Category: Episodes

  • RunOut 123: How NFL Lineman Wes Schweitzer Uses Rock Climbing to Move Better and Get Stronger

    RunOut 123: How NFL Lineman Wes Schweitzer Uses Rock Climbing to Move Better and Get Stronger

    Our guest today is #71 for the New York Jets: Wes Schweitzer, an offensive guard whose injuries sent him down a curious path of recovery: rock climbing. Since discovering the sport, Wes has fallen in love with climbing and uses it as a tool to improve his performance on and off the field. At 6’4”…

  • RunOut 122: Will Moss Leaves No Stone Unclimbed

    RunOut 122: Will Moss Leaves No Stone Unclimbed

    Will Moss is a comp climber turned traddie from New York City, who has been quietly ticking some of the hardest gear-protected routes in the country over the past couple of years. His most recent notable ascent is the FA of the Gunks hardest: The Best Things in Life Are Free (5.14d R). But first,…

  • RunOut #121: Beth Rodden Reveals A Light Through the Cracks

    RunOut #121: Beth Rodden Reveals A Light Through the Cracks

    Today’s guest is a climbing icon and legend: the great Beth Rodden. Beth was a youth national comp champ who went on to become one of the greatest female climbers of her time, with important first free ascents of El Cap and single-pitch trad test pieces such as Meltdown, a 5.14c crack that many say…

  • RunOut #120: Josh Wharton Redpoints the Alpine

    RunOut #120: Josh Wharton Redpoints the Alpine

    Josh Wharton is one of America’s top alpine climbers, with light and fast ascents of iconic peaks from Patagonia to Alaska to the Himalaya. His latest first free ascent with Vince Anderson, is called Suerte (5.13a, WI6, M7, 3,500 feet) and it’s located on Jirishanca (20,100 feet) in Peru. This ascent, which took years to…

  • RunOut #119: Dean Fidelman, Portraits of an Artist

    RunOut #119: Dean Fidelman, Portraits of an Artist

    Dean Fidelman is a legendary climbing photographer, whose body of work and portraitures have come as close to capturing the elusive soul of our sport as any photographer ever has. He’s perhaps best known for his Stone Nudes series of fine-art black-and-white bouldering photographs, but his career first began as a 16 year old kid…

  • RunOut #118: The Power of Climbing Community and Development—and the Threats it Faces

    RunOut #118: The Power of Climbing Community and Development—and the Threats it Faces

    Two amazing guests today. Two important conversations related to community and development. First, we speak to Sam Lightner Jr. about the latest threats to climbing access in America. Sam is a prolific route developer, who is perhaps best known for developing the climbing in Southern Thailand and helping turn Railey and Tonsai beaches into the…

  • RunOut #117: How Two Big Wall Noobs Free Climbed the Nose

    RunOut #117: How Two Big Wall Noobs Free Climbed the Nose

    Alex Waterhouse and Billy Ridal are both 26 years old, from Sheffield, England, and have been competing on plastic since they were 12. But once slapping plastic lost its allure, these two climbers found themselves dreaming of adventure. And adventure they found, as they spent a month fumbling their way into the world of big-wall…

  • RunOut #116: Mary Catherine Eden Charms the Black Mamba

    RunOut #116: Mary Catherine Eden Charms the Black Mamba

    Mary Catherine Eden is probably best known for popular Instagram account @tradprincess, but she’s far more than just another online influencer. She’s recently ticked one of the hardest crack climbs in the country, Black Mamba (5.14b), joining a small group of women, if not people of any flavor, who have climbed 5.14 on gear. We…

  • RunOut 115: Jakob Schubert Goes B.I.G. (Plus Jared Leto’s big TR)

    RunOut 115: Jakob Schubert Goes B.I.G. (Plus Jared Leto’s big TR)

    Jakob Schubert is a four-time World Champion, an Olympic bronze medalist, and he has more IFSC gold medals than another male competitor. He’s also sent some of the hardest routes in the world, including, most recently, a first ascent of Project B.I.G. in Flatanger, which he rated 9c, making it only the third route ever…

