The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast

What's this!? An international! Thanks to the reddit community we have the American mega wad Drew Ruana joining us for a chat about climbing, and a chat about everything that isn't climbing as well! We were super psyched to have him and he's great to listen to.  If you're enjoying our podcast and would like to help us keep it going, please consider becoming one of our Patreon m...

The second part of our chat with Dave Macleod where we actually talk about climbing on a climbing themed podcast! Covering all kinds of things, Scottish climbing, development, how first ascenting changes your mindset and how Dave feels like he's still improving despite getting a bit older! If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us and help keep it add free, please consi...

In part 1 of a 2 part chat with Dave we discuss his radical Mcdonald's diet and how diets impact the environment. The modern zeitgeist would suggest that a meat heavy diet takes a heavy toll on the environment, but perhaps it's not always quite that simple! If you're thinking 'forget this, just inject the climbing chat straight into my veins' then part 2 will probably suit...

Robbie Phillips dials in this week! A chat that covers quite a lot of ground. We talk (somewhat carelessly) about The Long Hope sea cliff, hard trad climbing, traumatic injuries in Madagascar and Robbie's journey as a producer of fine media or 'content creator' as the kids absolutely insist on calling it.  If you enjoy the podcast and want us to keep doing it for a bit longer, pleas...

This week Nathan Phillips joined us to chat about his recent decision to retire from competitions as well as discuss his future. Nathan is a good mate of both of us so it's really bridging the gap between an interview and just a zoom chat between friends. Lots of rambles, Aidan briefly responds to the Tristan Chen video 'why climbing needs a villain' and we go off on all sorts of ta...

Tim Blake joins us this week for a bit of a chat about his personal climbing, and then quite a lot more chat about environmentalism, social media and Northumberland. Sam and Aidan reveal all the ways in which they're awful people who are destroying the planet. If you like the podcast and would like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 An article on how chalk impacts wildlife...

This week we chatted with Buster who has recently climbed Action Directe, becoming just the second person to have climbed both Action Directe and Hubble. He is also an experienced climbing coach and has recovered from one or two nasty injuries in record time so he has loads of interesting insights! If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us- https://www.patreon.com/user?u=703...

The second part of our chat with Molly, loads of really good stuff in this one, Molly is really unguarded and open with some tough topics which gives us all an amazing insight into the mind of an elite rock climber.  If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support us, check out our Patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the show

It's gone old school again here and we've split our chat with Molly into two parts. Not just to pad out our episode count, but also because we've hit our upload cap for the month! Part 1 has us talking to Molly mostly about competitions and the setbacks that she has suffered in pursuit of those precious medals. Very real, very genuine stuff, hope you enjoy! And if you're enjoyi...

This week we chat to Mina who has had a really successful and interesting climbing career. She's done competitions she's done hard boulders and hard routes but she has also had some injury setbacks and we talk about all of it!  If you enjoy our podcast and would like to support us please do consider becoming a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823 Support the show

This week we have Huffy joining us. Huffy is one of the leading physiotherapists that specialise in climbing injuries. He attended the Olympics as a physio for Shauna Coxsey and has a stellar reputation for being able to diagnose and treat all the weird and wonderful injuries that climbing throws at him! A huge thanks to out Patrons who are really helping us to keep this show on the road! If you a...

Sam Pratt joins us today to talk about climbing photography. You may or may not have heard his personal story but you will have seen some of his photos so this chat gives us an opportunity to hear the perspectives of the man behind the lens. There is also an opening message from Aidan and I to introduce our Patreon. Membership is totally optional but is very welcome. All our material will stay fre...

We interrupt our rigorously strict schedule of podcast release dates (sometimes Monday, sometimes Tuesday, sometimes never) to bring you a surprise news exclusive and here at The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast we make our own news!  Support the show

Alex Lemel the head setter at Mile End climbing wall comes for a chat this week. We chat about his route setting and training philosophies and ask him about how he stays so motivated as well as nerdy board climbing chat.  Support the show

Fun chat with Scottish comp climbing phenom Max Milne. Max on his internet persona, his intro to climbing, his incredible comp season and how he reckons Janja would get on competing in the men's category!  Support the show

The second part of our insightful chat with Tom Herbert, we talk a lot about weight management for climbing and how it can be done safely as well as some thoughts about how our weight naturally fluctuates due to what we've been eating, perhaps there's a way to take advantage of that! Some of the thoughts in this podcast come from Tom's article 'Influences and Management of Acut...

Aidan and Sam chat to Tom Herbert about all things related to climbing nutrition. Lots of really interesting learning points in this episode (well there was for me at least!).  Check out Tom's website at https://access.useful.coach  and use the promo code: CARELESS to receive £5 off the price to cross the velvet rope into the forbidden section and learn some of the secrets that are valuable e...

Second half of our chat with David Mason, we talk about living in Sheffield,  how outside climbers can take better care of their environment and we get some of Dave's training advice as one of the top climbing coaches.  Support the show

David Mason joins Aidan and Sam for a climbing themed pub chat this week. Lots of topics covered about the climber's experience. Dave has such a lot of experience in every avenue of climbing and he's a very analytical thinker so he's great to chat to and hopefully listen to as well!  Support the show

Jim comes back to chat about rock climbing, how he trains for 47 different types of climbing and his encouraging performance at the European Championships. We also consider a new way of evaluating boulders, bang on about the schoolroom in Sheffield for a bit and discover if Jim likes drinking tea or not.  Support the show

On this episode we chat to the accomplished allrounder Jim Pope about the competition side of his climbing life and delve into why he likes to do it all and why he's willing to persevere with the psychologically and financially draining competition schedule.  Support the show

Sam and Aidan having a chat about what they've been up to over the last 6 weeks. Aidan regales us with the story of his ascent of Isles of Wonder Sit, which is a candidate for the hardest problem in the UK.  Support the show

Frances joins Aidan and Sam for a chat about her climbing, her ascent of Fat Lip (8B) at Raven Tor and joins in for the regularly scheduled climbing discussions. P.S Apologies for the slightly less frequent episodes at the moment, I (Sam) am out in South Africa at the moment and haven't had much time for editing, big thanks to Calrin Curtis and his housemates for letting me use their place to...

Climbing phenomenon Will Bosi comes on to chat to Aidan and Sam about Comps, Rocks, Training and Oat Cakes. Do you want to hear two of the strongest climbers in the world (and Sam) chatting to each other? Well here's your chance! Support the show

So who is this Sam Prior bloke and what's he doing hosting a podcast about rock climbing? A discussion about Sam but also general climbing based discussions about cultivating a life outside of climbing, chain climbing walls versus independents and training. Next week we actually have a real life human guest on again! Exciting! Support the show