Crag Chat Climbing Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome back to another episode of Crag Chat! Today I have my friend Ben on to talk about his climbing journey & his new YouTube channel! @D2Ben
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Yo! It’s episode 22 of the Crag Chat Climbing Podcast. Today I’m chatting with local climber & photographer Hannah Conti in the yoga room at Iron City Boulders. She shares stories of climbing gyms in Alaska, what happens if she watches climbing reels, & the main reason you should join your gym’s bouldering league. Enjoy!
Hannah also recorded an episode with me for her podcast, Reply All. Check it out at the links below
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Irena is a climber I've followed online for awhile & we've chatted on & off for a few years so this time we chat on a podcast! How neat!
YouTube: @irenaadventures
Instagram: @scartletbegoniasss
Hannah & I talk about climbing, art & all the normal stuff we usually talk about except this time it's being made available to the public in the form of an audio and video experience!
Hello everyone and welcome back to Episode 19 of the Crag Chat Climbing Podcast. Today I have my friend Tyler on to talk about his experience with Horseshoe Hell 2023. Hope you enjoy! Audio gets wonky around 38 minutes, mic died, life’s short, things happen, cheers!
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Hello everyone and welcome back to Episode 18 of the Crag Chat Climbing Podcast. In today’s episode, professor, dad, & climber Joel Brady shares the story of bolting & getting the first ascent of the 5.14 Green Magic in the Hills, Seneca’s hardest line. Joel is also part of last year’s winning 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell team, an outdoor climbing competition that we discuss in depth for the remainder of the episode. If you’re listening to this episode the day it is released, send Joel & I some good luck vibes as we will both be competing in Hell. Joel got into climbing at a church camp when he was a kid & since then has climbed all over the US for the past thirty years. Enjoy!
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Hello everyone and welcome back to Episode 17 of the Crag Chat Climbing Podcast. Today I have runner, climber & physical therapist Dr. Alyssa O’Krent with me to talk about climbing injuries, what it’s like climbing around Austin, Texas, & what it’s like to be a dual sport athlete. She also talks about the process of setting up her physical therapy space inside of the climbing gym where it is currently located, as well shares her cute dog Noodles with us. Big shoutout to Alyssa for reaching out to be on the podcast & I hope you all enjoy the chat!
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Hello everyone and welcome back to Episode 15 of the Crag Chat Climbing Podcast. Today I have my friend Andy Moss on to talk about her summer job as a climbing ranger in Devil’s Tower, as well as what it’s like to be a setter, & a little bit about how she learned to climb. I had some technical difficulties with the recording of this episode, so y’all unfortunately missed hearing about Andy’s love for photography, how to be a supportive climbing partner & how grateful I am for her help filming The Breakfast Burrito video, but that just means we will have to do another episode in the future. Enjoy!
Hello everyone and welcome back to Episode 14 of the Crag Chat Climbing Podcast. Today I have local Pittsburgh climber & photographer, Tara Bennett with me chatting about an amazing trip to Red Rocks, how she got into photography, climbing with her kids, what motivates her in climbing & most importantly, why her & her friends keep screaming "it's a bad pan!" at each other. Tara agreed to be on the podcast with less than a 48 hour notice & I really appreciate her willingness to come chat. Fun fact, I am a really big hugger, & when I moved to Pittsburgh, I was very much going through hug withdrawal cause I didn't know anyone here. One day Tara came over to me at the gym & gave me a hug & it made my whole month. It's the little things y'all.
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Climbing Instagram: @tarascends
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Hello everyone and welcome back to Episode 13 of the Crag Chat Climbing Podcast. Today I have local Pittsburgh climber, registered yoga teacher, & dietician, Julia Dollard on the show. I met Julia for all of five seconds at the climbing gym before she so graciously agreed to come chat with me & you'd never know that this was our first real conversation. Listen as we talk about climbing nutrition, body image, the benefits of yoga, how to find friends as a new climber, & some of the local crags I need to check out around the Pittsburgh area. Julia, it was a pleasure. As my OG Crag Chat cohost & best friend said when I showed her this episode, "Wow, how is she so put together?" We LOVE it for you! Hope everyone enjoys this episode!