  • RunOut #114: Kris Hampton Taps into the Power of Climbing History

    RunOut #114: Kris Hampton Taps into the Power of Climbing History

    Kris Hampton is the brains and brawn behind Power Company Climbing and the cohost of the podcast by the same name. His insatiable love of creating new things, whether that’s training plans for climbers or music, has led him to launch Written in Stone, a new climbing history podcast looking at monumental moments in our…

  • RunOut #113: How a Race to Get a Climbing Record Turned Deadly

    RunOut #113: How a Race to Get a Climbing Record Turned Deadly

    RunOut #113: How a Race to Get a Climbing Record Turned Deadly RunOut #113: How a Race to Get a Climbing Record Turned Deadly This fall, two American women found themselves in an unlikely race to reach the summit of Shishapangma, and thereby earn themselves a place in the record books as being the first…

  • RunOut #112: America’s First Climbing Gym Owner Sounds the Alarm

    RunOut #112: America’s First Climbing Gym Owner Sounds the Alarm

    Our guest today is Rich Johnston, the president and owner of Vertical World in Seattle, known as America’s First Climbing Gym (TM). He’s also the founding chairman of the Climbing Wall Association, where he served for 16 years, and a board member on The Mountaineers. Rich tells us about the earliest days of the climbing-wall…

  • RunOut #111: A Fine Line for Graham Zimmerman

    RunOut #111: A Fine Line for Graham Zimmerman

    Today’s guest is Graham Zimmerman, an alpinist, a recipient of the Piolet d’Or and a director at Protect Our Winters, a climate-advocacy group. His new book is “A Fine Line: Searching for Balance Among Mountains.” But first, cave raves are all fun and games until your favorite crag gets shut down. Your favorite climbing podcaster…

  • Bonus: Alannah Yip Sounds the Alarm on Eating Disorders

    Bonus: Alannah Yip Sounds the Alarm on Eating Disorders

    Today, we’re releasing one of our bonus episodes from our Rope Gun feed on Patreon because the content is a PSA and super important for as many climbers out there to hear. Our conversation is with Alannah Yip, an Olympic sport climber from Canada with an incredible career. This summer, Alannah started a conversation about…

  • RunOut #110: Russ Clune is Climbing’s Lifer

    RunOut #110: Russ Clune is Climbing’s Lifer

    Our guest today is the esteemed Russ Clune, a climbing legend of the Shawangunks in New York, where he has established notable first ascents and from where he bases in between trips to dozens of countries and crags around the world. His new book is “The Lifer: Rock Climbing Adventures In The Gunks And Beyond.”…

  • RunOut #109: John Middendorf on How Climbing Gear Precedes Progress

    RunOut #109: John Middendorf on How Climbing Gear Precedes Progress

    Our guest today is a genuine legend and one of the pioneers of big-wall climbing. John Middendorf is a mechanical engineer, gear designer, researcher, writer, and teacher based in Tasmania. His climbing accomplishments pushed the limits of big-walls, adventure, and exploration throughout the 1980s and ‘90s. Most notably, he’s responsible for the first ascent of…

  • RunOut #108: Colin Haley and the Lifelong Epic Quest of Alpinism

    RunOut #108: Colin Haley and the Lifelong Epic Quest of Alpinism

    Our guest today is one of the all-time great alpinists of our time. Colin Haley joins to the show in the wake of an uneventful trip to Alaska, and explains why such missions are part of a healthy approach to pursuing a lifetime of adventure and alpine climbing in the mountains. But first, your hosts…

  • RunOut #107: Speed Climbing is OK

    RunOut #107: Speed Climbing is OK

    Our guest today is Albert Ok, a YouTuber and speed-climbing coach. Albert goes by the handle Professor Ok, and creates content that breaks down movement. He tries to break climbing down into its most fundamental parts in order to best understand it. He’s also a talented speed climber, boulderer, and all-around athlete. But first, Andrew…

