ScotRock

Covid-19 has forced us to scrape the bottom of the Scottish climbing barrel, this week we bring you Scotrock's own, Robert Mackenzie. From humble beginnings climbing at Duntelchaig with a home-made seatbelt harness, to competing for Team GB, to now giving something back to the climbing community through his work at ClimbScotland.

Sit down and enjoy the full low-down with Robert.

(Apologies for a slightly abrupt end - a slight mic error on Calum's part!)

Brace yourself for this one. 

This week Robert and Calum sit down with Rebekah Drummond and Robbie Phillips for a deep and controversial chat about some hot topics in the climbing world.

It is a beautiful morning and the best bit about it is we are now in Phase 1 of the exit from lockdown in Scotland, which means some climbing is now possible again.. Woohoo. Check out https://www.mountaineering.scot/coronavirus for the latest guidelines. 

This weeks ScotRock chat is with a true wildling, Anna Wynne. Anna lives deep in the glen above Lochgoilhead and is a self confessed "Mountain Obsessive". along with her family they live a really cool and adventurous life, based around the mountains. 

A member of the Arrochar Mountain Rescue team we get a glimpse into the life of a rescuer, the people that we hope we never have to rely on but we are all so thankful they are there for us.

Hopefully you can listen to this on your way to or back from the crags, be safe, enjoy.

Tucked away up in Glen Roy, Lochaber, lives one of Scotlands most prolific first ascensionists with potentially over 1000 new routes to his name, a pioneer in the evolution of Scottish Mountain Rescue and collector of historic climbing equipment with the Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection, a true Scottish climbing hero. Mick Tighe invited Robert in to chat history, military, climbing, mountain rescue and more.  

Mick also puts out a request for artists and sculptors to contact him at www.smhc.co.uk if they fancy a lockdown project using some of his vast collection of ice screws and metal work. 

Grab a brew and enjoy the chat with Mick Tighe.

Hannah is one of my favourite people ever. So much love for climbing, Scotland get getting people out climbing in Scotland. 

In a small cupboard at the back of TCA: Glasgow, Calum sit’s down with Sophie Moodie to look at her transition from the bouldering life indoors to trad escapades on ‘The Pillar’ at Diabaig. In this episode we talk about Sophie’s roots in gymnastics, her approach to becoming a trad climber and her own battles finding ‘flow’ and overcoming a fear of failure.

This episode we sit down with the one and only Mike Pescod. One of the most respected Mountaineers, Guide and Mountaineering Instructors out there. He sat down back in February with Robert and he told us so many amazing stories of his journey into climbing. His self taught winter climbing skills, his avalanche near and not so near misses and what hes been up to lately. 

Sit back and enjoy the chat with Mike.

In this episode Calum sits down with Simon Yearsley a self described father, husband and alpinist. Simon is most well known for his exploratory winter first ascents in Scotland, as well as his large alpine and greater ranges resume. However, a recent injury has forced Simon to reinvent himself as a summer rock climber. In part 2 we look at the sense of community around climbing walls, managing risk with a family and how to juggle high level climbing, business ownership and having a family.

In this episode Calum sits down with Simon Yearsley, a self described father, husband and alpinist. Simon is most well known for his exploratory winter first ascents in Scotland, as well as his large alpine and greater ranges resume. However, a recent injury has forced Simon to reinvent himself as a summer rock climber. In part 1 we look at ‘the fall’, the dilemma of continuing winter climbing and Simon’s personal ethics around climbing.