What would ye want to hear in yet another climbing podcast?

I am cursed with many and various vociferous opinions. My partners, however, tend to be entertained by the same, and have on many occasions recommended that I start a podcast.

I have always wanted to be sponsored by NatureBox and Meundies, so I think I'm going to do it. Hence I'm putting out feelers to see what people would want in yet another climbing podcast in an oversaturated market.

Episodes will be no longer than 45 minutes because I can't stand slogging through a 1:55 of bloatware, most of which is hosts blathering on about the nature of podcasting as an inchoate brave new medium.

What do you look for in an adventure podcast? What guests would you be interested in hearing from? What topics would make you sit in the car for an extra three minutes upon arriving at your destination so that you could finish the episode?

Thanks in advance for your feedback and premonitions of impending maperasure (ygd!!!).

YERGUNNADAI!!!

Proposed topics thus far include the following...

Local Durango pro discusses head game on 5.13 R / X routes
Vanlife Fails
Sleep deprivation induced psychosis, featuring Colorado Trail race winners
Ed Webster and Pat Ament say whatever the hell they want and I listen with bated breath
Paddle boarding Lake Superior in a single push
Why we hate American Ninja Warrior
Scarcity of Rock Resources and the exponential growth of the sport
Mental toughness on the Iditabike
Panel: your best story involving excrement
Panel: your worst epic
Climbing Mythbusters (microfractures, clipping the first piece of a multipitch anchor, etc)
Knocking TC Pros on the Summit, featuring Slim
Climbing Double-Entendres
Let's Make Fun of Boulderers Some More
Bikepack-approached Tower FA's featuring DOOM

Just for kicks and giggles include move-by-move beta for some of the local climbs. Not necessarily stellar routes ;)

Your list sounds engaging to me. Do a good job, and the story will hold it's own. My fave is the Firn Line. Mountaineering, which I don't give a shit about, but, the stories are almost always about people, and the guests have been very candid and humble. The settings and events are far from ordinary, but anyone can relate to the deep bonds formed in these partnerships, and the lengths people went, to take care of each other when it hits the fan.

Good recording equipment, good editing, a sense of story (even reviews can do that), good music.

Best of luck, Fritz! H.

amarius wrote: Just for kicks and giggles include move-by-move beta for some of the local climbs. Not necessarily stellar routes ;)

haha! The local climbs in Traverse City, MI are maple trees. 

In all honesty, my first thought clicking on this was just no, but your list changed my mind. I say do it

hookups on tower summits.  that would blow your listenership up like there's no tomorrow.

I want a cut of all the sighs, low volume curses, and mumbling from any climb so I can try and picture what it was like, then post the route at some point after. 

slim wrote: hookups on tower summits.  that would blow your listenership up like there's no tomorrow.

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/115151407/i-got-a-1000-fine-for-having-sex-with-my-partner-on-top-of-castleton#ForumMessage-115158919

^^ I'll be sure to include that song in an episode.

Caleb Schwarz wrote: In all honesty, my first thought clicking on this was just no, but your list changed my mind. I say do itI 

Thanks. I get aggravated by the lack of editing in a lot of podcasts in general. If this muthafugga launches, it's going to be as clean and tight as an obscene metaphor. "Ramble on" is best as a Led Zep song, not an M.O. for podcasters.

+1 for the firn line. Evans editing is top notch and all of his music is original which adds a lot I think. 

I would listen.

One thing that fascinates me... And "Ooh, it makes me wonder". What was going through your head when you named that route? In other words, why did you pick that name for that route? Talk to people about their route names.

Chris Little wrote: One thing that fascinates me... And "Ooh, it makes me wonder". What was going through your head when you named that route? In other words, why did you pick that name for that route? Talk to people about their route names.

+23

Bill Lawry wrote:

+23

Great idea!
(Choose wisely and it may help with some coin from MeUndies.)

Real talk here MeUndies are sweet.

s.price wrote:

This is a great idea. 

Also, is it possible to interview some of the regulars on the forum? Maybe an interview with Nick?

Good idea! I'll have an episode entitled "Critique My Toprope Solo Setup (YGD) -- The People of MP"

Parker Wrozek wrote:

Real talk here MeUndies are sweet.

And NatureBox! But fugg stamps.com