  • RunOut #106: Taylor Swift and Walldies. Plus: Ontario’s Climbing Nightmare

    RunOut #106: Taylor Swift and Walldies. Plus: Ontario’s Climbing Nightmare

    This episode is a proper mix of silly and seriousness, as we talk to Mike Penney, director of the Ontario Alliance of Climbers, who is currently pushing back on the government’s regulations threatening access to 75% of Ontario rock climbing, and even going so far as to actively chop bolts from cliffs. This a big…

  • RunOut #105: Quad Life, Anchor Dweebs, and Keeping Print Alive

    RunOut #105: Quad Life, Anchor Dweebs, and Keeping Print Alive

    Luke Mehall is the publisher of The Climbing Zine, and the the creator of the Dirtbag State of Mind podcast. After America’s two most prominent climbing magazines either went under or went digital, the Climbing Zine now stands as an unlikely last remaining print vehicle for telling stories about rock climbing and dirtbag culture. We…

  • RunOut #104: Savannah Cummins Balances it All

    RunOut #104: Savannah Cummins Balances it All

    Savannah Cummins is a filmmaker, photographer, and all-around professional climber. We talk about some of her wildest expeditions to the farthest corners of the planet, dealing with injuries and medical malpractice, losing her partner in a tragic and freak accident in Mexico, and recently discovering a diagnosis that put all the pieces together for her.…

  • RunOut #103: Can Cedar Wright Keep Dirtbagging Alive?

    RunOut #103: Can Cedar Wright Keep Dirtbagging Alive?

    In an era of remote work and $200K Sprinter Vans, it may seem like the archetypal dirtbag of climbing lore is obsolete if not dead. Cedar Wright is on a mission, however, to keep it alive through a new program he’s starting to try to encourage young, stoked climbers to make the most of life…

  • RunOut #102: Christian Beckwith digs in to the 10th Mountain Division

    RunOut #102: Christian Beckwith digs in to the 10th Mountain Division

    RunOut #102: Christian Beckwith digs in to the 10th Mountain Division Our guest today is Christian Beckwith, a writer, podcaster, and co-founder of Alpinist Magazine and the Teton Climbers Coalition. His latest project is 90 Pound Rucksack, a historical podcast exploring the dawn of outdoor recreation in America through the story of the 10th Mountain…

  • RunOut #101: Will Congress let climbers bolt in Wilderness?

    RunOut #101: Will Congress let climbers bolt in Wilderness?

    The Protect America’s Rock Climbing Act (H.R. 1380) is a bipartisan collaboration before Congress that aims to establish rock climbing as a legitimate activity across all federal lands, and direct relevant federal departments to include language in their management policy that addresses rock climbing and the placement and maintenance of fixed anchors. What does this…

  • RunOut 100: Live with Tommy

    RunOut 100: Live with Tommy

    For our hundredth episode (has another podcast ever reached such a milestone?) we hosted a live conversation and Q&A with Tommy Caldwell for all of our RopeGuns, our supporters on Patreon. Join us if you’d like to support the show and be invited to our next live broadcast, whenever that is. Become a RunOut Rope…

  • RunOut #99: Corey Rich: AI and the Future of Climbing Photography

    RunOut #99: Corey Rich: AI and the Future of Climbing Photography

    Is climbing photography dead? In an era in which everyone has an iPhone and now generative AI can create realistic photographic “content,” what role does a professional photographer play in 2023? We talk about these issues and more with one of the most successful climbing photographers and directors of all time, Corey Rich. Corey isn’t…

  • RunOut #98: More with Majka Burhardt

    RunOut #98: More with Majka Burhardt

    RunOut #98: More with Majka Burhardt RunOut #98: More with Majka Burhardt Majka Burhardt is a professional climber, author, and mother of twins. Her new book is More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood. We talk to Majka about the struggle to find that elusive balance while holding out hope for having it…

  • RunOut #97: Why Lynn Hill is going back to the fundamentals

    RunOut #97: Why Lynn Hill is going back to the fundamentals

    Lynn Hill needs no intro. She’s best known as the individual who completed the first free ascent of the Nose of El Capitan, as well as the first person to free El Cap in a single day. The ascent broke gender barriers and progressed the sport. Today, Lynn is returning to the fundamentals, through a…

