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All Things Climbing

From its early days on the counter-cultural fringe, climbing has absolutely exploded, and is currently undergoing profound and sweeping changes. This is a fascinating evolution that demands a closer look. We’ll also be talking to designers and manufacturers about the gear we depend on, and we’ll hear from the climbers and organizations that give the community its flavor.

Erik Murdock and Tommy Caldwell on the Natural Resources Management Act (Ep.22)

December 22, 2021February 24, 2019 by Jonathan Ellsworth
Erik Murdock from Access Fund and Tommy Caldwell in Estes Park

TOPICS & TIMES

  • Why Tommy got involved with the Access Fund (1:41)
  • What’s in the National Resources Management Act? (2:19)
  • How did it achieve bipartisan su
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Categories All Things Climbing, Podcasts

Climbers’ Environmental Impact with Author J.B. MacKinnon (Ep. 21)

December 15, 2021December 3, 2018 by Dave Alie
Independent Journalist and Author J.B. MacKinnon on climbing, consumer culture, and environmental impacts

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. But, as journa…

Categories All Things Climbing, Podcasts

Making Homemade Cams: Erick Davidson of Merlin Rock Gear (Ep.20)

November 19, 2018 by Dave Alie
Merlin Rock Gear's Erick Davidson on Blister's All Things Climbing Podcast

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 Gear, doesn’t eve…

Categories All Things Climbing, Podcasts

Phil Powers and Alex Honnold on a Permit System for The Nose? (Ep.19)

October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 by Dave Alie
Alex Honnold and Phil Powers discuss Big Wall climbing on Blister's All Things Climbing Podcast

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” scenario almost…

Categories All Things Climbing, Podcasts

What’s it like to climb The Nose? (Ep.18)

October 29, 2018October 8, 2018 by Jonathan Ellsworth
Climbing The Nose - All Things Climbing Podcast

A couple weeks ago, the host of All Things Climbing, Dave Alie, and his wife Katie set off to Yosemite with the goal of climbing The Nose, often called The…

Categories All Things Climbing, Podcasts

Rhino Skin Solutions founder, Justin Brown (Ep.17)

September 17, 2018September 17, 2018 by Dave Alie
Justin Brown, founder of Rhino Skins Solutions on Blister's All Things Climbing podcast

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 Smith Rock Grou…

Categories All Things Climbing, Podcasts

Matt Pincus of TrainingBeta (Ep.16)

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 by Dave Alie
Matt Pincus of TrainingBeta on Blister's All Things Climbing Podcast

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 at TrainingBeta…

Categories All Things Climbing, Podcasts

Alex Honnold & Maury Birdwell on the Honnold Foundation and filming Free Solo (Ep.15)

August 15, 2018 by Dave Alie
Alex Honnold & Maury Birdwell talk about Alex's free solo of El Capitan and the Honnold Foundation on Blister's All Things Climbing Podcast

Alex Honnold “The Climber” needs absolutely no introduction. He is one of the most talented climbers of his generation, and he is without question the grea…

Categories All Things Climbing, Featured, Podcasts

Bolt Restrictions, Hardware Committees, and Threatened Access (Ep.14)

December 15, 2021August 6, 2018 by Dave Alie
Bolt Restrictions, Hardware Committees, and Threatened Access on Blister's All Things Climbing Podcast

As the number of people that are climbing outside continues to explode, there is increasing pressure on land managers and advocacy groups. This often leads…

Categories All Things Climbing, Featured

Nik Berry (Ep.13)

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 by Dave Alie
Nik Berry on Blister's All Things Climbing Podcast

Nik Berry has propelled himself onto the national climbing scene with a seemingly unending series of hard sends on long routes all over the country. With a …

Categories All Things Climbing, Featured, Podcasts

John “Verm” Sherman (Ep.12)

June 6, 2018June 6, 2018 by Dave Alie
John Sherman on Blister's All Things Climbing Podcast

Prior to John Sherman’s arrival on the climbing scene back in the time of the Stonemasters, bouldering wasn’t really taken seriously — there was no meaning…

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American Alpine Club CEO, Phil Powers (Ep.11)

May 29, 2018May 21, 2018 by Dave Alie
American Alpine Club CEO, Phil Powers, on Blister's All Things Climbing Podcast

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 approach to improv…

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Tension Climbing’s Will Anglin & Ben Spannuth, Part 2 (Ep.10)

December 27, 2021May 7, 2018 by Dave Alie
Tension Climbing's Will Anglin and Ben Spannuth on Blister's All Things Climbing Podcast

Will Anglin and Ben Spannuth, founders of Tension Climbing, are two of climbing’s most dedicated technicians. Not only have they spent years studying the p…

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Tension Climbing’s Will Anglin & Ben Spannuth, Part 1 (Ep.9)

April 30, 2018 by Dave Alie
Tension Climbing's Will Anglin and Ben Spannuth on Blister's All Things Climbing Podcast

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 makes this move har…

Categories All Things Climbing, Featured

Reviewing Portraits of Climbing Legends in “The Climbers” (Ep. 8)

December 22, 2021April 5, 2018 by Dave Alie
Jim Herrington's book, "The Climbers" on the All Things Climbing Podcast on Blister

Photographer Jim Herrington’s new photo book The Climbers is an undeniably compelling portrait collection of many of the most influential climbe…

Categories All Things Climbing

A Close Look at “Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey” (Ep.7)

March 22, 2018 by Dave Alie
"Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey" All Things Climbing Podcast

All Things Climbing Podcast, Blister Climbing Podcast

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 tremendous num…

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Fixing Dangerous Bolts: Greg Barnes and the ASCA (Ep.6)

March 6, 2018 by Dave Alie
Greg Barnes of the ASCA on the All Things Climbing Podcast

All Things Climbing Podcast, Blister Climbing Podcast

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 Barnes, the Directo…

Categories All Things Climbing

Jonathan Siegrist, Part 2 (Ep.5)

February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 by Dave Alie
Jonathan Siegrist on the All Things Climbing Podcast

All Things Climbing Podcast, Blister Climbing Podcast

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 that time, he h…

Categories All Things Climbing, Featured, Podcasts

Jonathan Siegrist, Part 1 (Ep.4)

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 by Dave Alie
Jonathan Siegrist on the All Things Climbing Podcast

All Things Climbing Podcast, Blister Climbing Podcast
Jonathan Siegrist is a professional rocker climber — and one of America’s most psyched climbers. After years climbing full time, he has an impressive…

Categories All Things Climbing, Featured, Podcasts

Major Trends in Climbing Shoes (Ep.3)

February 16, 2018February 5, 2018 by Dave Alie
All Things Climbing podcast from Outdoor Retailer 2018

All Things Climbing Podcast, Blister Climbing Podcast

Dave and Luke Alie headed to Outdoor Retailer’s first trade show in Denver to get the details on the biggest news and updates to rock shoes for 2018.…

Categories All Things Climbing, Podcasts
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