Basecamp: A Climbing Magazine Podcast
Join host Kevin Riley for in-depth interviews with the pillars of the rock-climbing community. We’ll be speaking with athletes, writers and photographers, industry VIPS, and, of course, the Climbing editorial staff to discuss breaking news and the pressing issues of the day. Whether you’re an elite alpinist, a recreational sport climber, a die-hard trad climber, or a vFun boulderer—this podcast is for you.
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 17
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2019
Mark Synnott Believes in Making Life Difficult
Mark Synnott is a legendary climber, a phenomenal writer, and actually a former Climbing Magazine intern and contributing editor. Mark recounts his early days learning to climb in New Hampshire using…
01:09:48 |
Wed 13 Nov 2019
Rob Pizem Talks Unaweep Canyon
Unaweep Canyon is a climbing destination just south of Grand Junction, Colorado, with sweeping granite walls for miles. Yet, it doesn't get much traffic. Rob Pizem wrote a feature about Unaweep for t…
00:34:18 |
Wed 16 Oct 2019
Lander Climbing and Training Boards
Interview: Kyle Vassilopoulos is a climber and restauranteur in Lander, Wyoming. We sat down with Kyle during the International Climbers Festival to talk about the Ten Sleep controversy, how he becam…
01:00:06 |
Wed 18 Sep 2019
The Photo Annual
Climbing editor Matt Samet and host Kevin Riley talk about the 2019 Photo Annual issue of Climbing Magazine, on newsstands now, and discuss Matt's recent Crusty Corner column about red tagging. Then …
01:00:56 |
Tue 16 Jul 2019
Interviews: Anton Krupicka and Chris Schulte
Anton Krupicka came across an injured Kyle Walker during one of his runs in the Flatirons. Walker had fallen while free soloing the Second Flatiron and captured the ordeal on video, which went viral.…
01:01:15 |
Tue 11 Jun 2019
The Epic Issue with Matt Samet, James Lucas, and Elaina Arenz
Three stories from the June/July 2019 Epic Survival Tales issue of Climbing Magazine. Editor Matt Samet shares the story of his biggest epic. James Lucas explains why he believes you should never bri…
00:45:05 |
Wed 15 May 2019
Gear Trends With Travis Graves (Desert Rock Sports)
Travis Graves is the co-owner of Desert Rock Sports in Las Vegas, Nevada. As the buyer for the shop, he's a wealth of gear information. We speak to Travis about what gear trends he's seeing this seas…
00:45:57 |
Mon 13 May 2019
Gary Neptune Interview
Bonus episode: An interview with Gary Neptune, the original owner and founder of Neptune Mountaineering, an iconic climbing and ski shop in Boulder, Colorado. If you're a climber and you've been to B…
01:03:32 |
Wed 27 Mar 2019
The Gear Episode: Kolin Powick Interview and Gear Guide Preview
You may know Kolin Powick as the man behind Black Diamond's QC Lab articles, testing gear and confirming or dispelling myths. He's also the climbing category director for the brand. Kevin Corrigan si…
00:55:20 |
Tue 12 Mar 2019
Training Special: Will Anglin Interview and Feb/March Issue Preview
Will Anglin is the co-owner of Tension Climbing, and a dedicated climber with over a decade of coaching, training, and routesetting experience. He's climbed 5.14 sport routes and V13 boulder problems…
00:54:00 |
Tue 15 Jan 2019
Podcast Updates and Matt Samet Chat
Basecamp is making some changes. In this episode we discuss those changes and feature an interview with Climbing editor Matt Samet to discuss the magazine's upcoming editorial trip to Cayman Brac. Mu…
00:12:46 |
Thu 06 Dec 2018
Mike Williams
Mike Williams is a climber, guidebook author, former editor-in-chief at the now-defunct Deadpoint Magazine, and owner of Bridge Bounder Campers (http://bridgeboundcampers.com), a van outfitting compa…
00:40:37 |
Wed 31 Oct 2018
Pat Goodman / Jessa Goebel
Pat Goodman is a Fayetteville local known for establishing hard, scary trad routes. We talk about one of his more memorable FAs, Ishmael 5.13 R/X, the time he onsight soloed Scenic Cruise at the Blac…
01:13:41 |
Wed 03 Oct 2018
Quinn Brett / Nina Williams
Quinn Brett endured a horrific accident on El Cap, falling 100 feet on The Nose. We talk about how she got into climbing in Minnesota, being a Climbing Ranger in RMNP, big wall speed climbing, and ho…
00:54:18 |
Wed 05 Sep 2018
Daniel Woods / Chris Kalman
Daniel Woods needs no introduction. We discuss his early days dominating the comp circuit, what it’s like to be a pro climber, why he's turned his attention to hard sport climbing, why 2017 was such…
01:01:31 |
Wed 01 Aug 2018
Matty Hong / Heather Weidner
Young climbing phenom and media up-and-comer Matty Hong was the fourth American to climb 5.15b. He also had his about Margo Hayes’s ascent of La Rambla featured in the Reel Rock Film Tour. We talk a…
00:51:07 |
Thu 05 Jul 2018
Preview Episode: Brady Robinson and Matt Samet
Host Kevin Riley interviews the Access Fund's Brady Robinson during a day out climbing in Boulder Canyon, and Kevin sits down with Climbing editor Matt Samet to discuss recent events in big wall spee…
00:36:05 |
Wed 27 Jun 2018
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