Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast
160 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsIrish / Sheffield climber and author Niall Grimes in conversation with top dogs, cool cats and committed crag rats from the neighbourhood and the international climbing scene. Also classic climbing stories read aloud for your aural pleasure. Mmmmmmm! See more at http://www.niallgrimes.com
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JCPC 106 Taylor P
November 29, 2021 18:18 - 2 hours - 98.4 MBTaylor came to prominence in the climbing world about a decade ago when, as Chris W-P she was one of the world's strongest boulderers with a string of cutting-edge outdoor and competition performances. TP soon after fell out of climbing and, after years of dark struggles, has now transitioned into mum-of-three, Taylor. The story contains graphic detail and lots of laughs.
JCPC 105 Sarah-Jane Dobner
November 11, 2021 12:02 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBMany laughs. Trad climbing lifer Sarah Jane Dobner talks about her self-published, award-winning book, A Feeling for Rock, and gives us a few readings.
JCPC 104 Dammed If You Don't
October 26, 2021 10:02 - 33 minutes - 23.6 MBChris Kalman reads an extract from his book, Dammed If You Don't.
JCPC 103 John Long
October 10, 2021 12:41 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBLegendary US climber and storyteller, major star of Yosemite climbing in the 1970s, the archetypical Stonemaster, John Long in conversation. John was at the heart of some of the finest events in US climbing throughout the 1970s and went on to chronicle these in his short stories then to carve a career in literature and adventure writing. Big guy, big fun.
JCPC 102 Ed Drummond Vibes
September 17, 2021 21:38 - 36 minutes - 25.9 MBArtist and climber, Ed Drummond, is captured in this mesmerising audio piece by Hotaches. Grasp whisps of magic from this high striving poet.
JCPC 101 Paul Pritchard
August 08, 2021 13:56Legendary 80s trad lizard, the Lion of Llanberis, helmet-boiler number one, Paul Pritchard in conversation.
JCPC 101 Paul Pritchard
August 08, 2021 13:56 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBLegendary 80s trad lizard, the Lion of Llanberis, helmet-boiler number one, Paul Pritchard in conversation.
JCPC 100 More Me, More Talk, More Shat
July 13, 2021 15:12 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBJust me rambling on about myself, seacliffs, Welshmen and me dear friend Andy Scott. Probably not worth listening to.
JCPC 099 Aidan Roberts + David Mason on Bouldering
April 06, 2021 20:06 - 2 hours - 86.5 MBAiden Roberts is at the top of UK bouldering having done numerous 8C/8C+ first ascents. David Mason has been doing hard problems around the UK and the world for years. Together we take a look at top-end UK and world bouldering.
JCPC 098 Anita Aggarwal
March 23, 2021 22:28 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBAnita talks about some of the work she has been doing to encourage diverse groups into climbing.
JCPC 097 Natalie Berry reads A Scotsman's Duty
March 11, 2021 15:43 - 45 minutes - 32.4 MBNatalie Berry reads Gordon Smith’s classic accounts of winter ice climbing on Ben Nevis and big routes in the Alps, both stories drenched in 1970s drizzle and hunger.
JCPC 096 Bob Smith
March 02, 2021 20:45 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBAchtung: Legend! The quiet king of the quiet kingdom. Seldom has an area been so associated with one climber as Northumberland is with Bob Smith. From the late 1970s Bob championed style, commitment and technicality to produce climbs whose beauty and challenge have diminished little over the years.
JCPC 095 Jude Spancken
February 16, 2021 17:46 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBCoach and climbing philosophy through lived experiences. This podcast won't make you stronger, but it might help you climb better and love it more. She's the boss.
JCPC 094 Karin Magog
February 02, 2021 23:24 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBIn the 1990s she was at the top levels, redpointing 8b and flashing E7. Niall Grimes chats to Karin Magog about how she got there and what she's been doing since.
JCPC 093 Clare Sheridan reads Uncoiling the Ropes
January 29, 2021 21:50 - 25 minutes - 18.5 MBTrailblazing Irish climbers reads from her autobiography.
JCPC 092 Ray Wood
January 11, 2021 17:31 - 1 hour - 69 MBNorth Wales based climbing photographer, Ray Wood, sits down and thinks about life over a cup of tea.
