sport climbs.
We talk childhhod beginnings, school, Once Upon a Time in the Southwest (E9, Dyer's Lookout), Mind Control (8c, Olianna), Nightmayer (E8, Dinas Cromlech), not trying Indian Face (E9, Cloggy), The Big Issue (E9, Pembroke) and The Big Bang (9a, Pen Trwyn).
It's a long chat so I've split it in two. Part 2 to follow soon.
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Niall x.
Poet and novelist Helen Mort reads some of her work based in the universe of climbing, including extracts from her recently-published novel, Black Car Burning, Well good.
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Niall x.
A journey to one of the most ancient climbing regions in the world ends up in a hairy situation. Niall Grimes (that’s me) reads his own story.
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Niall x.
Second instalment of Paul Dunlop chat yarning on about Germany, Elbesandstein, ghosts, being good at climbing, youth and travelling. This is a load of fun. Part 1 is here.
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Niall x.
My oldest and dearest friend Paul Dunlop and me having a great, deep chat. He and me and him started climbing together in about 1986 and we catch up on that a bit. We also get deep into some experiences Paul had in his teens. Heavy stuff, yet a lot of laughs along the way.
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Niall x
The Olympics are a-coming. Eddie Fowke has been on the scene for years, photographing the action and watching from the sidelines. He knows what's happening; I didn't. Eddie explains the whole shit show to me. Tune in, and you'll learn a lot.
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Niall x
Hoots mon! Chris Schulte, major US bouldering prospector and arête crusher, is one of the defining spirits of Jam Crack. You'll know his voice from great story episodes. I finally catch him in person.
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