First Ascent Podcast
By Jay & Lee
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Episodes: 139
Description
Jay and Lee have been friends for 20 years, and they've been chatting about climbing pretty much the whole time, be it in person, via text, or on social media. Now they take their witty conversation to the next frontier: a podcast. Join them as they discuss current events and trends in climbing, their recent climbing adventures, and whatever else that comes up. It's basically like crag spray, but recorded!
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The World of Lander According to Jake Dickerson
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The Legend of Tim DeRoehn
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Questions of Climbing and Faith with Aaron Shamy
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Training Through Injury + The Ethics of Rebolting with Ethan Edwards
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Jay Knower is in the Hot Seat (with Guest Host Jim Lawyer)
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May 28, 2025 |
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The Best of Lee Hansche
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May 21, 2025 |
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Challenging the Norms of Aging: The Importance of Doing Hard Things
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May 14, 2025 |
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Merriam Woods/Russell Crag - An Update on Access and Development!
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May 09, 2025 |
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Francis Sanzaro: Zen in Imperfect Conditions (in Life and Climbing)
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May 07, 2025 |
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Conrad Anker: Exploring Legacy, Loss & Livelihood in Climbing
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Heroes and Tragedies of White Mountain Rescues with Ty Gagne
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Balancing Grades on Your Climbing Menu with Miguel Lopez
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Historic FAs and Dirtbag Days: A Legendary Journey from Devil’s Lake to the World with Dave Groth
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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The Evolution of Climbing Culture, Climbing as a Parent + Downgrading with Andy Salo
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Jim Lawyer Answers Your Questions
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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The Golden Days of Developing the Red River Gorge with Chris Snyder
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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The First Ascent of Middle Child + The Ethics of Developing Choss with Brian O’Leary
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Grades and Followers Don’t Define You with April Davidson
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Climbing Hard Into Your Sixties and Beyond with Chuck Odette
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Chasing the Ice on Scotland’s Ben Nevis with Chris Andrews
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Balancing Your Physical and Mental Game with Joel Unema
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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The Ins and Outs of Brand Sponsorship with Jenny Fischer
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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The Second Ascent of Reality Bath with Balin Miller
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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The Blind Crusher: Justin Salas
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Critique Jay’s Climbing with his Climbing Coach, Galina Parfenov
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Mastering Ice Climbing with JC Dubeau
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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The Best of First Ascent - Reboot Edition
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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The Crimpers of Devil’s Lake with Kenz Hack and Garrett Hopkins
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Innovations of Ice Climbing Gear with Charlie Faust of Beartooth Alpine Equipment
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Finding Your Footing After a Health Challenge with James Schroeder
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Listener Questions - The Ice & Mixed Climbing Edition with Brian O’Leary
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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A Climber Running for Office—State Senate Candidate Rusty Talbot
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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An Update on Merriam Woods/Russell Crag with Chris Vaughan and Mike Gagnon of CNHCA
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Climbing Mainiac with Dylan Connole
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell with Nadya Vorotnikova and Sean Vallefuoco
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Bolt Talk with Brian O’Leary
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Ticking Every Route + The Process of Projecting with Franky Lapatino
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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The Guide to Writing a Guidebook with Jim Lawyer
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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The Benefits of Using Stone Holds with Ryan Loiselle and Dan Knisell of Real Stone Holds
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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The Role of an LCO + The Craggin’ Classic with RCA President Ladd Raine
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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A Peek Behind the Scenes of Climbing Media with Nate Liles
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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The Foundations of Training with Leif Gasch of Substr8 Climbing
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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The Dunning-Kruger Effect with James Schroeder
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Lee’s Final Episode
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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In Defense of First Ascents
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May 15, 2024 |
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Nadya Vorotnikova: Breaking Self Limiting Beliefs
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May 08, 2024 |
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Tough Questions with Chris Graham
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May 01, 2024 |
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Dave Quinn and the New Crossover Bolt
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Tales from Four Decades of First Ascents with Tom Bowker
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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The Bouldering Episode! With Jake Perry
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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The Customer Comment Box
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Five Things We Hate About You (At the Crag)
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Bolt Replacement with Nate Liles
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Francis Sanzaro and the Zen of Climbing
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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The Best of NH, Part 2
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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The Best of NH, Part 1
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Projecting with Mike Gagnon
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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More Listener Questions
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Conversations from the Mt. Washington Valley Ice Fest
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Waimea!
