The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast

Sam Prior & Aidan Roberts•www.buzzsprout.com

Aidan Roberts and Sam Prior host this climbing-themed podcast that kind of goes where it goes. Lots of tangents and rambles as well as hopefully thought provoking questions. Sometimes it's very focussed on climbing, sometimes climbing barely comes up. The guests tend to be elite level climbers, but we often willingly get lost in the weeds and end up wildly off-topic. If you're enjoying our podcast and would like to support it: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=70353823

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Episodes

E14: Tom Herbert - Climbing Nutritionist

Aidan and Sam chat to Tom Herbert about all things related to climbing nutrition. Lots of really interesting learning points in this episode (well there was for me at least!). Check out Tom's website at https://access.useful.coach and use the promo code: CARELESS to receive £5 off the price to cross the velvet rope into the forbidden section and learn some of the secrets that are valuable enough to lock away behind a paywall! Support the show...

Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 50 min

E13: David Mason - Training advice and life lessons from a climbing coach

Second half of our chat with David Mason, we talk about living in Sheffield, how outside climbers can take better care of their environment and we get some of Dave's training advice as one of the top climbing coaches. Support the show

Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 12 min

E12: David Mason

David Mason joins Aidan and Sam for a climbing themed pub chat this week. Lots of topics covered about the climber's experience. Dave has such a lot of experience in every avenue of climbing and he's a very analytical thinker so he's great to chat to and hopefully listen to as well! Support the show

Sep 05, 2022•1 hr 48 min

E11: Jim Pope on rocks, training and the Euro Champs

Jim comes back to chat about rock climbing, how he trains for 47 different types of climbing and his encouraging performance at the European Championships. We also consider a new way of evaluating boulders, bang on about the schoolroom in Sheffield for a bit and discover if Jim likes drinking tea or not. Support the show

Aug 29, 2022•1 hr 37 min

E10: Jim Pope Part 1

On this episode we chat to the accomplished allrounder Jim Pope about the competition side of his climbing life and delve into why he likes to do it all and why he's willing to persevere with the psychologically and financially draining competition schedule. Support the show

Aug 21, 2022•1 hr

E09: Isles of Wonder Sit 8C+ and Summer Trips

Sam and Aidan having a chat about what they've been up to over the last 6 weeks. Aidan regales us with the story of his ascent of Isles of Wonder Sit, which is a candidate for the hardest problem in the UK. Support the show

Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 36 min

E08: Frances Bensley

Frances joins Aidan and Sam for a chat about her climbing, her ascent of Fat Lip (8B) at Raven Tor and joins in for the regularly scheduled climbing discussions. P.S Apologies for the slightly less frequent episodes at the moment, I (Sam) am out in South Africa at the moment and haven't had much time for editing, big thanks to Calrin Curtis and his housemates for letting me use their place to get this one finished! Support the show...

Jul 24, 2022•1 hr 50 min

E07: Will Bosi

Climbing phenomenon Will Bosi comes on to chat to Aidan and Sam about Comps, Rocks, Training and Oat Cakes. Do you want to hear two of the strongest climbers in the world (and Sam) chatting to each other? Well here's your chance! Support the show

Jul 10, 2022•1 hr 42 min

E06: Sam Prior (Host)

So who is this Sam Prior bloke and what's he doing hosting a podcast about rock climbing? A discussion about Sam but also general climbing based discussions about cultivating a life outside of climbing, chain climbing walls versus independents and training. Next week we actually have a real life human guest on again! Exciting! Support the show

Jul 03, 2022•1 hr 38 min

E05: Aidan Roberts Extra Questions

Another episode with Sam chatting to Aidan, this time we talk a bit about nutrition, John Gaskins and answer a few listener questions as well as discover that we're mercilessly out of our depth when trying to talk about some other heavy climbing topics! Support the show

Jun 26, 2022•1 hr 39 min

E04: Billy Ridal Part 2

The second part of our chat with Billy Ridal, some more comp stuff, some rock stuff and a bit of climbing 'pub chat' hope you enjoy it! I've turned the volume up a little this time! Support the show

Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 10 min

E03: Billy Ridal Part 1

Billy Ridal gets the dubious honour of being our first guest as he joins Sam and Aidan for a light-hearted chat about competition climbing. If you're interested in getting into the head of a World Cup climber, give it a try! Support the show

Jun 12, 2022•1 hr 51 min

E02: Aidan Roberts Part 2

In this second part to our chat with Aidan we ramble on about social media, Burden of Dreams (The rock climb not the philosophy), Aidan's monk life (The philosophy not the boulder) being an environmentally conscious pro-climber and training. Support the show

Jun 05, 2022•1 hr 43 min

E01: Aidan Roberts Part 1

In this first clumsy effort at podcasting, Sam Prior (Co-Host) chats to Aidan Roberts (Co-Host) about his early years in climbing, his days in competition and his conversion into becoming a world class rock climber. Support the show

May 30, 2022•1 hr 37 min

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