The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast

Billy Ridal, an accomplished climber, talks about his retirement from the comp scene, successful rock trips, and his upcoming goals in Yosemite. The podcast also discusses topics such as quantifying climbing technique using force plates, struggles during the climbing season, transitioning to a new coach, reflections on retirement from competitions, and the excitement of a climbing challenge.

Meet Ravioli, a friendly neighborhood Moonboarder and metalhead. They discuss training in a small climbing gym, Moonboard techniques and challenges, setting styles and community building, climbing challenges and hold design, Moonboard holds controversy and replacement, surprising music taste, the origin of 'Ravioli Biceps' and the Borva project, discussing climbing routes and excitement for future climbs, fostering community in climbing apps and boards, the community and connections of Moonboarding, a funny Ravioli incident, Desert Island benchmarks, discussing boulder names and literature, and gratitude, connection, and excitement for future conversations.

Simulation Sam and Android Aidan discuss the potential impact of AI in climbing, including humor in AI-generated content. They also explore deep fake technology and the challenges of AI recognizing humor in climbing. The limitations of AI in diagnosing climbing injuries are discussed, as well as the importance of core activation in climbing and the influence of AI on boulder names.

Louis Parkinson, Coach, climber and Captain Cutloose, joins the podcast to discuss engaging easy climbs, the pressure of online fame, competing in climbing competitions as you get older, challenging climbs and overcoming fear, the strength of a deadlift, Louis' climbing goals and challenges, climbing injuries and differences between indoor and outdoor climbing, managing anger during climbing sessions and balancing teaching styles, and determining strength or skill as the point of failure in climbing moves.

Ned Feehally, one of the strongest climbers in the UK, talks about his low-profile music and his Beastmaker fingerboard. He discusses challenging climbing routes, the differences between limestone and gritstone, the impact of parenthood on climbing, and the popularity of the Beastmaker fingerboard. They also touch on writing a training book, weight and climbing performance, individual codes of ethics in climbing, and 'the wave' climbing wall.

Hamish Potokar, a talented climber with an open mind to experience life outside of climbing, discusses his motivations behind Spotter magazine and the complexities of not pursuing a professional climbing career. The speakers also explore the concepts of self-compassion, happiness, and social media in relation to climbing, as well as their nostalgia for old climbing magazines. They delve into the creation of Spotter magazine and its aim to portray climbing characters often missed by social media. Additionally, they discuss various climbing terms, the process of naming their magazine, and the excitement and pressure of upcoming climbing trips and article deadlines.

Tom O'Hallaran on the pod this week and we had a great chat talking about the Olympic build up as well as the Australian climbing scene and lots of the bits and pieces that he gets up to. It's a long one and we had so much more to cover so hopefully we'll be able to persuade him to come back at some point!This podcast is solely supported by our fantastic community of patroons, if you enjoy the podcast then do consider checking out our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823Support the show

Jonny Kydd has recently climbed an 8C called The World is Yours at Biblins cave. It took him multiple seasons and over 110 sessions. Not the sort of siege many of us would be willing to take on but Jonny has demonstrated incredible mental resilience and tenacity and when listening to him speak it's infectious. He's also a Lattice coach with a sports science background so is able to provide some great takeaways for all listeners. I really hope you enjoy!If you are enjoying the podcast and would like to help us to keep it going, please consider joining our Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823Also, a massive thank-you to our Patroons and everybody who has been kind enough to leave us a review! Support the show

A real home team ramble this week. Goes all over the place, mostly pretty light hearted but we do touch on the RED-S issue in climbing and mention the IFSC medical resignations so be aware if that's a sensitive topic for you. The main topic of the day was trying to define what success and failure is to us when it comes to climbing, it turns out to be a hell of a lot more difficult than we were expecting!If you enjoy our podcast and would like to support us, please consider checking out our Patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823Support the show

*I'm away at the minute so the intro was recorded without a microphone but don't worry the rest of it is fine*Storytime is a bit of a format change and will appear on the thread every now and then, the concept is just anyone with a really good story comes on and tells it to us more or less, not exactly genius but it's fun!This week it's a friend of mine coming to help me provide proof of concept, Elliot White has a couple of loosely Trad climbing based stories and we end up chatting about what makes climbing so special and wondering what it is we're looking for in all of it.If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to support us: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823Support the show