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 239: Janja Garnbret – Her Hardest Hue to Hold
On Episode 239 of the Enormocast, I have the privilege to sit down with Gold Medalist, Janja Garnbret. A Slovenian climbing hero, Janja, of course, took Gold at the inaugural climbing Olympics, …
01:06:13 |
Fri 01 Apr 2022
Enormocast 238 – Tommy Caldwell: Concerned Climbing Citizen
On episode 238 of the Enormocast, Tommy Caldwell shows up for his sophomore appearance on the podcast. A lot has gone down since his first show in 2016. Both Tommy and the Royal We had a child –…
01:29:08 |
Thu 17 Mar 2022
Enormocast 237: Anna Hazelnutt – Not Afraid to Try
Photos: Mike Hutton, Austin Keith, Austin Keith
On Episode 237 of the Enormocast, I catch up with freshly minted trad climber, Anna Hazelnutt. Anna cut her teeth on high-ball slab boulders in So …
01:35:58 |
Mon 28 Feb 2022
Enormocast 236: Malik Martin and Conrad Anker – Brothers, Friends, and Countrymen
All photos: Max Lowe
On Episode 236 of the Enormocast, I sit down next to, but for some reason not in, a hot springs pool with Malik Martin and Conrad Anker. Conrad and Malik met at Memphis Rox w…
01:22:19 |
Tue 15 Feb 2022
Enormocast 235: TAPS 2022 – This Podcast is For Sale Edition
Andrew Bisharat, Thirst Trap, Andy Salo
On Episode 235, the 2022 TAPS Edition of the Enormocast has arrived. Returning curmudgeon, Andrew Bisharat, and I rough up FNG Andy Salo on this year’s nea…
01:47:30 |
Mon 31 Jan 2022
Enormocast 234: Siebe Vanhee – The Talisman
On Episode 234 of the Enormocast, I connect via lousy internet with Belgian, Siebe Vanhee. At the moment of recording, Siebe is sitting inside the famous “Caf” in Yosemite valley – the appropria…
01:10:37 |
Tue 18 Jan 2022
Enormocast 233: Bradley “Chum” Carter – Mountains and Music
On Episode 233 of the Enormocast, I sit down with musician and climber, Bradley “Chum” Carter. Chum grew up climbing in Tennessee and the greater Southeast, but did stints in the Northwest and Y…
01:34:21 |
Tue 04 Jan 2022
Enormocast 232: Niall Grimes – The Language of Humor
On Episode 232 of the Enormocast, I meet up across the pond with fellow podcaster, Niall Grimes. Niall grew up during “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland and learned to climb on his local crags a…
01:25:55 |
Fri 17 Dec 2021
Enormocast 231: Gowri Varanashi – Bringing It All Back Home
On Episode 231 of the Enormocast, I connect to the other side of the world with Indian climber, Gowri Varanashi. Gowri learned to climb in the US but fell in love with climbing in her home count…
01:33:31 |
Mon 29 Nov 2021
Enormocast 230: Paul Pritchard – The Tao of Paul
On Episode 230, I connect with Paul Pritchard all the way from Tasmania. Paul’s new book The Mountain Path: A Climbers Journey Through Life and Death examines his life of climbing and life-chang…
01:05:47 |
Thu 11 Nov 2021
Enormocast 229.5: REBROADCAST of Luke Mehall’s Dirtbag State of Mind Podcast with Chris Kalous.
On Episode 229.5 of the Enormocast, I rebroadcast an interview I did with Luke Mehall over at his podcast The Dirtbag State of Mind Podcast. In this interview, we spend time on the history of th…
01:04:55 |
Fri 29 Oct 2021
Enormocast 229: Steve “Shipoopoi” Schneider – Blonde Ambition
On Episode 229 of the Enormocast, Steve Schneider joins me from his home in Oakland, California. Though Steve’s resume is longer than almost any previous guest on the show, he seems to fly in th…
01:48:42 |
Fri 15 Oct 2021
Enormocast 228: Aaron Livingston – We Shall Be Brothers
Clockwise from top left: Spaceshot by Nolan Smythe, Aaron Livingston by Drew Smith, Aaron on Mt Hooker by Drew Smith
On Episode 228 of the Enormocast, I sit down with climber and guide, Aaron L…
Tue 28 Sep 2021
Enormocast 227: Jordan Cannon – The Full Picture
A5 Traverse Golden Gate, After the send afterglow, Peace. All Photos: Max Buschini
On Episode 227 of the Enormocast, I sit down in a van (his) in Rifle with return guest Jordan Cannon. Jordan’s c…
01:38:52 |
Fri 10 Sep 2021
Enormocast 226: Stacy Bare – Resist with Joy
On Episode 226 of the Enormocast, Stacy Bare (episode 103) returns to the Enormocast with an urgent message. At this moment, Afghanistan is in crisis and evacuations are underway for allies and …
01:12:22 |
Sat 21 Aug 2021
Enormocast 225: Manoah Ainuu – Life’s Sustenance
On Episode 225 of the Enormocast, I sit down in a yard with goats with ice climber, Manoah Ainuu. Manoah popped up on a lot of climbers’ radars in the film Black Ice from last year’s Reel Rock, …
01:16:36 |
Thu 05 Aug 2021
Enormocast 224: John “The Verm” Sherman – Foot on the Gas
On Episode 224 of the Enormocast, I connect with bouldering legend, John Sherman. “The Verm”, as he is widely known, is a seminal boulderer in America and the world. Known as much for his antic…
01:23:23 |
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Enormocast 223: John Long – Existential Horsepower
On Episode 223 of the Enormocast, I sit down with legend, John Long. I first met Long, AKA Largo, some 25 years ago in West Los Angeles at a climbing gym. As I got to know him in that gym commun…
01:18:44 |
Fri 02 Jul 2021
Enormocast 222: Harvey Wright – Heart Like an Ocean
On Episode 222 of the Enormocast, I connect with Harvey Merritt Wright. Harvey Wright is a climber, musician, and hair dresser from Vancouver, BC and the recent subject of a full length document…
01:25:34 |
Thu 17 Jun 2021
Enormocast 221: Lor Sabourin – Being Themself
On Episode 221 of the Enormocast, I manage to sit down face to face and maskless with Lor Sabourin. Lor’s recent send of East Coast Fist Bump in Northern Arizona piqued my interest and a tip fro…
01:28:13 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
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