E202: Tristan Chen - Recovery, pottery and the similarities between bouldering and birding

The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast

The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast
E202: Tristan Chen - Recovery, pottery and the similarities between bouldering and birding
Jun 10, 2026
Sam Prior & Aidan Roberts

Long overdue, but we managed to get Tristan on the podcast. We've wanted him to come on for a long time. Tristan is a really strong climber from the south east who also has a witty and dry sense of humour which we really appreciate. Known for his hot takes and funny way of phrasing things he was great fun to have on and we enjoyed the chat immensely. Tristan recovered from Leukaemia a couple of years back and we talk about that at the start of the podcast if that's something that you wouldn't like to listen to then you can skip the first 40 minutes or so. 

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