The RunOut Podcast

The RunOut Podcast


Latest Episodes

RunOut #146: From Big Walls to Open Water: Unlocking the Expedition Mindset with Mark Synnott
April 16, 2025

Mark Synnott is a professional big-wall climber, expedition sailor, and writer whose books have included The Third Pole and The Impossible Climb. His latest book is Into The Ice, an epic read about his recent voyage across the infamous Northwest Passage a

RunOut #145: Here Come the Management Plans 
April 03, 2025

Earlier this year, the Bears Ears Resource Management Plan dropped, outlining rules regarding camping, waste management, dogs, and, perhaps most controversially, fixed anchors for new routes across the monument, which includes, of course, Indian Creek. Ja

RunOut #144: Life After Competition: Hannah Schubert and Eating Disorders in Climbing
March 19, 2025

Hannah Schubert is an Austrian climber who has podiumed at the World Cup and the World Championships. Now retired from professional competition, Hannah was recently profiled in Der Spiegel, one of Germanys' largest publications, where she opened up about

RunOut #143: PARC Act Passes, so What’s Next For Climbing in America?
February 28, 2025

The Protect America's Rock Climbing Act was signed into law at the end of President Biden's term. The PARC Act mandates that various government departments issue guideance recognizing rock climbing as a legitimate use of public lands, including the placem

RunOut #142: Jason Kehl and the Evolution of Bouldering
February 19, 2025

Jason Kehl is a hold shaper, iconclast, and highball bouldering legend, perhaps best known for his first ascent of Evilution in the Buttermilks. Today, he lives in El Paso, Texas, where he continues to establish first ascents all over Hueco Tanks. He is a

RunOut #141: The Joy of Struggle, According to Ryan Devlin
January 29, 2025

Ryan Devlin is an actor who has appeared in such shows as Brothers and Sisters, Cougar Town, and Grey's Anatomy. Climbers, however, will know him as the host of one of our favorite climbing podcasts, The Struggle Climbing Show. In this episode, we catch u

RunOut #140: Chris Deuto Seeks More in the Mountains
January 14, 2025

Though just 21, Chris Deuto has already amassed an impressive lifetime of climbing since first starting the sport at age 7. Having ticked 5.14c and V14 and done national-level competitions, Chris has shifted his focus to more alpine-centered climbs, from

RunOut 139: Fred Nicole speaks to the soul of bouldering
December 22, 2024

Fred Nicole's name is synonymous with hard bouldering. The dude is legend, responsible for establishing the world's first V14 and first V15, always while bringing an artistic, quiet approach that has

RunOut #138: The Bromance of Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold
December 09, 2024

Todays guest is climbing's Captain America, Tommy Cadlwell. Tommys latest film is called The Devils Climb, and it documents an epic adventure in which he and Alex Honnold rode their bikes to Alaska and enchained all the summits on the striking and inf

RunOut 137: The Revelations of Jerry Moffatt
November 18, 2024

Today were honored to be speaking with Jerry Moffatt. Jerry was one of the most influential and best climbers in the 1980s and 90s, whose groundbreaking first ascents pushed the limits and also was incredibly influential on the direction of our sport. H