Podcast Episodes

Picaflor

When a bad breakup sent him spiraling into a deep depression, Tom Ireson fixated on an unconventional way to get his head straight:

"I really needed s…

9 years, 3 months ago

The Shorts--Let Joy Rule Your Life

"I used to go climbing in the same way people would go to a well, a source of life equally routine and sacred. It would fill me up--leave me refreshe…

9 years, 3 months ago

The Bet

Matt Muchna and Peter Journel are best friends, and complete opposites. Matt is spontaneous. Peter is a planner. Matt is an idealist, Peter in a real…

9 years, 3 months ago

The Shorts--Catching Hope

"Every day on the mountain and every night at the bar, drinking and partying was as much a part of my life as skiing," remembers Paddy O'Connell. "Th…

9 years, 4 months ago

Endangered Spaces--Bears Ears

Josh Ewing's metamorphosis from climber to climber-activist and the battle to protect Bears Ears.

9 years, 5 months ago

The Fear is Real

Loosely speaking, there are two kinds of fear. There's the fear of external, objective hazards--like getting caught in an avalanche, or taking a bad …

9 years, 5 months ago

Leaving the Races Behind

If you travel down to Ushuaia, Argentina, you might just find a bus plastered with a massive photograph of Sam Evans-Brown. In that photo, he's sprin…

9 years, 6 months ago

The Shorts--The Chute

"'Oh, shoot', my dad muttered for the tenth or fifteenth time in the last five minutes. Then, he burst into exhausted chuckles," remembers Deron Daug…

9 years, 6 months ago

The Year of Big Ideas 2017

No matter who they voted for, right now, a lot of people in this country would agree that things could be better. In the long term, if want thing to …

9 years, 6 months ago

The Shorts--Vanlife

"I have now officially sold out," writes Chris Kalman. "I work more than I climb. I pay rent and sleep in a house I'm getting rich off of writing--so…

9 years, 7 months ago