The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast

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 checking out our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

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=70353823 If you're enjoying the podcast and you already support us, then a sincere thank-you for helping us keep this show on the road without having to advertise to anyone! Support the Show.

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. If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

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, please check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

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! If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us please check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

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! If you're enjoying our podcast and would like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

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! If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 If you fancy checking out their mono trainers which support their adventure: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1005689194/avocado-fingers?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_-toys_and_games&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAjw5ImwBhBtEiwAFHDZx5zG7aWJ6bYuGzChu3Q0hAadbKD3VpRCf_xGe4tycr_yLYSVHZSshhoC-FwQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_11073922980_109610251118_462914649514_aud-1410217292871:pla-314535279060_c__1005689194engb_102858184&utm_custom2=11073922980&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw5ImwBhBtEiwAFHDZx5zG7aWJ6bYuGzChu3Q0hAadbKD3VpRCf_xGe4tycr_yLYSVHZSshhoC-FwQAvD_BwE Support the Show.

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. If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

The renowned coach and climber David Mason is back this week! This time we nerd out about some training ideas, talk about how he is mentally dealing with a recent serious knee injury and we ponder how much of climber's finger strength is really within their control at all. There's some interesting topics of conversation in there to wonder about! If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

Neil is one of the original performance coaches in rock climbing, known for his elite level trad ascents as well as his efforts to demystify the obscure and hazy world of climbing training and his ability to deliver it in a way that makes sense. We chatted about a wide range of topics from social media, the online trad climbing mob, the stresses of grading and training for climbing. Perhaps one day I'll go through the whole thing and give links to every topic we discussed.... but not this day. He also tells us which discipline of climbing is the most physical, so stay tuned for that! If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

Noah jumps on the pod this week! He's recently repeated some of the hardest test pieces the US has to offer and in relatively quick time whilst sporting at least 5 or 6 taped tips! We chatted a bunch about Sleepwalker and Defying Gravity, how the style in which he climbs lends itself well to flashing hard boulders, his training, how his meteoric rise in climbing grades might not be quite as fast as it appears from the outside and so much more. He came across as a really humble guy, but I guess when you're on this kind of form, you can just let the climbing do the talking! If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us, please consider checking out our Patreon page :) https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

Oh yes, it's a grades pod. Aidan's least favourite subject, and it's hardly in Sam's top 10 either. We end up having a bunch of discussions relating to grades, getting a history lesson from Aidan for first of the grades (possibly all wrong) and we give some recommendations for climbs at each grade bracket... Or at least some that came to mind without thinking about it for all that long... There's an extended version of this podcast on the Patreon, so if you're enjoying the pod and would like to support us then please do check it out! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

It was a treat to have living legend Ben Moon on the pod this week. A lot of ground covered in an absolutely whistle-stop tour of Ben's career and replete with a fine selection of totally random tangents and rambles. Bailing from O levels because of too much physics, dossing in a cave, the birth of sport climbing, training and board climbing, how comps paid better in the 80s than they do today. It's a chat that goes all over and it was great fun for us so I hope it makes for a good listen. If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

A follow-along survey for the role of climbing in our lives: Sam and Aidan are joined by Mimi White a climber and psychologist as she collects data and runs us through her recently published survey (now closed). Complex and thought provoking, we both had to really think hard to answer these and it really got us pondering as we tried to cobble together our thought processes. I hope you enjoy trying to answer these questions for yourselves as much as we did and perhaps you'll even learn something along the way (a bit of a shock on this podcast). If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to supports us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

We're joined by the man Alex Megos described as the strongest on the world cup circuit! We had a great evening chatting with Yannick about rocks, comps and training. Give it a listen to hear some brilliantly quotable lines from one of the strongest climbers on the planet. Our personal favourite was 'bouldering is not a physical sport'. Top guy and really enjoyable to listen to, thanks for joining us Yannick! If you like our podcast and would like to support us please consider checking out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

Something different this week! Toby Segar from Storror joins us to chat all things parkour and how they can all be related back to climbing. Toby is a big star in the Parkour world but has also been taking part in a lot of climbing recently as well! Storror is an incredibly successful YouTube channel with nearly 10 million subscribers so Toby knows a thing or two about content creation and we chat about what it's like to be on the other side of one of these huge channels, and also how and why a Parkour pro has ended up doing so much climbing. We loved chatting with Toby so I'm sure you'll enjoy it too. If you like our podcast and would like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

Matthew Phillips joins us this week! He's only young but he's already had a sparkling career in the sport. A world champion, but also an incredibly humble and laid back guy who's now getting more involved with the routesetting and coaching side of the sport. His pragmatism and fearlessness in the face of challenges is infectious and we really enjoyed having an opportunity to chat to him! If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

Alex joins us this week! One of the UKs most experienced and best known setters as well as one of the brains behind Hardwood Holds, Alex has been on the UK scene for a really long time and he's an absolute font of knowledge when it comes to all things routesetting and holds (as well as I'm sure a many great other things but we weren't talking about them). Give it a listen if you like delving into the nerdy side of indoor climbing, I always enjoy hearing what he's got to say. He's also provided some beautifully made wooden holds to giveaway to our discord tier patrons, so that's another reason to join up! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

Happy New year everyone! Just Aidan and I back this week with some updates and some chat before we dive back into the guests again from next week! Aidan ponders finding the fun in projecting and Sam gives the story of his first 8C boulder. If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.

Yo ho ho!... Wait that's pirates... Ho ho ho Merry Christmas everyone! Aidan and Sam team up to shambolically attempt to give the 12 recommendations of Christmas. All pretty chaotic but we hope some of you have a journey home to kill or want to stave off the boredom of having to listen to your family for a few minutes! We're having a week off next week, but will be back, with a bunch of exciting guests in the New Year, so happy New Year to all of you as well. If you think we've been good this year, do check out our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the Show.