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
Episode 63: Dr. Jared Vagy- The Climbing Doctor is in.
On Episode 63 of the Enormocast, I sit down in the Mobile Studio (this time, actually mobilized to Lander, WY) for some SCIENCE! Dr. Jared Vagy is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and an orthopedic speci…
Fri 15 Aug 2014
Episode 62: Angie Payne- Type A for Angela.
On Episode 62 of the Enormocast, dedicated boulderer Angie Payne is lured into the sweltering Mobile Studio for a deep talk about her inner workings. Angie candidly tells us about her struggles with…
Fri 01 Aug 2014
Episode 61: Don McGrath and the Vertical Mind
On Episode 61 of the Enormocast, I roll the mobile studio to the Northern Corner of the Bromuda Triangle for a sit down with author Don McGrath about his book, Vertical Mind. Along with Jeff Elison,…
Thu 17 Jul 2014
Episode 60: Building a Better Climber w/ Topher Donahue and Chris Van Leuven
On Episode 60, we record a live one on Climbing Lawyer Dan Markoff’s deck overlooking Boulder, Colorado. Climbers Topher Donahue and Chris Van Leuven join me for a discussion of what it takes to los…
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Wed 02 Jul 2014
Episode 59: Jeremy Collins – The Art of Climbing.
On Episode 59 of the Enormocast, I finally lure the elusive (at least for me) artist Jeremy Collins into the Enormostudio for a chat. The free-range convo covers art, family, faith, climbing, and ex…
Tue 17 Jun 2014
Episode 58: Chris Schulte – Bouldering sensei.
On Episode 58, the Enormocast breaks the boulderer drought by bringing on compression problem savant, Chris Schulte. Chris arrived in Carbondale to bartend for the 5Point Film Festiva…
01:10:13 |
Mon 02 Jun 2014
Episode 57: Enormocast Mega Pack
On Episode 57 of the Enormocast, we blaze through four separate mini-interviews with four excellent climbers recorded at the 2014 Redrock Renedezvous. Nik Berry is a young(er) guy coming out of SLC …
00:55:01 |
Fri 16 May 2014
Episode 56: Live Enormocast from Bonfire Coffee.
On Episode 56 (not 55!) of the Enormocast, I fight the sound of the clinking coffee cups and the hiss of the espresso machine to bring you a Live Enormocast from Bonfire Coffee in Carbondale. The wi…
Thu 01 May 2014
Episode 55: Eric Bjornstad- OD (Original Dirtbag).
On Episode 55 of the Enormocast, I seek out mad desert climber Eric Bjornstad. Though confined to a care facility in Moab, Eric is as bearded and bright-eyed as ever. He recounts his years climbing …
00:44:06 |
Tue 15 Apr 2014
Episode 54: Lady's Night at the Enormocast
On Episode 54, the Royal We sits down with a bevy of ladies to talk about what makes the perfect climbing male. We discuss superfluous shirt-off climbing, buddy spray, and if climbing hard makes one …
Tue 01 Apr 2014
Episode 53: Josh Wharton- Too good to flail.
On Episode 53 of the Enormocast, Josh Wharton and I grow drowsy in an uncomfortably warm conference room at the George Something-or-other library in Boulder. Josh shares the highs and lows of his up…
Mon 10 Mar 2014
Episode 52: Lynn Hill- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough. Part 2.
On Episode 52, we wrap up the second half of my epic interview with Lynn Hill. See Part 1 here. Believing that she could do it was all that it really took for Lynn to free the Nose in 1993, and again…
00:55:19 |
Mon 17 Feb 2014
Episode 51: Lynn Hill- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough. Part 1
On Episode 51, I have posted up the first half of a far-reaching interview with legend Lynn Hill. In this installment, Lynn talks about her near death experience, her beginnings in So Cal, and her as…
00:58:16 |
Wed 05 Feb 2014
Episode 50: Chris Kalous- Dancing with myself.
On Episode 50, Brendan Leonard returns to the show for an interview with your not-so-humble host, Chris Kalous. Chris talks about his strange premeditated journey to climbing, his vision for the Eno…
Thu 16 Jan 2014
Episode 49: On Stage with Honnold and Kennedy².
On Episode 49 of the Enormocast, we rebroadcast audio from the 5point Aspen event from Feb 2013. During that event, I hosted Alex Honnold and Michael and Hayden Kennedy in front of a capacity crowd …
00:39:28 |
Thu 02 Jan 2014
Episode 48: Hazel Findlay – Being blonde, bold, and resolute!
On Episode 48 of the Enormocast, we arrive at the two year anniversary of the Enormocast! Whoot! I know. Right?
More importantly, British hotshot Hazel Findlay sits down in the Mobile Studio amidst a…
More importantly, British hotshot Hazel Findlay sits down in the Mobile Studio amidst a…
Tue 17 Dec 2013
Episode 47: James Lucas- The Life of Pie.
On Episode 47, James Lucas returns to the Enormocast. If we recall, James told us about his pie baking defeat in the 2012 Carbondale Mountain Fair pie baking contest in Episode 21, and this summer he…
Fri 29 Nov 2013
Episode 46: Listener Mail Volume Two
On Episode 46, the Enormocast reunites with Jen Vennon Bisharat and Michael Logan from Episode 14 for another Listener Mail Hoedown. On this installment, we revisit guy/girl climbing issues, and we t…
Thu 14 Nov 2013
Episode 45: Aaron Mulkey- Cold, wet and loving it.
On Episode 45 of the Enormocast, I sit down with kayaker slash ice climber Aaron Mulkey. With the strength of 10 men, Aaron attacks both first descents and first ascents with zeal and unwavering psyc…
Fri 25 Oct 2013
Episode 44: Joshua Brandon alive and well in the mountains.
On Episode 44 of the Enormocast, a chance meeting leads to an enlightening interview with Iraq war vet Joshua Brandon. Josh explains how struggles with PTSD led him to finding solace in the mountain…
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Thu 10 Oct 2013
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