JCPC 091 Alex Megos talk 9c
December 11, 2020 13:48 - 34 minutes - 24.8 MBAlex Megos talk to Niall Grimes about his new 9c, Bibliography, at Ceuse.
JCPC 090 Beastiality
November 11, 2020 17:34 - 29 minutes - 21.1 MBIt's a bit sweary, sorry. I read out my own story of training obsession and blurred boundaries. Sorry.
JCPC 089 Pete Robins
November 04, 2020 09:46 - 1 hour - 114 MBDriving force of North Wales bouldering exploration, master of cutting edge trad, sport and bouldering. Pete Robins sits down and blows his own trumpet.
JCPC 088 Winter 8000 reading
October 20, 2020 13:44 - 58 minutes - 41 MBBernadette McDonald reads about the most Extreme arena in all of climbing, 8000m peaks in Winter from her new book, Winter 8000. The episode centres around the efforts to rescue Elisabeth Revol and Tomasz Mackiewicz on Nanga Parbat.
JCPC 987 Sam Whittaker
October 06, 2020 09:52 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBSam Whittaker, the biceps behind Sheffield's Climbing Works bouldering centre, yarns on about setting up the Works, why it's special and how it's handled lockdown. Plus a journey through his life.
JCPC 086 Lewis Perrin Williams
September 17, 2020 17:21 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBYoung North Wales based boulderer, trad climber, bassist and student Lewis Perrin Williams talks about some of the important stuff in his life.
JCPC 085 Seb Grieve
September 14, 2020 19:34 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBStar of Hard Grit, classic 1990s climbing vid, chats to Niall Grimes in a darkening graveyard.
JCPC 084 Rose Merrett
August 11, 2020 14:49 - 1 hour - 53.6 MB10-year-old and mad-for-climbing Rose tells Niall Grimes about climbing 8a, why she loves climbing outdoors, about Spain and plans to travel.
JCPC 083 Anna Taylor
August 04, 2020 17:42 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBYoung Lakes-based trad star Anna Taylor in conversation under a tree.
JCPC 082 Slatehead by Peter Goulding
June 30, 2020 19:03 - 37 minutes - 26.6 MBPeter Goulding reads extracts from his recently-published book Slatehead, which takes a personal look at the Llanberis slate climbing scene from the 1980s.
JCPC 081 Paul Pritchard remember Trevor Hodgson
June 16, 2020 14:47 - 54 minutes - 38 MBPaul Pritchard and George Smith read their farewells to their friend and 80's slate legend, Trevor Hodgson.
JCPC 080 John Allen's Routes and Me
May 27, 2020 17:07 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBGritstone master and pioneer of many of grit's finest Extremes died in a climbing accident last week. Niall Grimes remembers his experiences of some of JA's routes, and plays some music.
JCPC 079 Me, in the Micks
May 05, 2020 19:29 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBI spend an hour playing other people's music and try to take credit for it. Yay!
JCPC 078 Jus me talkin shit
March 26, 2020 14:40 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBI ramble a few bits and pieces and tell a story about me n Brian Callen in Yosemite. And play some music.
JCPC 077 Nick Bullock
January 15, 2020 12:08 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBTop adventure climber Nick Bullock recalls tales of loose rock, looser friends and the loosest ethics. Funny as hell!
JCPC 076 Hazel Findlay
December 27, 2019 21:15 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBTop UK all-rounder Hazel Findlay talks about being a professional climber, Tsunami, Magic Line, coaching, social media and podcasts.
JCPC 075 Jesse Dufton
December 16, 2019 21:28 - 46 minutes - 27.7 MBBlind climber Jesse Dufton talks about his starring role in the award-winning documentary Climbing Blind, culminating in his on-sight lead of the Old Man of Hoy. Awesome.
JCPC 074 Jim Pope
December 02, 2019 17:55 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBJim Pope, "The Last Climber", does well at Grit headgames, international comps and sport climbing. He wants to tick Extreme Rock and climb in the Himalayas. He's a dude. Niall Grimes chats to him.
JCPC 073 Niall Grimes reads RedRaw
November 25, 2019 17:05 - 24 minutes - 14.7 MBA story about a day of great pain in Red Rocks and Las Vegas.
