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Climbing Gold

Duct Tape Then Beer

Alex Honnold and co-host Fitz Cahall share stories from the people who define the sport of climbing by pushing the boundaries and challenging the status quo of the previous generation. As cl...

Climbing Gold Podcast Guide

Listen to Climbing Gold, a Sports & Recreation podcast by Duct Tape Then Beer. Stream 131 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Pete Whittaker: Beyond Wide

Pete Whittaker may have captured climbing’s hearts through his and fellow Wide Boy Tom Randall’s quest to complete the hardest offwidth on t...

44:51Jun 26, 2026

Wide Ponies and Offwidths

Offwidths – for most climbers they are a necessary evil, but for a fringe fraction, hard, often inverted offwidth climbing is the main attra...

52:49Jun 12, 2026

Will Moss: Happy Little Accident

Last year, Will Moss became the first person to onsight El Cap in a day. It might not have happened though if the food and coconut water in...

55:40May 29, 2026

Jon Krakauer: The Mountain's Shadow

Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air chronicled the 1996 Everest disaster and launched a generation of interest in climbing and the natural world, b...

56:38May 15, 2026

Connor Herson: Just Getting Started

Connor Herson couldn’t legally drive when he freed the Nose in 2018, competently navigating up his way up a route only Lynn Hill and Tommy C...

57:07Apr 17, 2026

Sean Bailey: Duality Of Man

Sean Bailey flies beneath the radar and he wants you to know he’s cool with that. Most of the time. After retiring from a decorated comp car...

55:10Mar 20, 2026

Nasim Eshqi: The Fighter

When protests erupted in Iran in fall of 2022, human rights activist and professional climber Nasim Eshqi was climbing in France. As she wat...

49:06Mar 6, 2026

Jimmy Chin: Always Difficult

Jimmy Chin refuses to play the game on easy mode. Whether it’s climbing, photography or filmmaking, Jimmy has spent a career figuring out th...

64:08Feb 20, 2026

Enter the Dragon: Taipei 101 Recap

In the days after Alex’s successful climb of Taipei 101, Fitz and Alex debrief on the whirlwind week, including ending up in an SNL skit and...

28:35Feb 6, 2026

James Bond Principles: Taipei 101

The internet is talking. Why is Alex so psyched to climb a skyscraper on live TV? How hard is Taipei 101? Is this a gimmick? The answers go...

27:37Jan 21, 2026

Alain Robert: The French Spiderman

Later this month, Alex will set out to climb the Taipei 101 skyscraper, but he certainly won’t be the first. For the last three decades, Ala...

42:55Jan 9, 2026

Year In Review

2025 – what a year in climbing. Jonathan Siegrist and Leici Hendrix join us to break down the highlights. First woman to climb 5.15c. V17 in...

40:24Dec 26, 2025

Behind The Line: Biographie

In 2001, Chris Sharma ushered in 5.15a when he completed Biographie after pouring years into the long standing project. Its position, aesthe...

40:38Dec 12, 2025

I'm Just A Climber

As climbers, are we powerless in the face of what’s happening to our public lands? We sat down with retired Senator Mark Udall and Heather T...

64:17Nov 28, 2025

Southern Climbing: Underrated or Overrated?

Alex has climbed all over the world, but he’s never visited some of our country’s best climbing areas. Today, three devoted southern climber...

43:57Nov 14, 2025

Live with David Letterman

Last year, Alex sat down with legendary comedian and interviewer David Letterman in front of a live audience in New York City. Buckle up for...

63:52Oct 31, 2025

Brett Lowell: Front Row Seat

If there is a common thread between the greatest rock climbing achievements of the last few decades, it’s that cinematographer Brett Lowell...

44:28Oct 17, 2025

Who The F@#k is Hamish McArthur?

Nearly unknown to the greater climbing world, Hamish McArthur walked on the mats at the Paris Olympics the epitome of an underdog. He wasn’t...

53:08Oct 3, 2025