  • RunOut #96: Thomas Huber is Free

    RunOut #96: Thomas Huber is Free

    Thomas Huber is one of the most accomplished and beloved climbers of all time. Along with his brother Alex, Thomas helped pave the way for modern free climbing on El Capitan with FreeRider, Golden Gate, and host of other first free ascents. He’s a Piolet d’Or recipient for his first ascent with Iwan Wolf of…

  • RunOut #95: Hazel Findlay Builds Strong Minds

    RunOut #95: Hazel Findlay Builds Strong Minds

    New Year, New Us. We connect for the first podcast of 2023, and Chris shares his aspirations of becoming a climbing warrior while Andrew is back on his usual bullshit of planning for another year of truly unimpressive mediocrity. Hazel Findlay comes to the rescue, with an inspiring conversation about her approach to mental training…

  • RunOut #94: Inside Free Soloing with Jeff Smoot

    RunOut #94: Inside Free Soloing with Jeff Smoot

    What’s the best way to belay with a GriGri? How should you build an anchor? Is that CE-certified piece of webbing really strong enough for real-world climbing? The internet has an opinion on this and more! Walk with us through the muck of know-it-alls offering their two cents on everything. Next, one of our favorite…

  • RunOut #93: Alex Honnold Hits Different

    RunOut #93: Alex Honnold Hits Different

    We kick it with Alex Honnold, the rock climber who was once on 60 Minutes. He has even done a few other impressive things since then … you know, like free soloing El-fucking-Cap. It’s been a big year for Honnold, from traversing the polar regions of Greenland in search of a 4,000-foot unclimbed sea cliff…

  • RunOut #92: Libby Sauter and the Myth of Having it All

    RunOut #92: Libby Sauter and the Myth of Having it All

    We’ve got a double-header today with two amazing guests. Our first guest is Scott Johnston, a coach, trainer, and co-author of Training for the New Alpinism, with over 200,000 copies sold. Scott recently left his perch at Uphill Athlete, along with many of the coaches, to continue their work at Evoke Endurance. We talk to…

  • RunOut #91: Katie Brown is Back

    RunOut #91: Katie Brown is Back

    Last month, an 8-year-old boy and his dad “climbed” El Capitan with the help of two other anonymous climbers who presumably guided the father-son team, fixing all the ropes so they could jug up the wall. We look at the media attention this ascent received, and discuss our concerns over claiming these kinds of records.…

  • RunOut #90: The Permit Debate Continues

    RunOut #90: The Permit Debate Continues

    If there is one thing you can say about this show, it’s that we are the most fair and balanced climbing podcast in the world. Following last episode’s discussion about Yosemite’s proposed overnight permits for big-wall climbers, we are speaking to two guests from the opposite side of the debate: Jesse McGahey is Yosemite National…

  • RunOut #89: Ethics, Rules, Crowds, Permits

    RunOut #89: Ethics, Rules, Crowds, Permits

    The Yosemite National Park is attempting to make its Covid-era rule in which climbers are required to have a permit to spend the night on a big wall permanent—and predictably, climbers aren’t happy about it. We spoke to two of the most active big wall climbers in Yosemite in recent years about the current state…

  • RunOut #88: Booty Rules, Aloha Jefe

    RunOut #88: Booty Rules, Aloha Jefe

    Who doesn’t love booty? Finding gear on a route can make a climber’s day, but what are the best practices for finding the owner’s gear? Court’s in order for your friendly podcast hosts as they debate the finer points of booty while litigating one listener’s story of being accused of not doing enough to return…

  • RunOut #87: Jonathan Siegrist eats Kinder Cakes for breakfast

    RunOut #87: Jonathan Siegrist eats Kinder Cakes for breakfast

    Jonathan Siegrist, one of the world’s best sport climbers, returns to the show to share the news of his recent send of Rifle’s hardest route. We catch up on the latest in the climbing world in a casual conversation that traverses freely and honestly across the climbing landscape. But first, your friendly neighborhood podcast hosts…