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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The Gear Episode
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Rollin Grimmett on Sending 5.14d
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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New Year's Resolutions and Truthfulness in Climbing
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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The Best (and Worst) of First Ascent
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Pat Cooke and Cannon's Mixed Shenanigans
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Jeremy Ballou Tells Us We're Wrong
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Vance White, The Mayor of Lander Climbing
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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We Give Thanks!
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Viva Las Vegas
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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The Lifer, Russ Clune
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Josh Garrison and the Cannon Linkup
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Zac St. Jules Has Entered the Chat
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Listener Questions: The Triple Send and Chossineering
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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The Ticking Clock: Autumn in NH
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Wifecast 2 : Stop and Smell the Rock
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Uncommon Ground Redux
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Conversations at the Rumney Craggin Classic
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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New England Climbing Legends... other than Jay and Lee
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Listener Questions: Bolting Overhangs and Boulder Problems
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Joe Kinder and the Aesthetics of Climbing
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Whippers and Close Calls with Eric Zschiesche - A Patreon Sneak Peek
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Eric Zschiesche and a Lifetime of Climbing
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Shootin’ the Sh*t with Mike Gagnon
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Free as Can Be with Mark Hudon
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Scott Stevenson on the First Ascent of Technosurfing
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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#VanLife with Nick Nelson of Exploration Vans
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Val Shao and the International Climbers' Festival
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Trad Climbing "Ethics"
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Devil's Lake with Lindsey Mathewson
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Our 50th Episode! And Listener Questions
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Jesse Han and the Broken Bolt
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Roadtripping and Dirtbagging
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Headpointing
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May 31, 2023 |
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Rumney Crowding and Retrobolting
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May 24, 2023 |
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Sobriety in Climbing
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May 17, 2023 |
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Bouldering and Stickclips
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May 10, 2023 |
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Team Scruff
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May 03, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Syko
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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The Most Contentious Issue in Climbing
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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At the Forefront of Bolt Innovation with Dave Quinn of Team Tough Bolt Products
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Peregrines and Listener Questions
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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The Legendary Smith Brothers
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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A Very Special Episode: The Merriam Woods Vote
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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The Sweat Hog Episode
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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A Completely Uninformed Conversation About Training
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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The Continued (and never-ending) Discussion of Climbing Ethics
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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The Fixed Gear Debate
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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The Science of Trundling with Katharine Hinkle
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Dispatches From Ice Fest with Brian O’Leary of Forecast Equipment
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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The Climbing Lexicon
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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HBO's 'The Climb' Review and Listener Questions
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Navigating Injuries
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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The Parent Episode
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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A First Ascent Festivus
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Cold Weather Rock Climbing
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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A Conversation with Dave Lottmann
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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We Answer Your Questions!
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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The Art of Climbing Shoes
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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The Ice Climbers' Roundtable
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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New Hampshire Classics, Part 2 - 5.11- 5.14
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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New Hampshire Classics, Part 1 - 5.3-5.10
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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The Beta Episode
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Safety in Climbing, Part 2 - Belaying
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Safety in Climbing, Part 1
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Sketchiness in Climbing
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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BONUS: The Wifecast - Unsolicited Beta and Imposter Syndrome
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Science on the Rocks with Katherine Hinkle
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Are Link-ups and Eliminates Their Own Routes?
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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An Intro to Ice Climbing with Pat Cooke
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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The Art of Falling
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Is Climbing a Meritocracy?
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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The Art of Bolting
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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The Science of Bolting
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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The Climber’s Mindset
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Gear Obsessions + The Meaning of a Moderate Route
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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The Three Most Important Elements of Projecting
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Crag Hierarchy + The Best (and Worst) Ways to Learn Anchors
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Magnus Midtbø’s Nerve Wracking Solo with Alex Honnold + The Evolution of Climbing Media
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Two Aging Climbers Spray About Climbing
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Jul 15, 2022 |