Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

Niall Grimes

Episodes 206
Avg. Duration 1h 16m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (52)
Since Dec 2015
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
38%
Hosting
rss.pdrl.fm

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About This Podcast

Irish / Sheffield climber and author Niall Grimes in conversation with top dogs, cool cats and committed crag rats from the neighbourhood and the international climbing scene. Also classic climbing stories read aloud for your aural pleasure. Mmmmmmm! See more at http://www.niallgrimes.com

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Recent Episodes

S2E201 JCPC 201 Lena Drapella

Jun 02, 2026 1h 31m

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.

S2E200 JCPC 200 What Climbing has Taught Me

Apr 29, 2026 1h 46m

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

S2E199 JCPC 199 Eben Muse - Landscape, Language and the Llanberis Pass

Apr 01, 2026 1h 39m

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…

S2E198 JCPC 198 Adam Ondra - more milk from the GOAT part 2

Mar 13, 2026 1h 4m

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…

S2 JCPC 197 Adam Ondra - More milk from the GOAT part 1

Mar 10, 2026 1h 15m

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

S2E196 JCPC 196 Ben Bransby part 2

Mar 02, 2026 1h 9m

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.

S2E195 JCPC 195 Ben Bransby part 1

Feb 27, 2026 1h 29m

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…

S2E194 JCOPC 194 Mat Wright

Dec 29, 2025 1h 43m

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…

S2E193 Jam Crack Archives: The View from Dead Horse Point

Dec 11, 2025 42m

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

S2E192 JCPC 192 Hamish Frost

Dec 03, 2025 1h 26m

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.

S2E191 Jam Crack Archives: Taylor Parsons

Nov 19, 2025 2h 26m

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…

S2E190 JCPC 190 Pritchard Wainwright Trango part 2

Nov 16, 2025 1h 16m

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.

S2E189 JCPC 189 Pritchard Wainwright Trango part 1

Nov 14, 2025 1h 25m

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.…

S2E188 JCPC 188 Holy Shit

Oct 31, 2025 49m

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

S2E187 JCPC187 Siebe Vanhee - Pembroke rampage

Oct 10, 2025 1h 45m

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…

S2E186 JCPC 186 John Dunne Part Two

Oct 02, 2025 1h 10m

The second part of the John Dunne chat talking Parthian Shot and life after injury.

S2E185 JCPC 185 John Dunne Part One

Oct 02, 2025 2h 2m

Here's a true heavyweight of the 80s and 90s sport and trad world. John Dunne punched out top level sport routes at Malham and a series of trad routes that are still the country's finest ticks. He…

S2E184 JCPC 184 Lincoln Knowles

Sep 22, 2025 1h 15m

Lincoln Knowles, a 21-year-old US-based TikTokker, YouTuber, FreeSoloist and RageBaiter, tells us all about his funny videos where he annoys the shit out of people. Let's hear his crack.

S2E183 JCPC 183 Oliver Tippett - Hard Aid on El Cap

Sep 11, 2025 1h 12m

El Cap is still the crucible of hard aid climbing, where devotees come to test themselves and learn. Oliver Trippett is one such disciple and he tells us of this vertical world.

S2E182 JCPC 182 Jason Kehl

Aug 16, 2025 1h 34m

Artist, developer, shaper, traveller and all round baller, Jason Kehl, AKA Cryptochild, tells us about his quirks and works and his love of developing beautiful boulder problems in the American…

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