ScotRock

Calum sits down with Mountaineering Scotland's very own Kevin Howett.   From humble beginnings in Northumberland, not knowing how to open a screw gate carabiner, to becoming one of Scotland's most prolific trad new routers. Kev has got plenty a tale to tell, new routing in the golden era of Glen Nevis trad with Dave Cuthbertson and Gary Latter, mastering the dark art of 'glubbing' on sea cliffs an...

ScotRock has returned after a small break, and we are kicking of with a personal favourite. Robert managed to sit down with personal hero and friend Willie Gorman. As modest as he is, growing up climbing with some of Scottish Mountaineering's biggest names, Willie is a legend in his own right. His love and passion for climbing and teaching has inspired countless people over the years to follow his...

Part 2   This week on the podcast Robert had the honour is sitting down with one of Scotlands greatest mountaineers and famous polar explorer, Myrtle Simpson Working in Fort William and climbing with Scottish mountaineering legends like Hamish Macinnes, Mick Tighe, and Ian Sykes, she has been on expeditions across the world doing first ascents of massive peaks. She then went on to be the first wom...

Part 1   This week on the podcast Robert had the honour is sitting down with one of Scotlands greatest mountaineers and famous polar explorer, Myrtle Simpson Working in Fort William and climbing with Scottish mountaineering legends like Hamish Macinnes, Mick Tighe, and Ian Sykes, she has been on expeditions across the world doing first ascents of massive peaks. She then went on to be the first wom...

Time to get to know your host Calum McBain.  Calum is a new school climber with an old school climbing mentality. An awesome all round climber, thats come from climbing intensive beginnings, to working in climbing and having an epic climbing family.  Grab a cuppa and sit down with Me and Calum as we get to know your hosts

Covid-19 has forced us to scrape the bottom of the Scottish climbing barrel, this week we bring you Scotrock's own, Robert Mackenzie. From humble beginnings climbing at Duntelchaig with a home-made seatbelt harness, to competing for Team GB, to now giving something back to the climbing community through his work at ClimbScotland. Sit down and enjoy the full low-down with Robert. (Apologies for a s...

Brace yourself for this one.  This week Robert and Calum sit down with Rebekah Drummond and Robbie Phillips for a deep and controversial chat about some hot topics in the climbing world. Is the onsight the purest form of climbing? Should indoor climbing stop being compared to outdoor climbing? Should we replace old pegs with bolts? Do we require video evidence for every ascent? We give our honest...

It is a beautiful morning and the best bit about it is we are now in Phase 1 of the exit from lockdown in Scotland, which means some climbing is now possible again.. Woohoo. Check out https://www.mountaineering.scot/coronavirus  for the latest guidelines.  This weeks ScotRock chat is with a true wildling, Anna Wynne. Anna lives deep in the glen above Lochgoilhead and is a self confessed "Mountain...

Tucked away up in Glen Roy, Lochaber, lives one of Scotlands most prolific first ascensionists with potentially over 1000 new routes to his name, a pioneer in the evolution of Scottish Mountain Rescue and collector of historic climbing equipment with the Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection, a true Scottish climbing hero. Mick Tighe invited Robert in to chat history, military, climbing, mountain...

Hannah is one of my favourite people ever. So much love for climbing, Scotland get getting people out climbing in Scotland.  She has had an awesome journey to where she is now and her psych and attitude to climbing and life in general is infectious (maybe a bad term to use right now). Robert caught up with Hannah at the Fort William Mountain Festival in February for a chilled out chat about life,...

In a small cupboard at the back of TCA: Glasgow, Calum sit’s down with Sophie Moodie to look at her transition from the bouldering life indoors to trad escapades on ‘The Pillar’ at Diabaig. In this episode we talk about Sophie’s roots in gymnastics, her approach to becoming a trad climber and her own battles finding ‘flow’ and overcoming a fear of failure.  

In this episode Calum sits down with Simon Yearsley, a self described father, husband and alpinist. Simon is most well known for his exploratory winter first ascents in Scotland, as well as his large alpine and greater ranges resume. However, a recent injury has forced Simon to reinvent himself as a summer rock climber. In part 1 we look at ‘the fall’, the dilemma of continuing winter climbing and...

In this episode Calum sits down with Simon Yearsley a self described father, husband and alpinist. Simon is most well known for his exploratory winter first ascents in Scotland, as well as his large alpine and greater ranges resume. However, a recent injury has forced Simon to reinvent himself as a summer rock climber. In part 2 we look at the sense of community around climbing walls, managing ris...

This episode we sit down with the one and only Mike Pescod. One of the most respected Mountaineers, Guide and Mountaineering Instructors out there. He sat down back in February with Robert and he told us so many amazing stories of his journey into climbing. His self taught winter climbing skills, his avalanche near and not so near misses and what hes been up to lately.  Sit back and enjoy the chat...

While we are all locked up, self-isolating away from the masses, there seems to be little good news. When something does come up its dogs doing tricks and home training workout fails. But every now and then something big happens… Kevs’ done it! Just before the country went indoors, Kevin Woods completed his winter round of all 282 Munros’, in just 97 days. Robert sits down with Kevin to ask him th...