The Power Company Climbing Podcast

In this Board Meeting, rather than make a list, Kris and Nate discuss their individual top picks for the most common, most egregious, absolute worst tactic we see boulderers using. If you're making this mistake, consider actively exploring something different in your next session. Watch The Worst Punt of all Time video. We don't tweet. We scream like eagles.   The Power Company Podcast is brought...

How do we get better at climbing? That's a question we ask, and are asked, ALL THE TIME. One of the best answers is certainly something along the lines of, "Be very intentional about challenging yourself while climbing as many things as you can." A bit simplistic, but it works.  Kerry Scott embodies this. From her goal to climb 100 new boulders in a year from V3 to V11, to doing her hardest boulde...

Juliet Hammer is a straight up crusher, with over 30 double digit boulders under her belt. Still, she isn't immune to the dark side of the internet. The side which so regularly has to push their "expertise" on grades and climbing. Many of these people are too incompetent to understand how incompetent they are - the Dunning-Kruger Effect. And their comments can be harmful to not only the original p...

Doing the work in a social media world can take its toll. Today, good friends Briana Mazzolini-Blanchard and Devin Dabney discuss the hammers they wield, the way they interact with the work they do in public, and what that might mean for their well-being. Learn more about Climb L8 . Follow Briana on Instagram . Learn more about The American Climbing Project . Follow Devin on Instagram . We don't t...

Hueco Tanks State Park, just outside of El Paso, Texas, is one of the world’s premier bouldering destinations, and for good reason. An oasis (literally) in the middle of the desert, Hueco houses every type of boulder you can imagine. You’ll find classics of every style, from techy slab to featured roof, and enough “party trick” boulders to keep you busy for damned near ever.  Learn more about for...

In July of 2020 we released an episode with Devin Dabney in which we discussed a podcast idea he’d been mulling over for quite some time. A podcast that would look at social issues within the climbing community from a variety of perspectives. Much of the feedback around that episode was that people wanted to hear more from Devin. He needed to do that podcast. Fast forward a little over a year, and...

This summer I had a dinner at my house with a group of folks who I have immense respect for. Like-minded climbers who are interested in both exploring their own personal limits and pushing the community to be better. After the dinner, I heard the same feedback from nearly every person: that conversations with Lor were the highlight of the night. Lor is a climber who leans into every style in a rea...

In this episode Kris is in the hot seat, and Luke Mehall takes over the interview duties. They discuss entrepreneurship, hiphop, climbing, and how creativity filters down through all of it.  This episode aired previously on the Dirtbag State of Mind Podcast, found wherever you consume pods.  You can find Luke, the zine, and the podcast at The Climbing Zine . Follow them on Instagram . We don't twe...

In an Instagram post announcing that he had accepted the head coach position at The Climbing Academy, Kyle O’Meara wrote: “I love the way we each find our own path in this sport. Some of us crave higher performance and chase the next level forever. Others seek an adventure where discovery and creativity are the primary focus. Most fall somewhere in the middle. We can ALL go further and bigger no m...

Smith Rock, about 30 minutes outside of Bend, Oregon, is a destination that should be on every sport climber's list of places to visit. It’s the birthplace of American sport climbing and home of the first 5.14 in the country, To Bolt or Not To Be. Beside that, our guest on this What When How to Train episode, local Justin Brown, claims that it’s the best example of this technical, old school style...

Stefano Ghisolfi recently made the 2nd ascent of Bibliographie, a proposed 15d (9c) first done by Alex Megos in Ceuse, France. This would have made Stefano only the 3rd person to climb the grade - behind the two climbers widely considered as the best in the world. But Stefano chose to say that the route isn’t 15d after all, but 15c (9b+). Why? In this episode, Kris and Nate discuss grades, downgra...

In this Board Meeting, Kris and Nate sit down to discuss the many pieces of advice that, when actually looked at, make no real sense, but simultaneously make all of the sense in the world. It's easy to ignore catch phrases and cliches, but if this episode helps you stop and think the next time you hear one - and as a result you actually change your behavior accordingly - WIN.  We don't tweet. We s...

A quick look at Cody Kaemmerlen’s Linked In profile reveals this bio: Lives by simple beliefs; advocate for the underrepresented and oppressed, use your privilege with honor and be aggressively kind. More than anyone I’ve ever met, Cody lives by these words. He’s a passionate advocate for what he believes in - somehow without coming off as pushy - and as soon as I saw him announced as Director for...

