The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast
Aidan Roberts and Sam Prior host this climbing-themed podcast that kind of goes where it goes. Lots of tangents and rambles as well as hopefully thought provoking questions. Sometimes it's very focussed on climbing, sometimes climbing barely comes up. The guests tend to be elite level climbers, but we often willingly get lost in the weeds and end up wildly off-topic. If you're enjoying our podcast and would like to support it: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823
Episodes
151 episodes
E152: Daniel Woods - ROTSW, Alphane, shower gloves and the state of the game
A little over a year ago I got a message from Aidan just saying 'Daniel is in!'. You know you're a bit of an icon when surnames aren't required! It took a little over a year to actually get a date but much like a hard project, sometimes it just...
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2:34:52
E151: Kai Lightner -Comebacks, learning to work with the body you're in and climbing for change
We loved having Kai join us on the pod this week. He's a candidate for the most articulate climber around. He's been through a lot and he's come back swinging. We talk about his rise, fall and resurgence, his time climbing with Joe Kinder and t...
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2:01:09
E150: Ben Norman and Cailean Harker - Route setting deep dive, grades in indoor climbing and the state of the industry
Ben and Cailean are joining us for a four way pod this week! Ben and Cailean are the chaps behind Impact Route Setting. Which is a business that, amongst other things, runs route setting courses. They are both very well established route setter...
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2:46:30
E149: Aidan leaving Yosemite, new comp scoring and should sport climbers just bolt on resin holds
Just Aidan and Sam this week! We're catching up with Aidan as he looks to leave Yosemite, what life might look like for him if he lived in America and how that might impact his decision to not fly. At 52:45 we finally get to our fir...
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1:37:27
E148: Eric Jerome - Searching for the best boulders, life lessons and working for KAYA
This week we're joined by Eric Jerome, Eric is a really strong boulderer who has been on a mission to identify the best boulders in the US. An avid climbing nerd he's been a big contributor to the climbing history website and has a really analy...
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2:20:30
E147: Katie Lamb, the first woman to climb V16...again.
It's always really good fun to have Katie on the pod, and thankfully she's done a thing which gives us an excuse to have her back. She has climbed V16 again, we talk about her process (amongst other ramblings) and her motivations and feelings t...
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1:20:20
E146: Charlie Schreiber - Hot takes, life lessons and internet drama with one of the best hype men in the game
Joining us this week is coach of the stars (and other less successful (but no less valuable) rock climbers) Charlie Schreiber! We had a really good time chatting to Charlie, it was fun but also we got some good insights from a guy who has been ...
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2:37:37
E145: Will Anglin - Board climbing nerdery, Tension, what is training anyway?
We were excited to be joined by Will this week. Will has been one of the most frequently requested guests on our discord. He's one of the brains behind Tension climbing, and so he knows a heck of a lot about one of our favourite topics, board c...
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2:25:38
E144: Carlo Traversi - Motivation, Yosemite and developing the hardest V12s in the world
We were psyched to have Carlo Traversi joining us on the pod this week! He's an incredibly accomplished climber. developer and now gym owner! We chat about the gym, his changing motivations as he gets older and became a father, development in Y...
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2:17:38
E143: Allison Vest - Outdoor projecting, dealing with pressure and titanium tendons
Allison is a pretty great podcast guest! She's talented and accomplished but also honest and has a great sense of humour. We're fans of her and Kyra's podcast (CircleUp, check it out) and so it was a real treat to complete the set and have her ...
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2:14:03
E142: Jonathan Sin - Trying to become a world cup climber after starting (relatively) late
This week we're joined by the ever affable Jonathan Sin. Jonathan is a talented comp climber and Youtuber from Hong Kong. He's been on a publicised mission to try and get onto his national team and compete at a world cup. We talk about having a...
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1:49:17
E141: Martin Keller - Defying aging and injuries to keep climbing harder than ever
Martin Keller, the Swiss climbing phenom joins us on the pod this week. Martin has achieved a huge amount in his long climbing career (we end up in the weeds talking about his football career for a while but we get there eventually) he's climbe...
