The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast Sam Prior & Aidan Roberts
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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
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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 little more esoteric than most as a lot of the conversations pertain to the Lake District but I think it mostly all carries over to any other boulder area as well so there's something for everyone I hope!Greg's lesser known Lake District gems that are wor...
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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 you're enjoying the podcast and would like to hear the extended edition of this podcast then do check out our Patreon page :)https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.
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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 recent mission to climb 100 font 7As in a day, sailing the Atlantic to climb the Dawn Wall, free climbing the nose and climbing James Pearson's Bon Voyage (E12). What a guy. If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us please consider checkin...
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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 set up for the future? We dive in, in a roundabout sort of way...If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us, we have a Patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823If you're enjoying the podcast and you already support us, then ...
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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 scale as a young climber which culminated in her climbing V15 at just 14 years old! She has also competed on the world cup circuit and has been in the spotlight of both climbing and mainstream media. Like is often the case, the story behind the headlines...
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E93: Emil Abrahamsson - Grappling with the Big Island, gripping with strongmen and grafting with YouTube
This week we were excited to be joined by Emil Abrahamsson! You probably know Emil from his exploits on YouTube, his sends of hard rock climbs and perhaps from his competition days as well. He's an accomplished climber both inside and outside but he's also a really lovely and super psyched guy with a nice optimistic take on lots of things around climbing. Join us for a nice wide ranging ramble about a bunch of climbing topics. If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us, ...
Customer Reviews
My favorite climbing podcast by far
LOVE these boy’s easy going approach to interviews, excellent questions, and really insightful knowledge on the finer points of the sport.
I’m glad this exists
Although the climbing podcast scene feels a bit inundated, this one really stands out for me. Aidan and Sam have been consistently getting unique guests on the show and striking a good balance between banter and thoughtful questions. Both hosts are skilled at knowing when to step back and just let the guest speak rather than interjecting too frequently.
About climbing, but not about how to climb harder
I personally have hard time listening to training contents on other podcasts. But I do like climbers chatting about climbing, like process of developing areas, history, and other personally significant topics. I especially enjoyed Dave MacLeod’s episode on burger patties/environmentalism episode, Tim Blake’s episode, and Dan Varian’s episode as well as Beth Rodden’s episode (quite possibly the best one yet).