  • RunOut #86: Climbing is in Seb Bouin’s DNA

    RunOut #86: Climbing is in Seb Bouin’s DNA

    Our guest today is Seb Bouin, one of the best rock climbers on Earth and the author of DNA, one of three 5.15d rock climbs established thus far. We talk to Seb about grades, how he measures success, the benefits of climbing outdoors vs. training indoors, and where the future of rock climbing is heading…

  • RunOut #85: WTF is “Ski Mountaineering” with Cody Townsend?

    RunOut #85: WTF is “Ski Mountaineering” with Cody Townsend?

    To start, we grimly remark on the latest round up of avalanches, landslides, and glacier collapses and what that means for mountain travel in the future. Our main guest today is Cody Townsend, a self-proclaimed “rock climbing gumby” but a true all-mountain badass, free skier, ski mountaineer, and extreme-sports ambassador. Cody offers a wonderful outsider-looking-in…

  • RunOut #84: Connor Herson Returns

    RunOut #84: Connor Herson Returns

    Connor Herson returns to the show, a few years older, a few inches taller, and more than a few impressive ticks under his belt. One of his latest ascents is “Empath” on gear—potentially one of the harder gear leads ever recorded. Carlo Traversi first climbed Empath and proposed 5.15a. After quickly sending the route as…

  • RunOut #83: Justification for a Trad Attitude

    RunOut #83: Justification for a Trad Attitude

    Hard, scary trad climbing is all fun and games until someone breaks their back. That’s what happened to Molly Mitchell on Crank It, a 5.13+ sport climb in Boulder Canyon that Molly was attempting to headpoint on gear. Nevertheless, Molly sought redemption and returned to the climb years later and ultimately sent it on gear.…

  • RunOut #82: From Skardu to Comp Don’ts

    RunOut #82: From Skardu to Comp Don’ts

    We begin with a conversation with Ben Hanna, the newest member of the prestigious USA Climbing National Team. At 23 years young, Ben is a longtime crusher from Santa Fe who we’ve watched go from being a young grommet at Rifle to throwing down at World Cups with the world’s best. Ben talks to us…

  • Bonus: Carlo Traversi Does Magic

    Bonus: Carlo Traversi Does Magic

    Carlo Traversi is having one of the best climbing years of his life. He’s sending V-insane, 5.15b sport, and 5.14c trad — all while managing a successful business that immeasurably improves the lives of climbers in his own community. He’s got a healthy perspective on the sport, everyone respects him, and he’s also super smart…

  • RunOut #81: The Sanctity of Space

    RunOut #81: The Sanctity of Space

    What’s better: cragging it up in a full-on scene filled with gumbies and noobs, spray bros and crusher queens? Or going off to some obscure choss pile in the middle of nowhere and enjoying the quiet solitude of nature all by yourself? We debate the pros and cons of scenes vs solitude and come to…

  • RunOut #80: Barefoot in Font, Valley of Giants

    RunOut #80: Barefoot in Font, Valley of Giants

    Will a new film from Reel Rock encourage climbers to engage in risky behavior and not use their rubbers on the rock? We discuss Barefoot Charles and his conspicuously well-coifed mane of hair. Next we speak to Lauren DeLauney Miller, a writer and climber who has released a wonderful new book of first person essays…

  • RunOut #79: Bish Slaps

    RunOut #79: Bish Slaps

    After not watching the Oscars because who cares, we talk about the thing everyone was talking about and recall some of the more famous slaps that have been seen at crags around the world and throughout history and lore. Our main guest is Matt Segal, professional climber for The North Face, coffee entrepreneur, and publisher…

  • RunOut #78: Bolts are Out but the Doctor’s In

    RunOut #78: Bolts are Out but the Doctor’s In

    A new climbing management plan in Joshua Tree National Park redefines bolts as installations. We pore through this ominous plan to try to figure what the hell is going on in J-tree, and what this may mean for climbing in Wilderness locations around the country. Then, we sit down with Dr. Jared Vagy, AKA The…