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2:27:26
E140: Moral conundrums and hot takes special featuring Katie Lamb
A special episode this week as we huddle around a microphone in our snowed in apartment in the Yosemite. The audio quality is a little worse than usual but we have fan favourite guest Katie Lamb back to talk about a few hot takes and moral conu...
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1:31:17
E139: The 9A tier list episode... and also shoes
Aidan gets dragged by his ears into tiering and ranking all the hardest graded boulders in the world. It's worth noting that Mount Doom from Nicolai Uznik hadn't been done when we recorded it, and there hasn't yet been enough information to gra...
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1:42:13
E138: Jesse Dufton - Overcoming degenerative sight loss to climb harder than ever
Joining us this week is the mind-blowing Jesse Dufton. Jesse is a blind climber who leads hard trad routes, sets all his own gear and has a passion for onsighting (or nosighting as he calls it). He has recently featured in two films for the Bri...
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1:36:26
E137: Jim Pope - Adventures, Comps and Mushrooms
The ever popular Jim Pope is back to join us this week. He was our fourth ever guest and that was now long enough ago that he's forgotten what an ordeal it was. He's back to catch us up on his last few years, his competition journey, his headsp...
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2:19:02
E136: Nathan Phillips - Climbing 8C+, crazy ideas and roasting Sam's climbing
Nathan is back this week to talk about finishing up his long term project in Brione. Nathan recently climbed Deep Fake, the sit start to the famous Fake Pamplemousse, and proposed a career high grade of 8C+. We chatted about that as well as his...
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1:50:06
E135: Aidan's new hardest projects in Yosemite, and why he can't drag himself away
Just the home team this week. Mainly getting an update from Aidan in regards to his trip so far. Seems like the big American adventure is becoming a big Yosemite adventure, and I was curious as to why! We also talk about a few other bits and pi...
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1:22:56
E134: Katie Lamb - A great set of rambles with one of the world's best scalers
We were excited to have Katie Lamb joining us this week, as well as being one of the most accomplished climbers around we discovered she can ramble with the best of 'em. We chatted about all manner of things including but not limited to the dra...
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2:45:01
E133: Matt Bird - Why does a climber need a manager? A little look into the shadowy world of athlete contracts.
Matt Bird swoops in to join us this week, Matt is a rare beast, a manager to some elite climbers like Shauna Coxsey and Will Bosi, but why does a climber need a manager? What does it mean to be a professional climber and how can said climbers p...
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1:53:49
E132: Toby Roberts - Winning the Olympic gold, heavy training schedules and board climbing feats of strength
Ooo it's a biggie! It's only the Olympic gold medal winner Toby Roberts! We've been trying to get Toby on for a while and eventually we surprised him with a last minute pod so he wouldn't have time to come up with an excuse! All jokes aside a l...
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1:47:50
E131: Paul Robinson - Last great projecting, taking control of your own narrative and Lucid Dreaming
Joining us this week is the legend Paul Robinson. A hugely accomplished boulderer who has been living the pro climbing lifestyle for longer than most! He's climbed well over a thousand eighth grade boulders all around the world and he has incre...
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1:55:44
E130: Hamish McArthur - Climbing with spirit, Olympic pressure and turning climbing into a (very good) job
It was a long overdue pleasure to be joined by Hamish this week! If you follow him on Instagram then you'll know that he's a deep thinker with an eloquent and unique way of phrasing things. We really appreciate the way he thinks about climbing ...
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2:07:41
E129: Farewell to 2024, our review of the year
Sometimes it feels like we're recording a podcast, and sometimes it feels like we're just having a chat which just so happens to be recorded, this one was very much the latter. Just a review of the year really, our favourite moments from our ow...
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1:29:38
E128: The Christmas Special quiz! Featuring Sam Lawson and Billy Ridal
Ho Ho Who's up for some quizzing? We've got a Christmas special which is mostly a quiz. Hopefully it's a good laugh... Not much more to say really! Listen to it!If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us: https://www.pa...
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