Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

Recent episodes

1. JCPC 206 Tom Livingstone from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

   Jul 31, 20261 hr 39 min

   Tom Livingstone is a hugely driven mountaineer, alpinist and rock climber. He has redpointed up to 8b+ and trad E9 and is best-known internationally for a first ascent on Latok 1 for which he won the acclaimed Piolets d'Or.

2. JCPC 205 Tina Breslin - Peace of Mind from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

   Jul 16, 20262 hr 7 min

   She may be small but she likes to go tall! At 5 foot 2, Tina Breslin has to get creative to solve the sequences on the stunning highballs on remote gritstone crags of North Yorkshire. But when she does, she find a peace and silence of mind that is impossible to find in everyday life. Let's hear her crack.

3. JCPC 204 Ascent: The Rise of British Rock Climbing from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

   Jun 29, 202646 min

   Anthony King talks about his book, Ascent, which weaves his personal experiences with the rise and change of rock climbing in Britain over a century.

4. JCPC 203 Jason Pickles part 2 - Potter, Leo, Honnold and me. from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

   Jun 24, 20261 hr 15 min

   Part 2 of this incredible chat. Part 1 in previous show.

5. JCPC 202 Jason Pickles pt 1 - Dean Potter, Honnold, Leo and me from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

   Jun 17, 20261 hr 5 min

   Jason Pickles spent the best part of a decade in Yosemite hanging with the fabled Stone Monkeys. Here we hear about Jason's times there and time spent ith Dean Potter, Leo Houlding, Alex Honnold and others. Banging.

6. JCPC 201 Lena Drapella from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

   Jun 2, 20261 hr 31 min

   As official photographer for World Climbing, Lena gets to witness the action we don't. Let's hear about what she sees when she looks outside and in.

7. JCPC 200 What Climbing has Taught Me from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

   Apr 29, 20261 hr 46 min

   Just me, folks. Reflecting on some of the lessons climbing has taught me and playing some beautiful music x

8. JCPC 199 Eben Muse - Landscape, Language and the Llanberis Pass from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

   Apr 1, 20261 hr 39 min

   Welsh-born Eben is passionate about wild places and his and others' rights to be there. We chat about his Welsh childhood and how that and the outdoors have shaped him. Together we look to understand the cultural and social world of North Wales in the face of it's huge popularity with visitors.

9. JCPC 198 Adam Ondra - more milk from the GOAT part 2 from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

   Mar 13, 20261 hr 4 min

   Second part of this lovely chat with the greatest climber who has ever lived. In this one we dig deep into his flashing of 8C boulder problems, thoughts on going harder again and about climbers who really impress him.

10. JCPC 197 Adam Ondra - More milk from the GOAT part 1 from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

    Mar 10, 20261 hr 15 min

    The world's greatest climber returns to the show to talk Olympics, B.I.G, YouTube, bouldering and more.

11. JCPC 196 Ben Bransby part 2 from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

    Mar 2, 20261 hr 9 min

    Part 2 of the Ben Bransby chat. Talking about losing his dad on an expedition, Patagonia, Leeds, Chris Wentworth, family and mental illness, not climbing all of Stanage. Brilliant.

12. JCPC 195 Ben Bransby part 1 from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

    Feb 27, 20261 hr 29 min

    Trad master, old-school hone and all out legend Ben Bransby spills his bean. Ben pushed the cutting-edge of trad climbing, going ground-up on E9 when E9 was top of the pops. His easy attitude and spirited approach made his ascents so much more then numbers alone could tell. Cool guy, check it out.

13. JCOPC 194 Mat Wright from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

    Dec 29, 20251 hr 43 min

    Elite climber Mat Wright is cut from a different cloth than your average professional crimp-jockey. We hear about Mat's journey from a sometimes-fractious childhood all the way to 9a, 8C and E11 (not really). Mat opens up about some frisky situations along the way to enlightenment. Much crack.

14. Jam Crack Archives: The View from Dead Horse Point from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

    Dec 11, 202542 min

    A classic Jam Crack story episode from 2016. Chris Schulte reads the classic tale of climbing exploration in the American desert. Pure gold.

15. JCPC 192 Hamish Frost from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

    Dec 3, 20251 hr 26 min

    Scottish winter climbing activist and photographer Hamish Frost traces his career in the outdoors, thinks about his art and delves into his experience of coming out in the world of climbing.

16. Jam Crack Archives: Taylor Parsons from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

    Nov 19, 20252 hr 26 min

    One from the vaults of 2021. Taylor Parson's incredible story of transition from world-class boulderer to mum of three and the trauma and passion that mapped the way. Trigger warning: suicide references.

17. JCPC 190 Pritchard Wainwright Trango part 2 from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

    Nov 16, 20251 hr 16 min

    Part two of this double. Hear about the origins of speedy aid and how the pair got on on their expedition to this beautiful mountain.

18. JCPC 189 Pritchard Wainwright Trango part 1 from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

    Nov 14, 20251 hr 25 min

    In 1995 two of UK trad climbing's brightest stars left Llanberis for Pakistan's Trango Tower. Paul Pritchard and Adam Wainwright honed their skills and boldness on the sea cliffs of North Wales. Their lives led them onto bigger things. In part one of this two-parter we trace a line through their friendship, what climbing was like in the early 1990s and their motivations to go to Pakistan.

19. JCPC 188 Holy Shit from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

    Oct 31, 202549 min

    I set off to introduce the Pritchard wainwright podcast but accidentally talk crap for 50 minute. Apologies all round. Big love x

20. JCPC187 Siebe Vanhee - Pembroke rampage from Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

    Oct 10, 20251 hr 45 min

    Pembroke is surely the UK's favourite climbing holiday destination. This year Belgian Siebe Vanhee came to visit. Between visits to the pub and nights' camping in the field, he amassed a mindblowing ticklist of onsights and flashes of many of the country's best trad routes. Hear all about that, as well as being beaten by the Dawn Wall and future plans at 7000m. Thanks to this week's sponsors, Summit Financial Services https://www.summit-fs.co.uk/