Erik Murdock and Tommy Caldwell on the Natural Resources Management Act
We talk to Tommy Caldwell and Access Fund Policy Director, Erik Murdock, to discuss a massive public lands bill that’s moving through congre...
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All Things Climbing
This is the podcast from BLISTER (blisterreview.com) that is dedicated to the community and culture that surrounds rock climbing. We cover the major events, prominent trends in the sport, ge...
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20 of 23 episodesClimbers' Environmental Impact with Author J.B. MacKinnon
What’s the biggest environmental impact we have as climbers? It’s easy to be distracted by the obvious stuff: chalk marks, cat holes, bolts....
Making Homemade Cams: Erick Davidson of Merlin Rock Gear
Erick Davidson makes the best cams that you’ve never heard of — they aren’t sold in stores or online, and Davidson’s company, Merlin Rock Ge...
Phil Powers and Alex Honnold on a Permit System for The Nose?
Are we headed for a future where The Nose (or other well-traveled walls) are headed for a permit system? We started debating this “what if”...
What's it like to climb The Nose?
A couple weeks ago, our host Dave Alie and his wife Katie set off to Yosemite with the goal of climbing The Nose, often called The Greatest...
Rhino Skin Solutions founder, Justin Brown
Justin Brown is a Bend, Oregon local who spends much of his free time climbing around the country and volunteering as a board member of the...
Matt Pincus of TrainingBeta
Matt Pincus is a climber’s climber, deeply committed to the sport and the community. He’s also the content manager and head coach / trainer...
Alex Honnold & Maury Birdwell on the Honnold Foundation and filming Free Solo
Alex Honnold “The Climber” needs absolutely no introduction. He is one of the most talented climbers of his generation, and he is without qu...
Bolt Restrictions, Hardware Committees, & Threatened Access, Oh My!
As the number of people that are climbing outside continues to explode, there is increasing pressure on land managers and advocacy groups. T...
Nik Berry: Trad Climbing's Cutting Edge
Nik Berry has propelled himself onto the national climbing scene with a seemingly unending series of hard sends on long routes all over the...
Bouldering Legend John "Verm" Sherman
Prior to John Sherman’s arrival on the climbing scene back in the time of the Stonemasters, bouldering wasn’t really taken seriously. There...
American Alpine Club CEO, Phil Powers
The American Alpine Club is one of the oldest climbing institutions in the US. Yet despite its deep past, the AAC takes a forward-looking ap...
Tension Climbing’s Will Anglin & Ben Spannuth, Part 2
Will Anglin and Ben Spannuth, founders of Tension Climbing, are two of climbing’s most dedicated technicians. Not only have they spent years...
Tension Climbing’s Will Anglin & Ben Spannuth, Part 1
Will Anglin and Ben Spannuth have spent a lot of time thinking about how climbing works — why this foot and not that one? What precisely mak...
Reviewing Portraits of Climbing Legends in "The Climbers"
Photographer Jim Herrington's new photo book "The Climbers" is an undeniably compelling portrait collection of many of the most influential...
A Close Look at "Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey"
If you’ve climbed in the mountains of North America, there’s a good chance you’ve climbed one of Fred Beckey’s routes. Beckey, known for his...
Fixing Dangerous Bolts: Greg Barnes and the ASCA
How safe are the bolts we encounter in the wild? Can we really trust them? Who maintains them? And what makes a bolt fail, anyway? Greg Barn...
Jonathan Siegrist, Part 2
This week we’re picking up where we left off with Jonathan Siegrist, who’s been at the top of American rock climbing for over a decade. Over...
Jonathan Siegrist, Part I
This is the first half of our conversation with professional rock climber Jonathan Siegrist. Jonathan is one of America's most psyched climb...
Major Trends in Climbing Shoes
Dave and Luke Alie headed to Outdoor Retailer's first trade show in Denver to get the details on the biggest news in and updates to rock sho...