New Year, New Us. We connect for the first podcast of 2023, and Chris shares his aspirations of becoming a climbing warrior while Andrew is back on his usual bullshit of planning for another year of t

Whats the best way to belay with a GriGri? How should you build an anchor? Is that CE-certified piece of webbing really strong enough for real-world climbing? The internet has an opinion on this and

We kick it with Alex Honnold, the rock climber who was once on 60 Minutes. He has even done a few other impressive things since then you know, like free soloing El-fucking-Cap. Its been a big year

Weve got a double-header today with two amazing guests. Our first guest is Scott Johnston, a coach, trainer, and co-author of Training for the New Alpinism, with over 200,000 copies sold. Scott re

Last month, an 8-year-old boy and his dad climbed El Capitan with the help of two other anonymous climbers who presumably guided the father-son team, fixing all the ropes so they could jug up the wa

If there is one thing you can say about this show, its that we are the most fair and balanced climbing podcast in the world. Following last episodes discussion about Yosemites proposed overnight pe

The Yosemite National Park is attempting to make its Covid-era rule in which climbers are required to have a permit to spend the night on a big wall permanentand predictably, climbers arent happy ab

Who doesnt love booty? Finding gear on a route can make a climbers day, but what are the best practices for finding the owners gear? Courts in order for your friendly podcast hosts as they debate

Jonathan Siegrist, one of the worlds best sport climbers, returns to the show to share the news of his recent send of Rifles hardest route. We catch up on the latest in the climbing world in a casua

Our guest today is Seb Bouin, one of the best rock climbers on Earth and the author of DNA, one of three 5.15d rock climbs established thus far. We talk to Seb about grades, how he measures success, t