The Enormocast: the climbing podcast
With 35 years of climbing experience and going on 14 years behind the mic, Chris Kalous brings interviews, tributes, discussion, tears, and lots of laughs from the full breadth of the climbing zeitgeist. Rock climbing, bigwall (big wall?) climbing, alpinism, ice climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing. If it’s climbing related, it’s here. In the words of Alex Honnold, “If you are a climber, you pretty much have to do the Enormocast.”
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 78 minutes
- Episodes
- 323
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
Enormocast 312: Maya Madere – Opportunity Rocks
Photos: Jame Lucas, Bearcam
On Episode 312 of the Enormocast, I invite comp and rock climber Maya Madere for a face to face interview at the Arc’teryx Academy in Squamish. Maya considers hersel…
01:11:46 |
Wed 17 Sep 2025
Enormocast 311: Gisely Ferraz (Souza) – The Heart is a Puzzle
Photos: Kaya Lindsay, Irene Yee, Eva Cappozola, Adam McClatchie
On Episode 311 of the Enormocast, I catch up in Moab with Brazilian climber Gisely Ferraz AKA Gisely Souza AKA Brazilianclimbergi…
01:44:04 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
Enormocast 310: Timmy O’Neill – The Charmed Life Must Not Yield
On Episode 310 of the Enormocast, the inimitable Timmy O’Neill returns. Since Timmy’s Enormocast in 2020, several life-changes have gone down: a marriage, a kid, and maybe most impactful of al…
01:38:06 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Enormocast 309: Anna Hazelnutt (Hazlett) – A Positive Influence
Photos: Mary Eden, Kenzie Cole, William Hamilton
On Episode 309 of the Enormocast, I reconnect with climber Anna Hazlenutt. Anna has built a career around her nom de plume (birth name Hazlett) …
01:29:03 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Enormocast 308: Angela Vanwiemeersch: The Stars Not Wanted
On Episode 308 of the Enormocast, Alpinist Angela Vanwiemeersch returns after over a decade since her first interview on the show. That interview featured a spunky overstoked girl who had more…
01:38:47 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Tweener: Sam Stroh Settles In
Photo Taylor Shaffer @taylorshaffer_photo
On this Tweener ™ episode of the Enormocast, we catch up with pro climber, Sam Stroh. When we posted the full-blown Enormocast with Sam in April, 2025,…
00:55:23 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
Enormocast 307: Amy Alvey and Mark Kilianski of Golden Shoals – Rock Toppers
On Episode 307 of the Enormocast, we are graced buy a drop-in concert and chat from Amy Alvey and Mark Kilianski of Golden Shoals. Of the pair, Amy is the climber, but together they form Golde…
01:21:59 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
Enormocast 306: Sarah Hueniken – The Aftermath
On Episode 206 of the Enormocast, I sit down at Banff Mountain Film with alpinist and guide, Sarah Hueniken. Sarah was an outdoor educator before she was a climber, and though she is known for…
01:38:46 |
Thu 29 May 2025
Enormocast 305: Caro North – Magnetic
Middle Photo Ramona Waldner
On Episode 305 of the Enormocast, alpinist and guide Caro North joins me in my lovely hotel room in Banff, AB during the Banff Mountain Film Festival for a heartfelt…
01:26:20 |
Wed 14 May 2025
Enormocast 304: Sam Stroh – Naturally Decent
On Episode 304 of the Enormocast, climber Sam Stroh drops by my suite at the Arcteryx Academy in Squamish to talk climbing and get to the bottom of a misunderstanding. Sam cut his teeth in New…
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Enormocast 303: Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll – A Very Particular Set of Skills
On Episode 303 of the Enormocast I sit down with one of the most compelling and somewhat enigmatic climbers of our times: Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll. It was a multi-year dance, but we finally …
01:45:12 |
Fri 04 Apr 2025
Enormocast 302: Last Rites 2025 (FKA Taps) Don’t Side-Eye the Trad-Dad Edition
Episode 302 of the Enormocast is the annual airing of grievances in climbing: the laments, the beefs, and the sad truths of the dumb shit we do as climbers. What was formerly known as Taps is …
02:10:15 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Enormocast 301: Quentin Roberts – Listening to The Mountain
All photos Jesse Huey
On Episode 301 of the Enormocast, I sit down in a posh hotel in Squamish, BC, with alpinist Quentin Roberts. We met up at the Arc’teryx Academy in August 2024 on a rainy d…
01:23:17 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Enormocast 300: Chris Kalous by Alex Honnold – No Retreat, No Surrender
Photos: Castleton Tower by Andrew Burr, Suesca Colombia by Cody Roth, Independence Pass by Chris Noble
On the auspicious Episode 300 of the Enormocast, Alex Honnold hijacks the Enormocast to in…
Mon 13 Jan 2025
Enormocast 299: Nina Caprez – Two Roads Just as Fair
Photos: Jérémy Bernard
On Episode 299 of the Enormocast, I sit down in a fine hotel suite with the elegant Nina Caprez. We met up at the Arc’teryx Academy in Squamish, and after a Co-MC gig on …
01:20:11 |
Fri 27 Dec 2024
Enormocast 298: Jim Erickson – Clean and Free in the 1970s
On Episode 298 of the Enormocast, I sit down in with Boulder, Colorado legend, Jim Erickson. Turns out that when Jim climbed the crags and roamed the streets of Boulder in the late 60s and 70s…
02:12:32 |
Thu 12 Dec 2024
Enormocast 297: Paul “PK” Kuenn – The Dairylander
On Episode 297 of the Enormocast, I sit down in Munising, Michigan with local Midwest legend, Paul Kuenn. In his youth near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Paul was drawn to the outdoors: fly-fishing, c…
01:49:56 |
Tue 26 Nov 2024
Enormocast 296: Barry Blanchard Live in Banff
On Episode 296 of the Enormocast, we rebroadcast an interview that was recorded live at the Banff Mountain Film Festival with alpinist and Canadian legend, Barry Blanchard. Barry showed up at …
01:11:00 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
Enormocast 295: Aaron Peterson – Paying His Dues
Middle Photo: Fallon Rowe
On Episode 295 of the Enormocast, I sit down at a splintery picnic table on a hot morning in Lander, Wyoming with Aaron Peterson. Aaron is a young (ish) climber for wh…
01:15:45 |
Mon 28 Oct 2024
Enormocast 294: Simon Carter – Climbing Through the Lens
On Episode 294 of the Enormocast, I connect to Katoomba, NSW in Australia- the heart of the Blue Mountains – to chat with photographer Simon Carter. Simon has been in the game as long as anyon…
01:37:06 |
Fri 11 Oct 2024
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