  • RunOut #77: Greasy and the Beast

    RunOut #77: Greasy and the Beast

    Ned Feehally is one of the few climbers ever to have flashed V14 (8B+). He is also one of the founders of Beastmaker, a U.K. climbing company that ushered in an era of fine wood hangboards that you just don’t mind grabbing cause they’re just so cushy. His new book is ”Beastmaking: A fingers-first approach…

  • RunOut #76: Cool Shoes, Jordan Cannon

    RunOut #76: Cool Shoes, Jordan Cannon

    Friend of the pod and crusher of granite Jordan Cannon returns to the show with an update from his life on the road. We dive into a range of topics across the climbing spectrum, while trying not to be old-shamed by our young friend. But first, tragedy strikes in Patagonia as the climbing world loses…

  • RunOut #75: Celebrities and Relationships

    RunOut #75: Celebrities and Relationships

    Are you listening to The RunOut or TMZ? It may be hard to tell as we catch up on the latest celebrity gossip: weddings, babies, and who we are wearing this season. Next, we are joined by Dorian Evers, a climber and couples therapist from Boulder, to talk about some of the typical red flags…

  • RunOut #74: Max Lowe and his new film TORN

    RunOut #74: Max Lowe and his new film TORN

    Alex Lowe was considered one of the best climbers in the world in the 1990s. His feats in the mountains were as legendary as his infectious stoke for getting out and loving life on the edge every minute of every day. In October 1999, he and the cameraman David Bridges were killed in an avalanche…

  • RunOut #73: Real Crack with Tom Randall

    RunOut #73: Real Crack with Tom Randall

    RunOut #73: Real Crack with Tom Randall Today we’re joined by British crack-climbing legend Tom Randall to discuss his latest first ascent with his partner in crime Pete Whittaker. The duo, fondly known as the Wide Boyz, recently completed a 2,500-foot dead-horizontal roof crack on the underside of overpass in their native England. The 70-pitch…

  • RunOut #72: Hear Them Lor

    RunOut #72: Hear Them Lor

    Lor Sabourin is one of the country’s top trad climbers, with ascents as hard as 5.14a on gear. They are a coach, a guide, and the subject of a new film called, “They / Them: One Climber’s Story.” We spoke to Lor about the film, and also got the low-down on the incredible route that…

  • RunOut #71: Climbing Big

    RunOut #71: Climbing Big

    Birthday challenge accepted: Chris Kalous manages to commemorate his big 50th birthday with a big day of climbing: 50 pitches at Indian Creek. After the soreness and cramps relent, we catch up and decompress about a day that was personally meaningful and resonated widely. Next, we catch up with Drew Hulsey, a climber and social…

  • RunOut #70: Flexing 5.15 and Making Land Acknowledgements

    RunOut #70: Flexing 5.15 and Making Land Acknowledgements

    What was the first 5.15b in the US? With Matty Hong’s recent second ascent of Flex Luthor, which upgraded to 5.15b, we consider how this news shapes Tommy Caldwell’s legacy and what this means for our understanding of sport climbing. Nerd alert! Grade geekery ahead. … For our main bit, we speak with the esteemed…

  • RunOut #69: The Continuing Legend of Chris Sharma

    RunOut #69: The Continuing Legend of Chris Sharma

    Chris Sharma makes his RunOut podcast debut to catch us up on what’s going on his busy life as a gym owner who just opened the biggest climbing gym in Barcelona, a TV show host, a father, and of course, sport climbing’s GOATiest GOAT. We dive into life, happiness, meeting Aquaman at Hueco, finding balance,…

  • RunOut #68: Chasing the Alpinist

    RunOut #68: Chasing the Alpinist

    RunOut #68: Chasing the Alpinist Marc André Leclerc was one of the most reticent and enigmatic figures in climbing—a guy who few knew much about other than what what we learned from the second-hand reports emanating out of the alpine and describing his latest solo. Even the perpetually nonplussed Alex Honnold shuddered in fear and…

