Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

Author: Niall Grimes Language: English Episodes: 204
There's a particular sound to a well-placed nut or the satisfying scrape of a boot on gritstone, and Jam Crack-The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast captures that atmosphere perfectly. Hosted by Irish climber and author Niall Grimes, this isn't just a series of interviews; it's a gathering of voices from the crag. Grimes pulls up a metaphorical rock next to a wild array of characters-local legends, international pioneers, and everyone in between, the kind of dedicated souls who live for the next hold. The conversations flow naturally, covering the triumphs, the epics, and the sheer comedy that comes from a life spent clinging to stone. Beyond the chats, this podcast often features Grimes reading aloud from classic climbing literature, letting those timeless tales of adventure and mishap wash over you. It’s a blend of deep knowledge, genuine passion, and good humour, all delivered with Grimes' distinctive warmth. Whether you're planning your next project or just love a good story from the hills, this podcast feels like the best kind of post-climb debrief in a crowded pub, where the stories are always better than the beta.
Episodes
JCPC 061 Yuji Hirayama [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:32
Top climber, top guy, Japan's Yuji Hirayama has pushed many of climbing's boundaries in his day. An early master of comps in the 1990s, first on-sight of 8c, The Nose speed record, and still climbing at a high level toda…
JCPC 060 Angus Kille reads Indian Face [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:03
Angus Kille reads his account of climbing Indian Face, the UK's first E9, and one of the most feared leads in the UK.
JCPC 060 Angus Kille reads Indian Face [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:03
Angus Kille reads his account of climbing Indian Face, the UK's first E9, and one of the most feared leads in the UK.
JCPC 059 Hannah Baldwin [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:12
Hannah Baldwin is one of the three British paraclimbers to win gold at the World Championships in Innsbruck this year. In this chat we talk about about one-legged climbing, Crohn's disease, climbing hard, dreaming 8a and…
JCPC 058 Ned Feehally [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:48:06
He's one half of the Beastmaker team, and one of the strongest climbers in the UK. Ned Feehally has added some of the country's hardest problems, bouldered up to Font 8C, done well in comps and pushed the art of highball…
JCPC 057 Shirin Shabestari (NEW UPLOAD) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:19:55
Iranian-born Shirin reflects on early trips into her native mountains with her father, local mountaineering culture and how mountains returned in her later life to bring a new direction. NOTE: AN EARLIER UPLOAD OF THIS E…
JCPC 056 Shirin Shabestari [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:19:55
Iranian-born Shirin reflects on childhood exploits into her native mountains with her father, and how mountains returned to point the way in later life.
JCPC 055 Gary Gibson [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:20:43
Britain's most prolific new router, most dedicated bolter and most obsessive Stranglers fan talks about life and near death.
JCPC 054 Johnny Dawes and Nick Dixon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:44:39
These two are royalty who have sailed the spaceship of trad climbing into outer space since the 1980s. Legends. We talk: Cloggy; Indian Face; morphic resonance; Gogarth; Nesscliffe.
JCPC 054 Johnny Dawes and Nick Dixon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:44:39
These two are royalty who have sailed the spaceship of trad climbing into outer space since the 1980s. Legends. We talk: Cloggy; Indian Face; morphic resonance; Gogarth; Nesscliffe.