Climbing Gold
When climbing was a fringe sport, the epic tales of achievement were told around the campfire. As the sport continues to grow, Alex Honnold and co-host Fitz Cahall grab the mic to share stories from the people who define climbing by pushing the boundaries and challenging the status quo of the previous generation.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 110
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Adapted Part 1
Climbing’s first phenom survives a near death experience and life altering accident on Mount Washington. In rural Maine, a young girl born without a hand discovers climbing. In the aftermath of an ac…
00:47:40 |
Fri 08 Dec 2023
Roundtable: Style
Style vs substance-- they are one and the same in climbing. It governs how we aspire to do routes. It inspires us. Done right, it will stand the test of time. Today, we sit down with climber Katie La…
00:56:49 |
Fri 01 Dec 2023
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 watched the uprising back home unfold, Nasim knew that returni…
00:47:42 |
Fri 24 Nov 2023
Roundtable: Safety Police
Underground legend and editor of Accidents in North American Climbing, Pete Takeda joins us to talk safety. We can learn from mistakes, but sometimes it’s worth speaking up before they happen.
Than…
00:57:30 |
Fri 17 Nov 2023
The Greatest Lie Chapter 4: Belief
After successfully establishing the first fair means ascent of Cerro Torre’s SE Ridge and chopping Maestri’s bolt ladder, Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk smash into reality. In the mountains, a rescue …
00:46:30 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
The Greatest Lie Chapter 3: Fair Means
In the 2000’s, a new, global generation of alpinists armed with a broad toolkit of skills and advancements in weather forecasting led a climbing golden age in Patagonia. While popular, Maestri’s Comp…
00:48:52 |
Fri 03 Nov 2023
Roundtable: Liar, Liar
How big of a problem is lying in climbing? Jonathan Siegrist returns to the show to talk about dishonesty in our sport.
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Fri 27 Oct 2023
The Greatest Lie Chapter 2: Disneyland
With doubts circling in the press, Cesare Maestri returns to Cerro Torre with hundreds of bolts, a compressor engine and gallons of gasoline intent on conquering the mountain. What ensues borders on …
00:41:26 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
The Greatest Lie Chapter 1: The Queen & The Pawns
In 1959, Cesare Maestri, an outsider and rebel drawn to the siren song of the world’s fiercest mountain, Cerro Torre, ripped a hole in climbing’s only true rule – a climber is only as good as their w…
00:30:34 |
Fri 13 Oct 2023
Full Circle
In May 2022, The Full Circle Everest team made history when seven of the members reached the world’s highest point. They were the first all black expedition team to do so. Today, we talk with Phil He…
00:42:22 |
Fri 30 Jun 2023
The Greatest Climb
Is reaching a summit the true measure of success or is there something deeper? In 1978 a dream team of alpinists – Jim Donini, Jeff Lowe, George Lowe, and Michael Kennedy – spent 26 days tackling the…
00:51:12 |
Fri 23 Jun 2023
Roundtable: Should We Make Old Routes Safer?
A route’s history is important, but does it make it sacred? As our sport grows, people are considering whether adding bolts to existing routes to make it safer or more accessible might be a valid ide…
00:55:21 |
Fri 16 Jun 2023
Board Games
We journey through the world of Moonboarding with the world’s best – Ravioli Biceps. And Ben Moon walks us through the underground climbing trend that started in the cellars of Sheffield, England and…
00:44:40 |
Fri 09 Jun 2023
Roundtable: The Route That Changed My Life
Could a route change you? Kareemah Batts joins Alex, Fitz, Lauren and Leici to talk about the routes that changed what they thought was possible.
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00:51:14 |
Fri 02 Jun 2023
Our Best Is Always Changing
In April of 2022, Anna Pfaff set out to tick an Alaska classic – the Harvard Route on Mount Huntington. With her partner Priti Wright, Anna romped up the 3,000 foot face of ice, rock and snow, but th…
00:37:33 |
Fri 26 May 2023
Not So Mellow
The next generation needs its inspiration. The Mellow crew provides it. Between sends of the world's hardest boulders, Daniel Woods, Shawn Raboutou, Giuliano Cameroni and Jimmy Webb took climbing med…
00:47:51 |
Fri 19 May 2023
Roundtable: Strength Vs Technique
Philosophy professor and member of the exclusive 5.14 after 60 club, Bill Ramsey has a bone to pick with those who value strength over technique. In this roundtable discussion, we dive into our bias …
00:45:20 |
Fri 12 May 2023
The Dark Horse
Quiet and humble, Lucho Rivera was the antithesis to the wild, loud and over the top antics of the Stone Monkey generation. Yet in that band of misfits, he found a home. Now, after three decades of c…
00:46:53 |
Fri 05 May 2023
Hot Henry
In the 1970’s, no flame burned brighter than Hot Henry Barber. Often heralded as the first traveling climber, Henry redefined standards for free climbing and free soloing not just the US, but every c…
00:44:31 |
Fri 28 Apr 2023
Dope Lake Chapter 4: Aftermath
After Jack Dorn’s death, conspiracies begin to fly in the Valley. Camp 4’s dirtbags figure out what to do with their spoils. And the plane crash becomes the stuff of Hollywood, literally. Our final i…
00:46:23 |
Fri 16 Dec 2022
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