  • RunOut #67: John Long Finds His Wings

    RunOut #67: John Long Finds His Wings

    John Long needs no introduction—he’s climbing’s most prolific writer, Stonemaster, and a genre unto himself. He joins us to talk about his excellent new book, Icarus Syndrome, a collection of 19 essays that, in different ways, explore our strange compulsion to risk it all. After this deep literary dive, you might find yourself thinking, “You…

  • RunOut #66: The Art of Route Setting with Jackie Hueftle

    RunOut #66: The Art of Route Setting with Jackie Hueftle

    Who owns the rock? The answer is, obvi, no one … And yet some climbers sure seem to act as if they think they do. We dive into a discursive etiquette discussion after some Ten Sleep climbers hog up a rock climb all day long. Then, Jackie Hueftle, a legend in route setting and part…

  • RunOut #65: Beating the GOAT, Olympics Edition

    RunOut #65: Beating the GOAT, Olympics Edition

    Ah, the Olympics: the time when GOATs will be made just as GOATs will be beaten. Do we really need to keep referring to the Greatest Athletes of All Time as a bunch of smelly, stubborn animals? Perhaps that’s fodder for a different discussion, as today, we stand in awe of the 40 climbers who’ve…

  • RunOut #64: How to Be Funny on Instagram and Why Everest is OVER

    RunOut #64: How to Be Funny on Instagram and Why Everest is OVER

    We’re back with a hot take: Everest is OVER. The past season suffered from a COVID outbreak and a cynical authoritarian crackdown that even left some of Everest’s biggest cheerleaders with their pompoms down and deflated. Our main bit features the guy behind the Climberisms account on Instagram: Dylan Taylor, a routesettering at Touchstone Climbing…

  • RunOut #63: Alex Johnson Wins the War with the Swarm

    RunOut #63: Alex Johnson Wins the War with the Swarm

    Alex Johnson opens up about sieging her 10+ year project: The Swarm (V13/14) in Bishop. Plus, Chris and Andrew revisit Yosemite regulations. For today’s final bit, ever wonder what the world’s best alpinists talk about after getting done with a 30-hour push and drinking a beer? Jesse Huey and Quentin Roberts got you covered.Become a…

  • RunOut #62: Climbing’s New Regs. Plus, John Branch & Sidecountry

    RunOut #62: Climbing’s New Regs. Plus, John Branch & Sidecountry

    Climbers wake up to the new reality of regulations in Yosemite, and crags across the country. Plus, we talk to John Branch of Dawn Wall fame. Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your…

  • RunOut #61: Jordan Comes Out

    RunOut #61: Jordan Comes Out

    Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. andrew@runoutpodcast.com // chris@runoutpodcast.com

  • RunOut #60: The Future of Everest

    RunOut #60: The Future of Everest

    Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. andrew@runoutpodcast.com // chris@runoutpodcast.com

  • RunOut #59: Woe is Pro

    RunOut #59: Woe is Pro

    Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. andrew@runoutpodcast.com // chris@runoutpodcast.com

  • RunOut #58: Dave Graham Goes Off

    RunOut #58: Dave Graham Goes Off

    Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. andrew@runoutpodcast.com // chris@runoutpodcast.com

  • RunOut #57: Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll and the Story That Needs to be Told

    RunOut #57: Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll and the Story That Needs to be Told

    Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. andrew@runoutpodcast.com // chris@runoutpodcast.com

  • RunOut #56: Shining Light on Eating Disorders in Climbing

    RunOut #56: Shining Light on Eating Disorders in Climbing

    Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. andrew@runoutpodcast.com // chris@runoutpodcast.com

  • RunOut #55: Alpinism’s Bright Future and Dark Past

    RunOut #55: Alpinism’s Bright Future and Dark Past

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  • RunOut #54: Climbing Media Ethics

    RunOut #54: Climbing Media Ethics

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  • RunOut #53: Embracing Your Own Progression with Nina Caprez

