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
118 episodes
E118: Hoseok Lee - Moonboarding, The Korean climbing scene and rapid progression
Joining me this week, and sadly this week it is just me, is the Moonboarding legend Hoseok Lee. Known very well on instagram for his antics and incredible feats of strength, he's also a really nice guy with an interesting story. Having started ...
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2:01:56
E117: Beth Rodden returns! - A light through the cracks and general natter
Beth, one of our absolute favourite ever guests is back! Since we last spoke Beth finished her book, released her book, and we've both read her book. So we talk a lot about that, the process of writing it and what we took from it. There are a f...
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2:05:25
E116: Jorg Verhoeven - Hold fabrication, comp reflections and mental wellbeing
We had a great time chatting to Jorg for this week's episode. We got so carried away we totally didn't realise the time! We chat about a range of stuff, starting with Jorg's reflections on comps, then talking about his mental wellbeing and the ...
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2:24:14
E115: A new Dread Pirate Roberts hits the high seas.... and also Ireland
The time has come/has nearly come. Aidan is due to set sail for the new world. He's just been on a trip to Fairhead in Ireland so we also chat a bit about that. If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us: https://w...
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1:32:43
E114: Ross Fulkerson - Flow, Mindset and Prioritising adventure
This week we were psyched to be joined by Ross Fulkerson! An exceptionally strong climber but not one that has lost sight of all other things in life. As obsessional climbers we can be guilty of letting many other experiences fall by the waysid...
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1:54:31
E113: Michaela Kiersch - Climbing elite level boulders and routes alongside a 'proper job' and sending V14 with a broken finger
It was a pleasure to be joined by Michaela Kiersch this week to talk about incredible achievements on rock, her recent trip to Rocklands without a full set of fingers, outing misogynistic comments on Instagram and so much more! There's so...
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1:52:27
E112: Alex Puccio - Talking rocks, comps and impending motherhood with one of the all time greats of the game
We were excited to be joined by one of the greats this week. Alex Puccio was a staple in world cup finals for many years, and has also climbed some incredibly hard outdoor boulders. Known to be one of the strongest people on the scene we had a ...
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2:40:34
E111: Clem Lechap - Projecting tactics, team psyche and Smart Boards
This week we're joined by Clem Lechaptois! Clem is a phenomenally well accomplished boulderer with 8C+ ascents to his name. We chatted to him about his tactics when choosing projects, how he selects boulders with contrasting styles to supplemen...
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2:02:46
E110 - Aidan & Sam - The final Olympic wrap-up and ridiculous rambles
Just us this week with our reactions to the Boulder/Lead Olympic finals, if you're interested in our pre-comp predictions or our reactions to the semi-finals then those are both up as Patroon bonus episodes on the Patreon. We also end with 30 m...
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1:30:10
E109: Matt Fultz - Sending multiple 8C+s, coaching, tactics and self-doubt
Big hitter Matt Fultz joins us this week. Matt's climbing resume speaks for itself, he's near the very top of the list when it comes to sending 8C+ boulders. He's achieved a huge amount and yet still it was fascinating to hear that he is not im...
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2:24:18
E108: Molly Thompson-Smith - Qualifying and preparing for The Olympics!
Molly has been through a hell of a lot since we last spoke! In that time she has successfully gone through the Olympic Qualifying Series and has booked her place at Paris 2024! We catch up about the hard work and mental pressure it took to get ...
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1:33:26
E107: Kyra Condie - Olympics, mindset and the supremacy of dank board training
A fellow podcast host and forever an Olympian, Kyra joins us and gives insights into her rather British-board-style training roots, her rock trips amidst busy seasons, her preparations for the Olympic games and her process for managing the psyc...
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2:01:21
E106: Ben Bransby - Getting stronger in your 40s, ticking Stanage and making duct tape hold umbrellas
Legend of British Climbing Ben Bransby joins us on the pod this week! Ben is definitely not someone to blow his own trumpet but he has climbed very hard in trad, sport in boulder over the years. He's also put up some incredible first ascents, g...
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2:22:01
E105: Sam & Aidan's Eras tour, genetics, asymmetrical edge controversies and grasshoppers
A true ramble pod this week bordering on the irreverent in the opening 20 minutes but we do calm down and have a proper discussion eventually! Amongst some wildly off-topic rambles we chat about climbing genetics and we eventually get to the ma...
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1:43:13
E104: Tom Herbert- Supplements, fueling and nutrition tips from an elite climbing nutritionist
Tom is back! Tom is a nutritionist that has worked extensively with climbers from all across the grade spectrum. He has a huge wealth of knowledge with all things nutrition but he also has a gift for cutting through the sciencey mumbo-jumbo and...
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2:38:32
E103: Sean Bailey - Cutting edge climbing, comps and grading
This week we were really excited to be joined by Sean Bailey! Sean is one of the world's best climbers. He is right at the cutting edge in both bouldering and sport climbing. We didn't go much into any of that though! We had a general chat abou...
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2:04:35
E102: Ethan Pringle - Projecting, motivation, passion and social media rambles
Could a guest be much better suited to our favourite topics and recurring themes throughout the pod history? Ethan enthusiastically joins us on our tangents and rambles into psychology, Newtonian physics and other topics we don't know enough ab...
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2:27:29
E101: Aidan & Sam - Chalk, Nocturnal Climbing and Swiss Bats
We're going back in time to the halcyon days of a couple of months ago this week! An episode we recorded and then forgot about! Shockingly the climbing world hasn't moved on unrecognisably in two months so it's all still relevant. We chatted ab...
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1:15:16
E100: Steven Dimmitt - Podcasting, training and changing perspectives
This week we're joined by a voice you'll probably recognise! Steven Dimmitt, the host of The Nugget joins us to chat about podcasting as well as his personal climbing and we all ramble on about our personal climbing philosophies and what motiva...
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2:46:42
E99: The Magic Wood Special with Thomas Saluz and James O'Neil
Something a little different this week as instead of focusing on a climber we're focusing on a crag! Magic Wood is one of the most famous climbing destinations in the world. It's seen development from too many icons to name over the years and h...
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1:44:26
E98: Greg Chapman - Guidebook writing, boulder development, crag preservation and The Lake District
The author of the Lake District (Aidan's home area) boulder guide, Greg Chapman joins us this week. We have a wide ranging discussion covering lots of things that relate to the writing of guidebooks and developing boulders. This episode is a li...
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1:53:32
E97: Aidan & Sam - Moral conundrums, building a Frankenstein climber and trip updates
Aidan and I this week chatting about a bunch of stuff. I'm in Magic Wood and Aidan is in Finland so we chat about that. If we could build the best climber in the world using attributes from existing climbers, who would we use? If y...
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1:54:01
E96: Sébastien Berthe - Big Walls, Boats and Bouldering Challenges
No pies are safe from Seb's fingers! Sébastien is an incredibly accomplished climber. He's climbed at an elite level across a range of climbing disciplines and he's doing it all in an eco friendly way. In the episode we talk about his rec...
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1:39:40
E95: Sam & Aidan are talking CASH!
In this episode, amongst other things, we're pondering about the remuneration for top climbers. Are they being exploited? Are they underpaid? Should they just be grateful to be able to climb for a living and accept that they can't expect to be ...
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E94: Ashima Shiraishi - Rediscovering passion in climbing
The great Ashima Shiraishi joined us for a chat this week! Ashima has been on the climbing scene in a big way for what feels like forever, but somehow she's still in her early twenties! Ashima broke many records on her way through the grading s...
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