94 episodes
The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast Sam Prior & Aidan Roberts
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5.0 • 44 Ratings
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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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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 was actually a little more nuanced and it was great to be able to hear from Ashima as she reflects on her early years but also moves into a new and exciting chapter of her climbing life.
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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.
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E92: Aidan sends his projects!
It's a good episode for the Aidan fans this week as Aidan has sent his projects and has learnt a great deal in the process. Perfect time to stick a microphone in front of the chap and press go. Hope you enjoy!
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E91: Bernd Zangerl - Himalayan bouldering, development and climbing beyond the numbers
It was great to be joined by Bernd Zangerl this week! A true legend of bouldering he's been involved in the development of loads of classic areas like Ticino and Magic Wood and has been climbing elite level boulders for over twenty years. In more recent times Bernd has been pouring everything he has learned into the development of Rakchham in the Indian Himalayas. We talked about that as well as a bunch of other things, I could write them here, but you could also just listen and that'd save me the trouble!
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E90: The Climbing Backpackers - How to go on your dream climbing adventure for £10 a day!
Something very different for you all this week. Nettie & Dave a.k.a The Climbing Backpackers are on an adventure climbing across Asia. They might be on their dream climbing trip but they're also setting out to prove that just because you don't have a huge chunk of savings that doesn't preclude you from living an adventurous lifestyle. To prove the point they are living on a budged of just £10 ($12.5 or €11.7) per day!
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E89: Simon Lorenzi - The triple 9A climber and best non-professional climber in the world!
Simon Lorenzi on the pod this week! Simon is the first man to have climbed 3 9A boulders with Soudain seul, Alphane and Burden of Dreams. He's also a mainstay on the world cup circuit and has made finals on more than one occasion. Despite being one of the best boulderers in the world Simon is slightly more under the radar than most of his peers and so it was great to be able to sit down with him and hear a bit more about what makes him tick.
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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).