The RunOut Podcast

The RunOut Podcast


Latest Episodes

RunOut #118: The Power of Climbing Community and Development—and the Threats it Faces
January 15, 2024

Two amazing guests today. Two important conversations related to community and development. First, we speak to Sam Lightner Jr. about the latest threats to climbing access in America. Sam is a prolif

RunOut #117: How Two Big Wall Noobs Free Climbed the Nose
December 29, 2023

Alex Waterhouse and Billy Ridal are both 26 years old, from Sheffield, England, and have been competing on plastic since they were 12. But once slapping plastic lost its allure, these two climbers fou

RunOut #116: Mary Catherine Eden Charms the Black Mamba
December 13, 2023

Mary Catherine Eden is probably best known for popular Instagram account @tradprincess, but shes far more than just another online influencer. Shes recently ticked one of the hardest crack climbs in

RunOut 115: Jakob Schubert Goes B.I.G. (Plus Jared Leto’s big TR)
November 23, 2023

Jakob Schubert is a four-time World Champion, an Olympic bronze medalist, and he has more IFSC gold medals than another male competitor. Hes also sent some of the hardest routes in the world, includi

RunOut #114: Kris Hampton Taps into the Power of Climbing History
November 10, 2023

Kris Hampton is the brains and brawn behind Power Company Climbing and the cohost of the podcast by the same name. His insatiable love of creating new things, whether thats training plans for climber

RunOut #113: How a Race to Get a Climbing Record Turned Deadly
October 24, 2023

RunOut #113: How a Race to Get a Climbing Record Turned Deadly RunOut #113: How a Race to Get a Climbing Record Turned Deadly This fall, two American women found themselves in an unlikely race to

RunOut #112: America’s First Climbing Gym Owner Sounds the Alarm
October 10, 2023

Our guest today is Rich Johnston, the president and owner of Vertical World in Seattle, known as Americas First Climbing Gym (TM). Hes also the founding chairman of the Climbing Wall Association, wh

RunOut #111: A Fine Line for Graham Zimmerman
September 19, 2023

Todays guest is Graham Zimmerman, an alpinist, a recipient of the Piolet dOr and a director at Protect Our Winters, a climate-advocacy group. His new book is A Fine Line: Searching for Balance Amon

Bonus: Alannah Yip Sounds the Alarm on Eating Disorders
September 06, 2023

Today, we're releasing one of our bonus episodes from our Rope Gun feed on Patreon because the content is a PSA and super important for as many climbers out there to hear. Our conversation is with

RunOut #110: Russ Clune is Climbing’s Lifer
September 03, 2023

Our guest today is the esteemed Russ Clune, a climbing legend of the Shawangunks in New York, where he has established notable first ascents and from where he bases in between trips to dozens of count

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