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Hello and welcome to episode 12 of the Crag Chat Climbing Podcast. Today I have fellow climber & YouTuber Courtney Warren on to talk about Ontario climbing, climbing photography, gear, & most importantly, the lack of sandwiches at most climbing gyms. Make sure to give @CourtneyWarren some kudos for being on over on her channel & check out her photos at cwclimbing.com
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Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 11 of the Crag Chat Climbing Podcast! Today's guest is my friend Hannah Phillips. Hannah is a Pittsburgh based climber who has been climbing for a little under a year. In this episode we talk about solo climbing sessions, climbing as a creative endeavor, and how climbing has helped Hannah become physically and mentally stronger so that hopefully she can crush in a future season of our mutual obsession, the reality TV show Survivor. This conversation with Hannah flowed so naturally that you'd think we had been friends for years even though we only met a couple of months ago, & I really enjoyed getting to know more about her life & perspective of climbing. Hannah, it was such a pleasure, thank you for being on the Crag Chat Climbing podcast! Checkout Hannah's Instagram: @hpmedia @curlyclimbers Instagram Accounts to Follow: @imbrushingyourdamn.holds @thisholdwentupyesterday @thisholdwentuprecently Like court climbs? Got a video idea? Tell me about it here: https://forms.gle/jMHQouzGBLJLsrzg8 My Instagram: @courtliveshappy official court climbs merch: teespring.com/stores/courtclimbs Want beer that tastes like beer but is non-alcoholic?! Get 20% off your first purchase here with code COURTNEYS20 at checkout: www.athleticbrewing.com
Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 10 of the Crag Chat Climbing Podcast! Today's guest is my friend Lizzy Ellison. Lizzy is a pro climber, writer, comic, YouTuber & all around generally fantastic human. Lizzy is shamelessly herself & I think that this interview really shows how endearing & lovely that can be. Lyzee, thank you for being you, & of course for sitting down to talk about baboons, climbing, comedy, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY YOUR GRANDPA DON WHO DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO TURN HIS CAPS LOCK OFF. Checkout Lizzy's YouTube channel: @Lizzy Ellison Instagram: @lizzy.ellison
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Hello everyone and welcome Episode 6 of the Crag Chat Climbing Podcast. We're Courtney & Anna, two climbers living and climbing in Ohio & anywhere else that we can. In today's episode, we chat about route names, our trip to ice climb at Peabody's, resting during climbing, and outdoor climbing plans. It's never HEINOUS to get to chat with Anna, thanks for listening!
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Hello everyone and welcome back to the 5th episode of the Crag Chat Climbing Podcast! I'm Courtney, a climber from Ohio, chatting with my climbing friends about climbing and life. Today I chat with DJ, the manager of our local climbing gym, On The Rocks in Amherst, Ohio. DJ and I talk a bit about his climbing endeavors of past, present, and future, as well as how he got into managing the gym. We also talk about how climbing fits into his overall fitness based lifestyle, which includes his passion for triathlons. I'm so happy to have gotten a chance to chat with DJ and I hope you enjoy this episode of Crag Chat. Thanks again to DJ for agreeing to be on!
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Welcome to the fourth episode of Crag Chat! We’re Courtney and Sydney, two climbers living and climbing in the US. In this episode of Crag Chat, we talk through Sydney's short but adventurous climbing history. This episode is one to listen to if you are looking for some pure stoke & love of climbing. We play would you rather, look back on some funny moments at the Red River Gorge, and share some of our favorite quotes we live by.
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Welcome to the third episode of Crag Chat! We’re Courtney and Anna, two climbers living and climbing in Ohio. In this episode of Crag Chat, we talk about hypothetical pills that give you climbing super powers, how we hate goals but also have some of them, and discuss our feelings about strangers cheering you on in the gym. We also talk about our trip to boulder at Climb Cleveland & the naked climbers out west.
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Welcome to the second episode of Crag Chat! We’re Courtney and Vivian, two climbers living and climbing in Ohio. In this episode of Crag Chat, we talk about the ideal things we would put in our dream climbing gym. What makes a climbing gym good? Is it the setting, the music, the layout, the vibe? Vivian lets me in on the secret reason gyms blare their music. I talk about checking out shirtless climbers. We come up with ideas for solo climbers to practice mock leading, a setting system where climbers can check their yearly progress, and go on a small rant about how we inevitably will crush a child by falling on them accidentally in the bouldering area at some point.
Come hang out with us monthly by subscribing to court climbs and keeping your eyes open for the next fresh episode of Crag Chat! For those of you tuning in from episode one and wondering how in the heck it took us four months to release episode two, there’s just a lot going on man. I’m going to be trying my darnedest to put out monthly episodes of the Crag Chat climbing podcast for your listening pleasure, and welcome any feedback in the comments as to what climbing topic you’d like to hear us chat about next!
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Huge thank you to Vivian for being on the pod, if you’re so inclined, find her on Instagram @vivirobo and tell her she’s the best.
Welcome to the first ever episode of Crag Chat! We’re Courtney and Anna, two climbers living and climbing in Ohio. In this episode, we talk about how we got started climbing, why we’re starting this podcast, and most importantly about Anna’s dog, Bennie. We also talk about climbing Reddit, going on Hinge dates, and the opening of local crag, Flat Rocks. Come hang out with us once a month by subscribing to court climbs and keeping your eyes open for the next fresh episode of Crag Chat!
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