Psychovertical Andy Kirkpatrick
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Andrew Kirkpatrick is a British mountaineer, award-winning author and film-maker, TV and movie safety advisor, and monologist. He is best known as a big wall climber, having scaled Yosemite's El Capitan 30+ times, including five solo ascents, and two one day ascents, as well as climbing in Patagonia, Alaska, Africa and Antarctica. He has also crossed Greenland by ski and sailed down Willy Wonka's chocolate river with Johnny Depp. The Psycho Vertical podcasts cover everything from climbing mountains and mental health, to making a living as a creative and overcoming the hurdles of life.
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EP-54 Personal Leadership
Andy Kirkpatrick talks a load of old shite.
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EP-54 First Aid
Andy Kirkpatrick talks about the boring subject of first aid kits for climbers.
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EP-53 Rappel problem solving
Andy Kirkpatrick answers a question on a theoretical rappel problem.
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EP-52 Navigation
Andy Kirkpatrick gives his thoughts on the subject of navigation.
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EP-51 "You only fail if you quit"
Andy Kirkpatrick talks about an eclectic list of subjects.
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EP-50 Parts
Andy Kirkpatrick attempts to answer some questions.
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Customer Reviews
Best climbing and alpinism podcast, by far
If you want to learn the nuts and bolts of all sorts of climbing and alpine activities, Andy Kirkpatrick is the man to listen to. Buy his books, and listen to this. From cold weather camping and skis for mountaineers, to big walling, to figuring out how to plan big routes, to the mindset to get after it, Andy covers it all.
Tons of useful info
Andy has tons of information. On my way to yosemite I listened to him talk about the differences between each type of aid hook for an hour. If you ever want to get into the nitty gritty of xyz climbing gear or technique, this is a fantastic podcast.
Great information in a web of insensitive diatribes
There is great, hard earned climbing information on this podcast, but you have to sift through a ton of tangential nonsense and unashamed problematic narration to get to it. The host has some very conservative opinions about the trans community as well as the dynamics (or very existence) of race issues in the outdoors. He doesn’t seem hateful towards anyone but himself (he’s comically self-deprecating), but he’s not going to be an easy listen for anyone who falls outside of the white-cis identity, or allies to the trans and BIPOC community. And no doubt he would agree with this statement - he seems not to care if he has listeners or not, he just enjoys talking. This is also evident in his patronizing answers to listener questions.
Again, some absolute great climbing info here, but listen at the risk of being (at best) turned off with his need to pepper unpopular opinions about race and gender throughout. I’ve personally listened to about 5 episodes and had my fill.