Today we've got a special teaser for Episode 2 of Devin Dabney's American Climbing Project - The Great Equalizer. Listen to this and then go listen to Episode 1! Learn more about the The American Climbing Project Follow ACP on Instagram Support them at https://www.americanclimbingproject.com/support The Power Company Podcast and The American Climbing Project are both productions of the Plug Tone A...

Climbing has never been a purely physical pursuit. Even if that is the initial draw, climbing has a way of pulling your mental and emotional states in, utilizing and amplifying them, and ultimately, if you arrive with awareness, helping you understand those states better. All while we get to try as absolutely hard as we want to. Beautiful. In this episode, I sit down with Blake Cason and discuss t...

Nate and I are joined by NRG local Jeremy Rush to discuss the ins and outs of preparing for a trip to what might just be the best sport climbing area in the country: West Virginia's New River Gorge.  You can find the most up to date access info at NRAC . Check out Water Stone Outdoors . Learn more about training for the NRG at this episode's blog post . We don't tweet. We scream like eagles.   The...

Our guest today is THE Canadian event MC: Pete Woods. He's a coach, long-time MC of comps in Canada, and recently made his broadcast debut with the IFSC for the Salt Lake World Cups alongside Meagan Martin. Follow Pete on Instagram Read the article Pete mentions from Gripped . See Pete's follow up with Plastic Weekly . You can find his podcast Beyond The Walls on Apple Podcasts and Spotify _______...

BONUS EPISODE! This episode comes from our Patrons Only We Scream Like Eagles podcast. We've released this episode into the wild because we wanted to give you a taste of the extras we deliver to the Patrons. You can become a patron at www.patreon.com/powercompanypodcast You can find Nate's blogpost on this topic at https://www.powercompanyclimbing.com/blog/walk-away We don't tweet. We scream like...

This is the first episode of a new series that digs into the details of what, when, and how to train for some of the most popular climbing destinations in the US and beyond. For our first episode of the series it only makes sense to start with the Red River Gorge.  Find lots more tips for training for the Red at this episode's blog post . Got a trip to the Red planned?  Check out our RRG Trip Prep...

This episode is a panel recorded live at the International Climbers' Festival a few summers ago in Lander, Wyoming, featuring Steve Bechtel and Charlie Manganiello from Climb Strong , and Neely Quinn and Matt Pincus from TrainingBeta . You can find tickets for this year's ICF at www.climbersfestival.org We don't tweet. We scream like eagles.   The Power Company Podcast is brought to you by Power C...

Thanks for sticking through this with us and for supporting this thing! As a bonus, today I sit down with the book's illustrator Brendan Leonard to talk about his perspectives and why this collaboration worked so well.  You can find Brendan online at Semi-Rad Media . Follow Brendan on Instagram . Be sure to snag your own copy of The Hard Truth: Simple Ways to Become a Better Climber . We don't twe...

Lee Smith has taught more people the importance of dedication than he can possibly know. In this episode, the only one that I actually assigned to someone, I get to sit down with Lee to debrief about one of my proudest sends as well as one of his hardest fought - and still fighting - battles. Follow Lee on Instagram . Be sure to snag your own copy of The Hard Truth: Simple Ways to Become a Better...

Our dear friend Mario Stanley, host of the Sends and Suffers podcast, joins me to talk about the one piece that is often missing: bigger goals and bigger efforts.  Find Mario online at www.mariostanley.com Follow Mario on Instagram . Be sure to snag your own copy of The Hard Truth: Simple Ways to Become a Better Climber . We don't tweet. We scream like eagles.   The Power Company Podcast is brough...

Our very own coach Paul Corsaro joins us to discuss a trap that pretty much every one of us will eventually (or regularly) fall into: confirmation bias. Do you look for ways to prove your hypothesis? Or do you seek out the reasons it might be false? Follow Paul on Instagram . If you're in the Chattanooga area, check out Paul's gym, Crux Conditioning . Be sure to snag your own copy of The Hard Trut...

Brittany returns to discuss an essay that I wrote while re-examining my role as a coach/mentor/leader. Inevitably, when you help people succeed, egos will inflate. Is there a way around that? Be sure to snag your own copy of The Hard Truth: Simple Ways to Become a Better Climber . We don't tweet. We scream like eagles.   The Power Company Podcast is brought to you by Power Company Climbing  and is...