Icebox Sessions Podcast

Sean Cassidy

This podcast is a collection of conversations with Nova Scotia rock climbers - boulderers, plastic pullers, sport climbers and trad climbers. Sharing stoke and celebrating our community of climbers - past and present. Interviews are held for the most part in the "Icebox" - a home climbing wall that I've been training on for the last 25 years or so. --------------------- iceboxsessions.ca --------------------- @iceboxsessions --------------------- https://linktr.ee/iceboxsessions

Episodes

  1. Ep 8 - Todd Foster - Capturing Moments in Time

    Apr 23

    Ep 8 - Todd Foster - Capturing Moments in Time

    In this episode, longtime Nova Scotia climber Todd "The Bod" Foster (aka "Toddles") exposes ALL. He talks about his 25-year impact on the local scene through guidebooks, route and boulder development, and his award-winning film Eastern Tide. Foster explains how partnerships helped him produce multiple guides (rope climbing, Digby Neck, Halifax Region) and why he’s working on an Eastern Shore volume now, emphasizing knowledge transfer and community succession. He recounts learning to climb in the 1990s through top-roping at Eagles Nest, the Dal wall, and self-teaching from books, and later being inspired by early bouldering at Duncan’s Cove on homemade pads. We discuss the tradeoffs of beta videos, his preference for moderate climbing, an injury-averse approach focused on climbing rather than training. We also delve into his motivations for bolting accessible sport routes and his aversion to trad climbing - while also getting excited about the indoor gym scene and a growing generation of outdoor-focused climbers. More Show Notes ⁠Icebox Sessions - All Links Chapters 00:00 Welcome to the Icebox 01:58 Writing Guidebooks 10:01 Eagles Nest 16:34 Bouldering With Homemade Pads 21:46 Projecting and Beta Videos 34:24 Eastern Tide World Tour 41:37 Is V5 Harder Than V15? 46:18 Choose Easy 50:30 Training and Injury 56:40 Bouldering vs Roped Climbing 59:39 Lessons for Todd 2.0 01:05:18 Toddles Wants to Sport Climb 01:13:36 Is Trad a Thing Anymore? 01:20:52 Route Development 01:26:05 The Community

    1h 29m

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This podcast is a collection of conversations with Nova Scotia rock climbers - boulderers, plastic pullers, sport climbers and trad climbers. Sharing stoke and celebrating our community of climbers - past and present. Interviews are held for the most part in the "Icebox" - a home climbing wall that I've been training on for the last 25 years or so. --------------------- iceboxsessions.ca --------------------- @iceboxsessions --------------------- https://linktr.ee/iceboxsessions

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