Old School Crag Kids

In this episode, the Crag Kids talk to professional climber and college student Kai Lightner about balancing school and climbing and stories of comp climbing. Also, how his coach saved his life. Other topics covered include: Future goals, the Olympics, and inspirations. Enjoy! Bonus: How our car blew up.

In this episode, the Crag Kids talk with Harry Edwards, 18, Arizona resident, and first ascentionist. Topics covered include: psyche, favorite climbs, bats in toilets, and, as always, fear. Find us on iTunes at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-5-harry-edwards/id1382720523?i=1000436985828. You can also find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/oldschoolcragkids/?modal=admin_todo_tour. You can look for us on Twitter, but you won't find us, because we don't Tweet, we're kids!  

In this episode Augustine talks to possibly the best trad climber in the world about offwidths, fingertip cracks and runouts. We also talk about what its like to grow up trad climbing, and how to deal with fear on a scary lead. Pete Whittaker has trad climbed all around the world and has ticks of many a painful crack climb under his belt. A few of the climbs we talk about include Century Crack, a 5.14b offwidth roof crack, his rope solo ascent of Freerider, a 12d on El Capitan, and the Crucifix, another horizontal crack project. Enjoy!

Karen Lane and Parker Reed talk about how they got into climbing. Karen was tricked onto the climbing team at her local gym, and Parker first went climbing in the New River Gorge thinking that five feet between bolt placements was runout. They both survived, though, and went on to become fun, kind people who also happen to be able to give you beta on 5.13 trad routes. We also talk about what it’s like to walk the crag for four hours looking for a route, hyperventilate on a trad climb, go from being a good comp climber to being a good outdoor climber, and how to convince your parents to let you climb outside.

This episode will take you to the crag with us, letting you experience what a day out climbing is like. In this episode we struggle to fulfill our goal of 10 climbs in one day. This episode is also great for families who are new to climbing. And we give you ideas for good climbs for kids at Muir Valley and tips for beginning leaders.

The Old School Crag Kids talk with Dario Ventura, who grew up at Miguel's Pizza, his parents' world-famous restaurant and climber's campground at the Red River Gorge in Kentucky. Topics: getting scared, living in a tent with your friends, critters at the crag, climbing new routes with Porter Jarrard, good climbs for kids at the Red.