Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

Britain's best sport climber, Mister 9b, remembers the old school, looks at redpoint philosophy and what the future hold... Read more

The world famous Wideboyz, Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall, talk dodgy websites, wide cracks, cellar sessions, training p... Read more

American climber, friend of the show, Chris Schulte reads Bernard Amy’s classic tale, The Greatest Climber in the world.... Read more

Ryan Pasquill loves doing 9a, flashing E9s, grit E8s, Font 8B, drinking beer and slagging James McHaffie. And he's a nic... Read more

Emma Twyford is one of the UK's top climbers. Over the last year she has had an amazing run of achievements on top level... Read more

Crackanory. It’s a story episode. Maddy Cope reads her account of her ascent of El Capitan’s Freerider. Badass.

Niall Grimes reads his own story - a trip to one of the world's most ancient climbing areas turns decidedly hairy

Jim Pope, "The Last Climber", does well at Grit headgames, international comps and sport climbing. He wants to tick Extr... Read more

Sheffield-based rock climber and alpinist, Ben Silvestre, reads Helmet Boiler, a story about a Gogarth choss-ride, and a... Read more

In this episode Niall Grimes chats with the leading female climber of the 1980s, Catherine Destivelle, about childhood, ... Read more

In this episode Dermot Somers reads his own short story, Dark Mourne.

American photographer Jim Herrington talks about getting the images for his book, The Climbers. Yarns about Ricardo Cass... Read more

Multi-award-winning outdoor film maker Jen Randall discusses the creative process involved in making her films such as O... Read more

Niall Grimes reads his own account of Seb Grieve's ascent of Parthian Shot and his own short story, The Medium.

With a free ascent of El Capitan via the notorious Freerider, sport redpoints up to 8b, Maddy Cope is among the most acc... Read more

In this episode Niall Grimes reads out one of his own stories, You've Been Popped. It concerns a day out on a wet gritst... Read more

Mark Pretty has spent three decades at the heart of British climbing. Hear his tales of: Himalayan epics; Stoney woodshe... Read more

Scottish climbing legend Rab Carrington reads two stories: His own An Early Ascent of Raven Gully, about a winter ascent... Read more

Lake District legend Dave Birkett sits down with a beer, a guitar and a packet of crisps and talks climbing, music and r... Read more

Top 1980s sport climber, author of some of the hardest sport climbs anywhere at the time, recalls Lancashire, Malham, Sh... Read more