Basecamp

In this episode, Basecamp explores how Slovenia's national identity is tied to a mountain. Brandon Pullan speaks with Bernadette McDonald about climbing Slovenia's highest peak. Her book about the experience, Alpine Warriors, won Best Mountaineering History Book at the 40th Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. #basecamp

On this episode, Basecamp goes live in front of an audience at the 40th Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. Brandon takes to the stage with accomplished British rock climber Jules Lines, who talks about his adventures soloing, what it’s like to walk away from a 40 foot fall, and why he decided to write his award-winning memoir, Tears of the Dawn. #basecamp

On this bonus episode, Brandon talks to IFMGA guide Andrew Wexler who seems to be living the life, spending summers in Chamonix, France, and winters in the Bugaboos in the Canadian Rockies. Andrew speaks about his risky adventures, including a near-tragic paragliding accident. #basecamp

On this episode, Brandon sits down with climber and celebrated alpine author Ed Douglas. Ed writes for the UK's Observer and Guardian. He's also penned numerous biographies about some of the biggest names in the climbing community, including Tenzing Norgay, Alison Hargreaves and Ron Fawcett. #basecamp

Brandon Pullan talks to Margo Talbot. Margo credit ice climbing for helping her out of a drug addction. She is a guide, and author of the acclaimed 2011 memoir, All That Glitters: A Climber's Journey Through Addiction and Depression. #basecamp

On this episode, Brandon Pullan talks to Calgary-based climber Andrew Brash about his experiences on Mount Everest, including a 2006 expedition Brash abandoned in order to save a climber who had been left for dead below the summit. #basecamp

On this episode, Brandon talks to UK climber, Hazel Findlay -- the first female to climb an E9 grade route. Hazel discusses her early climbing experiences and what she wants from her career. #basecamp

On this episode Brandon talks to climbers Raphel Slawinski and Ian Wellstead who won one of climbings most prestigious prizes - the Piolet d'or - for pioneering a new route up Pakistan's K6 West in 2013. He also talks to climber Jesse Huey, who dropped out of that expedition after Taliban militants killed 10 international climbers. #basecamp

On this episode, Brandon talks to climber and Gripped magazine editorial director David Chaundy-Smart about his engaging memoir, A Youth Wasted Climbing. It's a coming-of-age story looking back at the fertile and influential Ontario rock climbing scene of the 1970s. #basecamp

Sharon Wood is the first woman from North America to summit Everest. She tells host Brandon Pullan what the experience was like and how she wishes people would just stop asking her about it. And hear her open up about being a female climber in the 1970s & 1980s, when climbing was more of a boy's club. #basecamp