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It's a bit sweary, sorry. I read out my own story of training obsession and blurred boundaries.
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Cheers all,
Niall x.
Driving force of North Wales bouldering exploration, master of cutting edge trad, sport and bouldering. Pete Robins sits down and blows his own trumpet.
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Cheers all,
Niall x.
Photo: John Coefield.
Climbing 8000-metre peaks in Winter is as extreme as climbing gets. Here, Bernadette McDonald reads from her book, Winter 8000, and takes us along the harrowing journey of Elisabeth Revol and Tomasz Mackiewicz as they fight for survival on Nanga Parbat in 2018.
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Cheers all,
Niall x.
Sam Whittaker, the biceps behind Sheffield's Climbing Works bouldering centre, yarns on about setting up the Works, why it's special and how it's handled lockdown. Plus a journey through his life.
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Niall x.
Here i go, chatting again. This time to Lewis Perrin Williams. Lewis is a young North Wales based boulderer, trad climber, bassist and student. Here he talks about some of the stuff in his life.
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Niall x.
Star of Hard Grit, the classic 1990s climbing vid, chats to Niall Grimes in a darkening graveyard.
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Niall x.
10-year-old and mad-for-climbing Rose tells Niall Grimes about climbing 8a, why she loves climbing outdoors, about Spain and plans to travel.
You can even watch the interview on my YouTube channel.
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Niall x.
Young Lakes-based trad star in conversation under a tree.
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Niall x.
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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Niall x
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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Niall x.
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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Niall x.
Top adventure climber Nick Bullock recalls tales of loose rock, looser friends and the loosest ethics. Funny as hell!
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Niall x.
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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Niall x.
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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Niall x.
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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Cheers all,
Niall x.