JCPC 072 Ryan Pasquill
September 10, 2019 18:38 - 2 hours - 57.2 MBRyan Pasquill loves doing 9a, flashing E9s, grit E8s, Font 8B, drinking beer and slagging James McHaffie. And he's a nicer guy than YOU. Hear his vibe.
JCPC 071 Dave Birkett
July 31, 2019 16:31 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBLake District legend Dave Birkett sits down with a beer, a guitar and a packet of crisps and talks climbing, music and rounding up sheep.
JCPC 070 Emma Twyford Part 2
July 02, 2019 15:50 - 59 minutes - 27.9 MBThe second part of my Emma Twyford interview. So fab. We talk about Once Upon a Time in the Southwest, Indian Face, Free Solo, The Big Issue and Big Bang.
JCPC 069 Emma Twyford Part 1
June 26, 2019 07:16 - 1 hour - 35.8 MBEmma Twyford is one of the UK's top climbers. Over the last year she has had an amazing run of achievements on top level sport and trad climbs. In this interview she chats with Niall Grimes about her journey on E8 and E9 trad climbs and 8c and 9a sport climbs. We talk childhhod beginnings, school, Once Upon a Time in the Southwest (E9, Dyer's Lookout), Mind Control (8c, Olianna), Nightmayer (E8, Dinas Cromlech), not trying Indian Face (E9, Cloggy), The Big Issue (E9, Pembroke) and The Big ...
JCPC 068 Helen Mort Black Car Burning
June 04, 2019 12:06 - 33 minutes - 16.2 MBPoet and novelist Helen Mort reads some of her work based in the universe of climbing including extracts from her recently-published novel, Black Car Burning, Well good.
JCPC 067 Ancient Arts
May 22, 2019 22:17 - 36 minutes - 17.7 MBNiall Grimes reads his own story - a trip to one of the world's most ancient climbing areas turns decidedly hairy
JCPC 066 Paul Dunlop part 2
May 18, 2019 10:09 - 1 hour - 39 MBSecond instalment of Paul Dunlop chat yarning on about Germany, Elbesandstein, ghosts, being good at climbing, youth and travelling.
JCPC 065 Paul Dunlop Part 1
April 29, 2019 20:53 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBPaul is my oldest friend and the person I started climbing with. This is the first of two interviews. Some incredible stories in here. Then he had to catch a train.
JCPC 064 Eddie Fowke
April 15, 2019 21:14 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBThe Olympics are a-coming. Eddie Fowke has been on the scene for years, photographing the action and watching from the sidelines. He knows what's happening; I didn't. Eddie explains the whole shit show to me. Tune in, and you'll learn a lot.
JCPC 063 Chris Schulte
April 02, 2019 17:39 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBChris Schulte, major US bouldering prospector and arête crusher, is one of the defining spirits of Jam Crack. You'll know his voice from great story episodes. Niall Grimes finally catches him in person over a couple of daytime pints in Sheffield's Broadfield pub.
JCPC 062 Moon, Megos, Yuji, Lucille and Me
March 18, 2019 11:22 - 38 minutes - 18.6 MBNiall Grimes reads his own story about a trip to Kalymnos where he gets to hang out with some famous climbers: Ben Moon, Yuji Hirayama, Alex Megos, Jibe Tribout, Boone Speed, and some famous climbers he hadn't heard of before.
JCPC 061 Yuji Hirayama
February 12, 2019 18:10 - 1 hour - 33.1 MBTop climber, top guy, Japan’s Yuji Hirayama has pushed many of climbing’s boundaries in his day. An early master of comps in the 1990s, first on-sight of 8c, The Nose speed record, and still climbing at a high level today. Hear his vibe.
JCPC 060 Angus Kille reads Indian Face
January 09, 2019 16:57 - 35 minutes - 16.9 MBAngus Kille reads his account of climbing Indian Face, the UK's first E9, and one of the most feared leads in the UK.
JCPC 060 Angus Kille reads Indian Face
January 09, 2019 16:57Angus Kille reads his account of climbing Indian Face, the UK's first E9, and one of the most feared leads in the UK.
JCPC 059 Hannah Baldwin
December 29, 2018 09:40 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBHannah Baldwin is one of the three British paraclimbers to win gold at the World Championships in Innsbruck this year. In this chat we talk about about one-legged climbing, Crohn's disease, climbing hard, dreaming 8a and her relationship with her coach, Be Fuller.