Thinking only of you, the little people, I have recorded an episode of just me talking and playing some music. I can’t imagine it will be of much interest to anyone.
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Cheers all,
Niall x.
Top adventure climber Nick Bullock recalls tales of loose rock, looser friends and the loosest ethics. Funny as hell!
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Niall x.
You Crackpots, honoured to say that this week we have rock solid all-round A-lister, Hazel Findlay behind the mics. Hazel and I sat down in a dark and wet Llanberis in early December to chat about being a professional climber, Tsunami, Magic Line, coaching, social media and podcasts and a load more crap besides.
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Niall x.
Blind climber Jesse Dufton talks about his starring role in the award-winning documentary Climbing Blind, culminating in his on-sight lead of the Old Man of Hoy. Awesome.
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Niall x.
Jim Pope, ‘The Last Climber’, does well at Grit headgames, international comps and sport climbing. He wants to tick Extreme Rock and climb in the Himalayas. He’s a dude. I chat to him.
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Niall x.
It’s been a while. To kick things off again, I read out one of my own stories all about a day of pain in Red Rocks and Las Vegas. Ouch!.
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Niall x.
Ryan Pasquill loves doing 9a, flashing E9s, grit E8s, Font 8B, drinking beer and slagging James McHaffie. And he's a nicer guy than YOU. Hear his vibe.
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Niall x.
Lake District legend Dave Birkett sits down with a beer, a guitar and a packet of crisps and talks climbing, music and rounding up sheep.
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Niall x.
Here we go with Part 2 of the Emma Twyford chat. Emma is one of the UK's top climbers. Over the last year she has had an amazing run of achievements on top level sport and trad climbs. In this interview she chats with Niall Grimes about her journey on E8 and E9 trad climbs and 8c and 9a sport climbs.
In this part we talk Indian Face (E9, Cloggy), The Big Issue (E9, Pembroke) and The Big Bang (9a, Pen Trwyn).
It's a long chat so I've split it in two. Part 1 can be found here.
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Niall x.
Photo: John Bunny
Emma Twyford is one of the UK's top climbers. Over the last year she has had an amazing run of achievements on top level sport and trad climbs. In this interview she chats with Niall Grimes about her journey on E8 and E9 trad climbs and 8c and 9a sport climbs.
We talk childhhod beginnings, school, Once Upon a Time in the Southwest (E9, Dyer's Lookout), Mind Control (8c, Olianna), Nightmayer (E8, Dinas Cromlech), not trying Indian Face (E9, Cloggy), The Big Issue (E9, Pembroke) and The Big Bang (9a, Pen Trwyn).
It's a long chat so I've split it in two. Part 2 to follow soon.
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Cheers all,
Niall x.
Poet and novelist Helen Mort reads some of her work based in the universe of climbing, including extracts from her recently-published novel, Black Car Burning, Well good.
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Niall x.
A journey to one of the most ancient climbing regions in the world ends up in a hairy situation. Niall Grimes (that’s me) reads his own story.
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Niall x.
Second instalment of Paul Dunlop chat yarning on about Germany, Elbesandstein, ghosts, being good at climbing, youth and travelling. This is a load of fun. Part 1 is here.
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Niall x.
My oldest and dearest friend Paul Dunlop and me having a great, deep chat. He and me and him started climbing together in about 1986 and we catch up on that a bit. We also get deep into some experiences Paul had in his teens. Heavy stuff, yet a lot of laughs along the way.
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Niall x
The Olympics are a-coming. Eddie Fowke has been on the scene for years, photographing the action and watching from the sidelines. He knows what's happening; I didn't. Eddie explains the whole shit show to me. Tune in, and you'll learn a lot.
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Niall x
Hoots mon! Chris Schulte, major US bouldering prospector and arête crusher, is one of the defining spirits of Jam Crack. You'll know his voice from great story episodes. I finally catch him in person.
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Niall x
You lucky devils! This week I read my own story about a trip to Kalymnos where I get to hang out with some famous climbers: Ben Moon, Yuji Hirayama, Alex Megos, Jibe Tribout, Boone Speed, and some famous climbers I hadn't heard of before.
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Niall x
Warning! A-Lister!
Top climber, top guy, Japan’s Yuji Hirayama has pushed many of climbing’s boundaries in his day. An early master of comps in the 1990s, first on-sight of 8c, The Nose speed record, and still climbing at a high level today. Hear his vibe.
Warning! I seemed to chat on for ages at the start. Be prepared to skip the first twenty-five or so minutes for the good bit.
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Niall x
Photo: Nick Dixon
Angus Kille reads his account of climbing Indian Face, Britain’s first E9, and one of the most feared leads in the country. Originally published on Andrew Bisharat’s Evening Sends website.
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Niall x
Hannah Baldwin is one of the three British paraclimbers to win gold at the World Championships in Innsbruck this year. In this chat we talk about about one-legged climbing, Crohn's disease, climbing hard, dreaming 8a and her relationship with her coach, Be Fuller.
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Niall x
