Shawna grew up in the flat plains of the Texas and Oklahoma State borderline. The only outdoor activities available were the kind that required level ground with little to no change in elevation. Think soccer, baseball, softball, disc golf, fo

Ep: 28: Maya Madere

Jan 25th, 2021 1h 11m

* This episode was recorded 1/11/21* Maya grew up in Austin and has been climbing and competing for 9 years. Climbing has taken her to boulders, crags and competitions all over the country and around the world. She's currently studying computer

Ep 27: Joe Kreidel

Dec 27th, 2020 1h 15m

Hey everyone, my name is Joe Kreidel. I've been a passionate climber for 20+ years now, and have been fortunate enough to climb all over the country, and internationally. As well as being a husband and father of three kids, I'm the co-owner and

Ep 26: Vincent Pham

Dec 16th, 2020 1h 7m

Hey guys, I’m Vince, the chill local cragster you run into at the Greenbelt and Reimers every week in Austin, Texas. “He climbs with Fran, wears a red helmet, and he always finds the shake out rest”. I’ve also been enjoying up and then immediat

Ep 25: Ilma Vallée

Nov 24th, 2020 1h 27m

Hey there! I am Ilma, I was born and raised in Lithuania, moved to The United States and joined the Air Force. I have been serving for 13 years and it has taken me on quite the journey. I completed my Bachelors degree at the Air Force Academy

Ep 24: Tommy Blackwell

Nov 17th, 2020 1h 19m

Tommy Blackwell is a native Austin who has been climbing for 26 years. He started at the age of 44 and has done a lot for the Texas climbing community. He's been very involved in trail and hardware maintenance. He's installed routes at the Bart

Ep 23: Alyssa Garza

Nov 10th, 2020 1h 31m

Alyssa Garza is the Programs Associate for the Texas Climbers Coalition and a Texas Master Naturalist. She became a climber in 2015 when she discovered and fell in love with it while searching for a way to cross-train dance when she became owne

Ep 22: Drew Hulsey

Nov 3rd, 2020 1h 5m

Hey, my name is Drew Hulsey. I’m a climber from Tennessee looking change the narrative on who can be a climber. I mainly sport climb but I’m starting to love bouldering as well. It’s my goal to show that anyone can climb.Shout outs@drewclimbs

Ep 21: Chelsea Rude

Oct 26th, 2020 1h 7m

Chelsea Rude is a professional climber with Adidas + Five Ten. She is the founder of She Sends Collective, an organization aimed at holistically empowering women (cis + non-cis), GNC and nonbinary humans through the vehicle of rock climbing wit

Ep 20: Hans Florine

Oct 19th, 2020 1h 23m

Hans Florine won the first International Speed Climbing Championships in 1991, he held the US title eleven times. Hans won ESPN X Games the first three years in a row. Hans broke the Speed record on The Nose Route on El Capitan 8 times over the

Ep 19 : Selena Pang

Oct 12th, 2020 1h 13m

Aloha! My name is Selena. I'm a long time yoga teacher, climbing instructor and a real estate agent in Austin, Texas and a single mom to an amazing son who will be off to college soon. So that I'm not tempted to follow him around, in 2019 I bou

Ep 18: Brianne Richardson-Jameson

Sep 28th, 2020 1h 8m

Brianne Richardson-Jameson is a working mother of twin boys who lives in San Antonio, Texas. Bree is a real estate agent by trade, as well as an avid caver, acro-yogi, rock climber, and ally. She and her partner Sean came on to the south Texas

Ep 17: Sierra Blair-Coyle

Sep 21st, 2020 44m 14s

Hailing from Scottsdale, Arizona, 26-year-old Sierra Blair-Coyle has been competing professionally since the age of 14. Sierra is the current Pan American Bouldering Champion. She was voted one of the Top 99 Most Outstanding Women of 2015 by A

Ep 16: Cody Bradford

Sep 16th, 2020 1h 17m

Cody began his climbing and guiding career on the sculpted meta-sandstone cliffs of the North Carolina High Country while attending Appalachian State University. After receiving a Bachelor of Science in Recreation Management in 2012 he gained h

Ep 15 - Amber Caskey

Aug 31st, 2020 1h 19m

Hi I am Amber! I am a Mom, Wife and adventurer always looking for the next place to explore. I started climbing almost 10 years ago and have taken a different approach to climbing than most. I moved to Austin, TX 11 years ago to pursue a physic

Episode 14: Brian Tickle

Aug 28th, 2020 48m 3s

Brian is the Texas Regional Director for the Access Fund. He represents the interests of rock climbers before policymakers, as well as public and private land managers.Since 2017, he has added protections for climbing in the Barton Creek Green

Episode 13: Mario Stanley

Aug 24th, 2020 1h 14m

Hey there! I’m Mario Stanley and for as long as I can remember, I have sought the outdoors and have been a competitive athlete. As someone who has spent most of their life in and around concrete jungles, the very smell of the wilderness quicken

Episode 12: Tré Goode

Aug 16th, 2020 52m 11s

Tré Goode is a native Texan, currently based in Colorado. Here, he has an active career in photojournalism, specializing in Travel and Adventure Storytelling. He also works full-time as an Emergency Medical Technician, with a focus in Backcount

Episode 11: Jamie Roper

Aug 10th, 2020 1h 6m

Hi there! I'm Jamie, a life-long outdoor enthusiast and climbing addict since 2003. I’m mainly a sport climber but I’m aspiring to be a trad climber as well :) I love traveling to explore new climbing crags and gorgeous hiking areas. I’m hoping

Episode 10: Katie Lambert

Aug 2nd, 2020 1h

Katie Lambert is a professional climber based out of Bishop, California, where she and her husband, Ben Ditto, own and operate Bishop CoWork. Her résumé includes, but is not limited to, first ascents in Yosemite, the Eastern Sierra, and the Cir

Episode 9: Bill Horton

Jul 20th, 2020 44m 35s

Hi, my name is Bill Horton. I'm a retired chemical engineer and an over-the-hill rock climber. I started climbing in 1976 at Enchanted Rock when it was pretty much the only place to climb in Central Texas. I was very active in climbing there un

Episode 8: Amara Dawson

Jul 9th, 2020 59m 44s

Hi! My name is Amara Dawson and I’ve been apart of the climbing community for 9 years. I've absolutely loved every second of it. My specialty is top rope and occasionally I’ll boulder to work on the mental aspect of falling.In 2017, I went to

Episode 7: Jason Kehl

Jun 11th, 2020 58m 24s

Jason Kehl has been bouldering in Hueco since 1996, logging many winters there living out of his van. Some claims to fame include his first ascent of the notorious Evilution (V12, 2002) in the Buttermilks and the first bouldering ascent of The

Episode 6: Victoria Wang

May 28th, 2020 45m 19s

Hi there, I’m Victoria! I’m an educator, podcaster, climber and hiker. I taught kindergarten for a few years before I decided to start my own podcast. It is dedicated to highlighting the voices of teachers. When I decided to leave the teaching

Episode 5: Nick Fuentes

May 23rd, 2020 36m 51s

What's going on?! My name is Nick Fuentes, and I’m from San Antonio, Texas. I quit my job as a professional chef and business owner, and moved to Austin to immerse myself into the rock climbing community. I had recently discovered it and was in