156 episodes

Irish / 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

Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast Niall Grimes

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    • 4.9 • 48 Ratings

Irish / 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

    JCPC 155 Jim Pope reads Menlove

    JCPC 155 Jim Pope reads Menlove

    Jim Pope reads End of a Climb by John Menlove Edwards, widely regarded as one of the finest bits of pre-war climbing writing.

    • 46 min
    JCPC 154 Tom Bolger

    JCPC 154 Tom Bolger

    Away from the spotlight, Yorkshire-born Tom Bolger has quietly been redpointing and creating sport climbs of the highest calibre and is one of the few British climbers who are solidly climbing into the ninth grade. We caught up with Tom in his home in the global heart of sport climbing, Catalunya, to see what makes him tick.

    • 1 hr 43 min
    JCPC 153 Beth Rodden

    JCPC 153 Beth Rodden

    Climbing royalty. Beth Rodden’s impact on climbing from the late 90s to the late 00s was huge. She pushed forward female standards in sport and trad, did early free ascents on El cap, and established a crack testpiece where ascents still make the news.
    Injuries led to a stepping back, motherhood followed and she has now written her autobiography, A Light Through the Cracks.

    • 1 hr 19 min
    JCPC 152 Remus Knowles

    JCPC 152 Remus Knowles

    Me and Remus talk crap about climbing.

    • 2 hr 5 min
    JCPC 151 Andrew Bisharat

    JCPC 151 Andrew Bisharat

    Writer and podcaster Andrew Bisharat looks back on a life in journalism, creativity, climbing, being mbbed and his involvement in the Palestine-based film, Resistance Climbing.

    • 1 hr 41 min
    JCPC 150 Jerry Moffatt Revelations

    JCPC 150 Jerry Moffatt Revelations

    On the 15th anniversary of Jerry Moffatt Revelations, for which I was ghost writer, I read some sections, remember the creation and listen to some recordings.

    • 1 hr 44 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
48 Ratings

48 Ratings

adammmmm woooooood ,

Unlocking the Soul of Ascent

Rock climbing is more art than sport. Niall has committed to long form exploratory interviews with dedicated individuals. He does not capitulate (Sisu! [look it up]) to modern attention spans and conventional pentameter.

These are conversations that are bold, irreverent and honest. Taken as a whole, each interview paints a large scale vibe that Isn’t exactly heard in each word but rather felt through a landscape.

Niall’s genius is hard to pin down. I would say that his podcast casts a net and captures a rareness in modern media.

Bennet_Karlyle ,

Recommended podcast

NAILL GRIMES IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED. He will attempt to hoodwink you with his bumbling intros, improvisational nonsense, and bamboozling shifts in tone and content. These are in fact cooly calculated designs to create the most hilarious, engaging, and thoughtful podcast on the free podcast market. These designs have succeeded. Never miss an episode. You will love it. Thank you Naill, you devious genius.

Michael Yoon ,

The Taylor Parsons episode is amazing

One of the most humane and moving interviews I’ve ever listened to. Huge thanks to Taylor for sharing her story with such honesty and openness and to Niall for helping her share it with the world.

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