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Alpinist

Since 2002 Alpinist has striven to push creative boundaries with everything we do, from award-winning climbing journalism and creative writing to photography and art. Now, with the Alpinist podcast, w... Read more

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Available Light: Jimmy Chin

Available Light: Jimmy Chin

After he graduated from college in 1996, Jimmy Chin hit the road, planning to climb and ski for a year before heading to... Read more

8 Mar 2018

37mins

Ranked #2

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From the Gunks to Desert Towers: Jeff Achey

From the Gunks to Desert Towers: Jeff Achey

In this episode, Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz interviews Jeff Achey, a prolific first ascensionist and author who... Read more

21 Oct 2019

34mins

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Death and Climbing: David Roberts

Death and Climbing: David Roberts

By 1965, at age 22, David Roberts had witnessed three fatal accidents in the mountains. Over 50 years since, Roberts has... Read more

5 Sep 2017

32mins

Ranked #4

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An Enormously Familiar Voice: Chris Kalous

An Enormously Familiar Voice: Chris Kalous

Climber, father and house painter Chris Kalous launched the climbing podcast The Enormocast in 2011. In this episode, Al... Read more

4 Mar 2019

40mins

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Rethinking Mountaineering Histories: Amrita Dhar

Rethinking Mountaineering Histories: Amrita Dhar

“We need to acknowledge mountaineering as a profoundly social pursuit…. I strongly resist the idea that there is a kind ... Read more

21 Nov 2019

40mins

Ranked #6

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The Calling: Barry Blanchard

The Calling: Barry Blanchard

In 1969, at the age of nine, Barry Blanchard sat on a Greyhound bus as a young woman read to him from the pages of the ... Read more

1 Mar 2019

42mins

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The Climbers: Jim Herrington and Fred Beckey

The Climbers: Jim Herrington and Fred Beckey

In the 1990s, after more than a decade of climbing in the Sierra Nevada, Jim Herrington embarked on a journey to photogr... Read more

6 Dec 2017

36mins

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The Adventure Gap: James Edward Mills

The Adventure Gap: James Edward Mills

“If someone is raised to spend time in the outdoors it will be something that they do without question; they won’t wonde... Read more

28 Mar 2018

40mins

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Threshold Shift: Nick Bullock

Threshold Shift: Nick Bullock

In 2003 Nick Bullock quit his steady job as an instructor in the Prison Service to climb and write full-time. His 2016 a... Read more

10 May 2018

30mins

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Climbing Doesn't Change You: Kathy Karlo

Climbing Doesn't Change You: Kathy Karlo

“We all have emotions that eventually bring us to self-awareness, if we let them. Beneath every curmudgeonly old soul is... Read more

30 Jul 2018

33mins

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Death and Climbing, Part 2

Death and Climbing, Part 2

Author and mountaineer David Roberts reads his essay "Death and Climbing," which first appeared in the winter 2016 issue... Read more

4 Oct 2017

27mins

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Art of Freedom: Bernadette McDonald and Voytek Kurtyka

Art of Freedom: Bernadette McDonald and Voytek Kurtyka

Perhaps no other writer has explored Cold War and post-Soviet era mountaineering more than Bernadette McDonald has. In t... Read more

22 Feb 2018

41mins

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The Lifestyler: Chris Weidner

The Lifestyler: Chris Weidner

Chris Weidner began climbing as a teenager in the Pacific Northwest and is no stranger to being pinned on the summit of ... Read more

30 Jan 2020

32mins

Ranked #14

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Mountaineering and Climate Change

Mountaineering and Climate Change

At altitude, many mountain communities are already experiencing the severe consequences of climate change. Climbers have... Read more

31 Oct 2017

25mins

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Sisnaajini: Stories from White Shell Mountain

Sisnaajini: Stories from White Shell Mountain

In this episode, Gabriel Ellison-Scowcroft shares a story about a winter attempt of Sisnaajini (Blanca Peak) with Len Ne... Read more

12 Jun 2018

24mins

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