Up North Rocks

Hi Folks! I am very excited to be back! Thanks for joining. On this episode, I set out some of my thoughts and vision for this season of Up North Rocks - no radical changes in the works, but I do want to focus a little more on some of the nuanced conversations that go along with climbing. I am also including a rebroadcast of an interview I did with CBC Thunder Bay about the podcast last fall - a l...

Hi folks! Apologies for the long gap in episodes – its been a wild few months over here. Today’s episode is one that has been on the horizon for a while now – an interview with the guy who keeps the thunder bay climbing scene going, Aric Fishman. I have had a ton of requests from folks wanting to hear from Aric, and his name has come up in almost every single episode of the podcast so far, which s...

On today’s episode, I had the pleasure to sit down with someone who is well known in the ice and mixed climbing scene in Northern Ontario, Dave Rone. Dave has been making trips to the region since the early 80’s, and in that time has made a huge contribution to the ice and mixed routes in Orient and Kama Bay – as they say, Eric Landmann wrote the book, but Dave Rone put up the routes to fill it. D...

Hi friends, Thanks for tuning in today! On this episode, I sit down with someone all of us ice climbers in Northern Ontario owe a big thank you to – Author of Superior Ice, Eric Landmann. Eric started making trips to the region in the late 80’s, and went on to become a central piece of the ice climbing scene around here – meticulously cataloging first ascents and pictures in the 90s and early 2000...

Hi folks - welcome back and thanks for listening. I’m very excited to share today’s episode with you – my conversation with world class ice and mixed climber, Sarah Hueniken. Sarah is a graduate of the Outdoor Rec program at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, and has gone on to do amazing things in the climbing community. You’ll hear in the episode that she is very humble, but don’t let that fool...

Hi Folks! Thanks for tuning in today to my conversation with chiro and exercise science expert Dr. Tyler Nelson. First off, disclaimer – Tyler is not from Northern Ontario, and has never been here – he lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. But despite that, I think you are all going to enjoy hearing from him, because this episode is all about a sport that is near and dear to the hearts of many of us in t...

First off – if you haven’t already listened to it, before you listen to this episode, backtrack to Episode #4 to hear Part 1 of my conversation with Brandon. In Part 2, you'll hear the rest of my conversation with Brandon. We talk about his escapades bolting routes at the Centennial Park Bluffs, meeting North American climbing legend Fred Beckey, and climbing on Yamnuska with Cedar Wright. Believe...

Hello friends! First – apologies for the long gap in episodes – it has been a wild fall but now that the holidays are here, I’ve got time to catch up on putting out the episodes I’ve recorded over the last couple of months – and don’t you worry, there are some good ones. Also, I’ve gotten some feedback that past episodes have been a little quieter than would be ideal – I’m going to crank the volum...

On this episode, I have the opportunity to sit down with Brandon Pullan on his way through Thunder Bay. Likely many if not most of you will have heard of Brandon before – he’s an alumni of kinesiology at Lakehead, spent 5 action packed years living in Thunder Bay and doing heaps of climbing in the region, and has gone on to do a whole lot more. Brandon now lives in Canmore, and is the Editor in Ch...

On this episode, I sit down in Orient Bay with another Northern Ontario climbing legend, Steve Charlton. Steve has been climbing and developing in the region since he was a student at Lakehead University in the 90s, and these days is one of the main pillars of climbing in Orient Bay. Steve is also incredibly generous with both his time and his resources, donating hundreds of bolts and anchors to d...

In this episode, I sit down with Shaun Parent. Shaun has been climbing (and more often developing) rock and ice climbs in Northern Ontario since the '80s. He is the OG in Northern Ontario climbing. In his time, Shaun has put up thousands of routes. Yes, that’s right, thousands. Odds are, basically any Thunder Bay climber has climbed on Shauns routes (and more than likely cursed him for his old sch...

In this episode, I lay out a little bit about my vision for the podcast. Also, as promised I'm including links to my favourite climbing podcasts: https://thenuggetclimbing.com/ https://www.hazel-findlay.com/podcast https://www.americanclimbingproject.com/ https://enormocast.com/ https://americanalpineclub.org/cutting-edge-podcast https://www.trainingbeta.com/trainingbeta-podcast/