    RunOut #53: Embracing Your Own Progression with Nina Caprez

    If you’ve ever found yourself clawing your way up the second pitch of a Gunks moderate with a 25-pound rack gear slung across your sweaty chest, you may also find yourself dumbfounded when you see pictures of pro climbers free climbing 20 pitches up the side of El Cap with nothing but a single locker…

  • RunOut #52: Way Down in Cochamo

    RunOut #52: Way Down in Cochamo

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  • RunOut #51: Emily Harrington Has Arrived

    RunOut #51: Emily Harrington Has Arrived

    Fresh off Golden Gate, Emily Harrington joins us, the unworthy podcast hosts, as we grovel before her feet—still in Alex Honnold’s TC Pros. Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact us…

  • RunOut #50: Boone Speed Ahead

    RunOut #50: Boone Speed Ahead

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  • RunOut #49: The Diamond (And Crowds) Are in Style

    RunOut #49: The Diamond (And Crowds) Are in Style

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  • RunOut #48: God Save the Climate

    RunOut #48: God Save the Climate

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  • RunOut #47 – The Best Story in Climbing

    RunOut #47 –  The Best Story in Climbing

    “Free as Can Be” with Jordan Cannon and Mark Hudon; Q-Anon and Black Hills; J-Star’s Orbit Crashes Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more.…

  • RunOut #46: J-Star and Topo Chico

    RunOut #46: J-Star and Topo Chico

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  • RunOut #45: The Life of Christine Boskoff

    RunOut #45: The Life of Christine Boskoff

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  • RunOut #44: Covid, BLM, and Favia Dubyk

    RunOut #44: Covid, BLM, and Favia Dubyk

    You may feel like these are uncertain times. But one certainty is that we’re living through history. Right now. A historic pandemic and the biggest civil rights movement of this generation. And then there’s climbing, which just sort of feels like the least important thing. In Ulysses, James Joyce writes that history is a nightmare…

  • RunOut #43: So, Can We Start Climbing Again or What?

    RunOut #43: So, Can We Start Climbing Again or What?

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  • Runout #42: Climbers in Iso: Kelly Cordes

    Runout #42: Climbers in Iso: Kelly Cordes

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  • RunOut #41: Climbers in Iso: Allison Vest

    RunOut #41: Climbers in Iso: Allison Vest

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  • RunOut #40: Will Climbing Gyms Survive Covid-19?

    RunOut #40: Will Climbing Gyms Survive Covid-19?

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  • RunOut #39: Will Climbers Actually Stay Home Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic?

    RunOut #39: Will Climbers Actually Stay Home Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic?

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  • RunOut #38: When Climbers Run for U.S. Senate

    RunOut #38: When Climbers Run for U.S. Senate

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  • Runout #37: Male-Dominated No More

    Runout #37: Male-Dominated No More

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  • RunOut #36: January SnarkDown

    RunOut #36: January SnarkDown

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  • RunOut #35: Breaking Cynicism in 2020

    RunOut #35: Breaking Cynicism in 2020

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  • RunOut #34: Yosemite Is Still the Center of the Universe

    RunOut #34: Yosemite Is Still the Center of the Universe

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  • RunOut #33: What the Times Got Wrong About Climbing

    RunOut #33: What the Times Got Wrong About Climbing

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  • RunOut #32: Nims Conquers All

    RunOut #32: Nims Conquers All

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  • RunOut #31: How Paige Claassen TKO’d Shadowboxing

    RunOut #31: How Paige Claassen TKO’d Shadowboxing

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  • Runout #30: Grief is … OK

    Runout #30: Grief is … OK

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  • RunOut 29: Who is the Lord of the Abyss?

    RunOut 29: Who is the Lord of the Abyss?

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  • RunOut #28: Olympic Fever

    RunOut #28: Olympic Fever

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  • RunOut #27: Climbers Vs. The Man

    RunOut #27: Climbers Vs. The Man

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  • RunOut #26: More is More with Bill Ramsey

    RunOut #26: More is More with Bill Ramsey

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