Many laughs. Trad climbing lifer Sarah Jane Dobner talks about her self-published, award-winning book, A Feeling for Rock, and gives us a few readings.
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Niall
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Hey hey Crack-people, here’s a yarn for ya.
This week, Chris Kalman reads an excerpt from his book, Dammed If You Don’t. Why the heck donca give it a listen. Chris has just won the coveted Mountain Fiction award at the Banff Mountain Festival. Go him!
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Niall
Legendary US climber and storyteller, major star of Yosemite climbing in the 1970s, the archetypical Stonemaster, John Long in conversation.
John was at the heart of some of the finest events in US climbing throughout the 1970s and went on to chronicle these in his short stories then to carve a career in literature and adventure writing. Big guy, big fun.
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Niall
Artist and climber, Ed Drummond, is captured in this mesmerising audio piece by Hotaches. Grasp whisps of magic from this high striving poet.
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Niall
Legendary 80s trad lizard, the Lion of Llanberis, helmet-boiler number one, Paul Pritchard in conversation. Paul was the boldest of the bold and changed the face of climbing in Wales in the 1980s. He suffered a number of serious accidents culminating in a skull-shattering incident in Tasmania’s Totem Pole which changed his life forever. Hear all about this cool cat.
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Niall
Apologies, for here is Episode 100. Just me rambling on about myself, seacliffs, Welshmen and me dear friend Andy Scott, and playing nice music for two hours. I suggest you don’t listen to it.
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Niall
Aiden Roberts is at the top of UK bouldering. David Mason has been doing hard problems around the UK and the world for years. Together we take a look at top UK and world bouldering.
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Niall
Paraclimber Anita Aggarwal takes us on a story of some of her life and talks about her efforts to promote paraclimbing, racial inclusivity and her experience of climbing from a LGBTQ perspective.
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Niall
Natalie Berry, editor at UKC, reads Gordon Smith’s classic accounts of winter ice climbing on Ben Nevis and big routes in the Alps, both stories drenched in 1970s drizzle and hunger.
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Niall
Photo: Andy Birtwistle
Achtung: Legend! The quiet king of the quiet kingdom. Seldom has an area been so associated with one climber as Northumberland is with Bob Smith. From the late 1970s Bob championed style, commitment and technicality to produce climbs whose beauty and challenge have diminished little over the years.
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Niall
Coach and climbing philosophy through lived experiences. This podcast won't make you stronger, but it might help you climb better and love it more. She's the boss.
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Niall
In the 1990s she was at the top levels, redpointing 8b and flashing E7. Niall Grimes chats to Karin Magog about how she got there, what it was like and what she's been doing since. We talk about Gogarth, Dove Crag, Ireland, Blue Scar, the Outer Hebrides and loads more.
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Niall
Trailblazing Irish climbers reads from her autobiagraphy.
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Niall
North Wales based climbing photographer, Ray Wood, sits down and thinks about life over a cup of tea. Have a watch over on YouTube too.
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Niall
What Ho, Crackheads!
This time around I get to talk with little German superstar Alex Megos about his new 9c at Ceuse, Bibliography, along with a few other things I can’t remember at the minute, but I’m sure they were interesting.
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Niall x.
Illustration: Tessa Lyons
It's a bit sweary, sorry. I read out my own story of training obsession and blurred boundaries.
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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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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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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.
