JCPC 135 Ruby Petch

Adventure boulderer Ruby Petch is one of the driving forces of the development of North Devon. By hiking pads, figuring tides, checking coves and sniffing out nooks Ruby and her small band of pad pirates have carried the proud Devon torch into new areas.

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Niall


JCPC 134 Adam Ondra

© Adam Ondra, Author: Petr Chodura

The world's best climber? Hell yeah! Adam Ondra gives us a tale of childhood, grades, Dawn Wall, comps and choss. Get in!

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Niall

JCPC 133 Dean Fidelman Part 2

This is part 2 of the Dean Fidelman interview. In this show we talk about the Stonemasters’ reincarnation the Stone Monkeys who brought their heart and soul to the walls of Yosemite in the 1990s. We focus particularly on Dean Potter.

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Niall

JCPC 132 Dean Fidelman Part 1

Dean Fidelman’s photographs captured the wild characters of the Stonemasters as they revolutionized the climbing of Southern California in the 1970s. John Long, John Bacher, Lynn Hill, John Yablonski and Dale Bard all sparkle in his stunning black and white images. Hear all about it in part 1 of Dean’s interview.

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Niall

JCPC 130 Al Burgess Interview

The Burgess twins were a legendary force in the mountaineering world of the 1970s and 80s. Al and his brother Adrian smashed full-force into the rollicking world of alpinism and high altitude, high attitude mountaineering. Full value crack, guaranteed.

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Niall

JCPC 128 Liv Pearson

She's the ultimate Little Person! She's the Little Pearson! She's Liv Pearson. South-Wales-based LP it a climbing nut and a bright star in the SW bouldering scene. Let's hear her crack!

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Niall

JCPC 127 Will Bosi

The young Scot owns the strongest fingers in the game and he has pointed them at many of the UK’s hardest routes, and they have quivered before his might. In recent years, Raven Tor’s Mutations and Brandenburg Gate have felt their terrible tickle, and more recently Swiss Granite has been the direction of his digits, accounting for a swift send of Alphane, 9A-.

 In the podcast we chat early days, Malcolm Smith, Adam Ondra, Burden of Dreams, Excalibur, his diet and much much more. Much fun!

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Niall

JCPC 125 Charlie Torrance

photo - Rory Langdon-Down

Llanberis local and climbing lifer Charlie Torrance talks about a terrible car accident and the months of recovery that have followed.

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Niall


JCPC 124 More Cubby Yee Haa!

You wanted more, you get more! More Cubby for you. His episode on show 120 was one of the best ever and he’s back by popular demand.

In this episode we talk about Malcolm Smith, Stuart Cameron, The Brat, ice climbing, Glen Nevis, photography and ethics. Many laughs.

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Niall

JCPC 123 Brian Hall

Brian Hall lived through one of the most exciting and deadly eras of Himalayan exploration during the 1970s and 80s. In his new book, High Risk, he reflects on the many friends he lost to this deadly game and seeks to hear the wisdom to be learned from these lives lived and lost.

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Niall

JCPC 122 Ben Moon

Ben Moon pushed climbing to new levels in the 1980s and 90s. He spearheaded sport climbing, training, and bouldering and was the defining image of our sport through his climbs, look and attitude. Hear all about it.

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Niall

JCPC 120 Dave 'Cubby' Cuthbertson

Top Scottish climber of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, Cubby pushed the standards in trad, sport and ice, including the UK's first 8a, with Requiem. The dude. This is hours of fun, this one.

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Niall

JCPC 119 Jemma Powell

She's only small, but she's great crack. Comp beast, trad-tinkler, climbing coach with lots of horse-power. Join us for a beer and a chat. Turns out she's a better climber than I had realised.

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Niall


JCPC 118 Chris Doyle

The Steven Spielberg of climbing looning, climbing filmmaking fun-freak, North Wales-based, Orme-loving, injured climbing lifer, Chris Doyle chats to Niall Grimes under a burned-out boulder problem.

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Niall

JCPC 116 Franco Cookson

Pin-sharp trad boiler and world-renowned anti-Varian Franco Cookson sits down with me in a pub and after a while we forgot what we came in for. Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please. I said two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please.

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Niall


JCPC 115 Dan Varian

The more northerly member of the Beastmaker duo sifts through his thoughts on his greatest bouldering addition, the mega-highball 8B+, Bombadil. Also much crack about the Prow at Kyloe-in-the-Woods.

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Niall