On June 8 Kate Kellegan and Laura Pineau (aka Mademoiselle Fissure) became the first women to complete the Yosemite Triple Crown. That means the climbed El Capitan, Half Dome and Mt. Watkins in a day. Their time was 23 hours, 36 minutes, and 40 seconds. In this conversation, Kate and Laura share the tactics they used to achieve their big link-up, including tapping into the stoke and  support of the community.  

But first, Kalous lays down on the therapy couch while Dr. Bisharat tries to diagnose why redpointing projects isn’t bringing him the kind of joy you might otherwise expect.

Last, the Pink Rope Club from Atlanta performs their anthem.

Show Notes

Triple Crown News on UK Climbing: https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2025/06/kate_kelleghan_and_laura_pineau_on_completing_the_yosemite_triple_crown-73998

Follow Kate Kellegan: https://www.instagram.com/katekelleghan/

Follow Laura Pineau: https://www.instagram.com/laurapineau/

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Danielle Sarli is a kindergarten teacher, musician, and passionate climber. She is the author of Little Climber, a new kids’ book illustrated by Amanda Joy Hogan. We discuss how to tap into that kid-like innate urge to climb, and kindle the joy that we all feel when stand on top of the world—or our own projects. 

But first, your inquisitive show hosts take a moment to ask each other anything. Literally, anything.

Last, we’d be remiss not to share some of Danielle’s musical chops. Here she is performing Beauty Land. 

Show Notes

Follow Danielle Sarli: https://www.instagram.com/danielle_climbs/

Order “Little Climber”: https://littleclimberbook.com/shop

Watch “Beauty Land” music video: https://youtu.be/y1Jc2xvI_oo?si=eVUstBI6i_k1ONJ_

In 2017, a climber was murdered outside of Squamish. His body was found with gunshot wounds, inside a smoldering, burnt vehicle. He was suspected to be the climber known as Jesse James, a Squamish dirtbag who made his mark on the scene, both in real life and online. In fact, it took three years for investigators to discover his real name and his incredible and sordid past. Who was this person really and what clues did his past reveal about who killed him—or why? Steven Chua is a freelance journalist based in Vancouver. He’s a rock climber, and the host of Dirtbag Climber, a new true-crime podcast from the CBC’s Uncover. This riveting new podcast peels back the layers of Jess James, a former neo-nazi turned crypto king dirtbag climbing outlaw.

But first, your well-intentioned hosts try to breathe a bit of positivity into the world by shining our lights on several climbing stories that are all good and about which nothing negative can be said.

Today’s final bit comes from climber, OG Stone Monkey, public speaker and purveyor of joy, just like us, Timmy O’Neill. He is also the sometimes touring drummer for the Surf Rock Duo, Par Avion. Featured is the track Bikini Beach Bash recorded live at the Eldorado in downtown Carbondale CO.

Show Notes

Listen to “Dirtbag Climber” from Uncover https://link.mgln.ai/dc-therunout

Follow Steven Chua on X

Michaela Kiersch announces first ascent of Mad Lib (5.14d) https://www.instagram.com/p/DOvxvhZkWXF/?hl=en&img_index=1

“Cerro Torre Winter Solo” on Colin Haley’s blog

Tim Emmett is pretty fired up

Dave Graham climbs V16

Walton Goggins – Batso

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Nate Liles is a photographer, filmmaker, and development director at the American Safe Climbing Association. Today’s conversation with Nate centers on the state of bolts and bolting in America today, and the tenuous landscape of route developers, local climbing organizations, land managers, and community-organized bolting events that keep the state of hardware at our crags in the best shape possible. We talk about best practices regarding how to maintain hardware, where we’ve inadvertently created issues, and the importance of supporting your local climbing organization—not to mention the ASCA itself—with your dollars. 

But first, we talk about bad kids at the crags and reaching the threshold for when there are just too many of these rotten, no-good brats ruining our wilderness experiences.

Last but never least, today’s final bit comes from the talented photographer and musician Taylor Shaffer

Show Notes

Follow Nate Liles on Instagram

Follow the ASCA on Instagram

Donate to the ASCA

SafeClimbing.org

Orographic Creative

Follow Taylor Shaffer and Taylor Shaffer Music on Instagram

Taylor Shaffer on Spotify

Taylor Shaffer interview

Andrew Kornylak is a photographer, filmmaker, writer, and longtime climber. His new book is Spare These Stones. We speak about the rich culture of climbing in the. south, and how this place and its people have helped inform his work and inspire his latest book.

But first, we talk about a climbing influencer who is using rage-bait free solo videos to gain attention on Instagram.

Today’s final bit comes from Denver-based climber Logan Underwood and his punk band Moonshake. The song is Slipperscree.

Show Notes

Spare These Stone — Available at The Mountaineers.

Pre-order a signed copy!

Andrew Kornylak homepage

Follow Andrew Kornylak 

Lincoln Knowles

Follow Moonshake 

Moonshake on Spotify

Moonshake on Apple Music

Emily Weinstein is a New Yorker, radical activist, rabid Met’s fan, and climber who lives on a house boat in the San Francisco Bay. Her new book is called Turn to Stone: A Memoir. 

But first we catch up what’s happening in our climbing worlds, from stancing out out projects to taking a stance on fear. 

Our final bit is an excerpt from a standup comedy act from Ethan Newman.

Show Notes 

Follow Emily Weinstein

Turn to Stone: A Memoir from Simon & Schuster

Follow Ethan Newman

The One and Only Bar in St George

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Will Moss is a trad climber originally from New York. He recently flashed Free Rider on El Capitan, becoming the first to do it in a day and only the second person ever to flash an El Cap free climb. Will’s preparation to flash this route was insanely detailed, involving pouring over every video clip he could find, and person he could talk to. He even trained on simulators for the crux. Will shares the whole story of his groundbreaking ascent here.

But first, what’s better than having a project? Sharing a project with your partner. We talk about all the ways that working on a route together can bring you closer to your friend—until it doesn’t.

Today’s Final Bit is courtesy of Rob Seaver and his band FOND, based out of Alexandria, Virgina. This climbing-inspired song is called Hooking Up.

Show Notes

Follow Will Moss on Instagram

Will Moss’s first appearance on The RunOut, episode 122.

Will Moss Becomes First Person to Flash El Cap in a Day

Babsi Zangerl flashes Free Rider

Can Beetroot Powder Improve Athletic Performance?

Effect of tadalafil (Cialis) on anaerobic performance indices in healthy athletes

Follow FOND on Instagram

Listen to FOND on Apple Music / Spotify — Links on Bandcamp 

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Tanner Wanish and Michael Vaill are two of the best speed climbers in Yosemite today. They currently hold the record for the historic Yosemite Triple Crown with a time of 17 hours and 55 minutes, and they’re also the only climbers to also add in a fourth big wall on top of that feat—a linkup they dubbed the Quad. 

We spoke to Tanner and Michael about their partnership, the allure of linkups, the dangers of speed climbing and competition, and the real joy beyond what you see on social media of clocking big walls for breakfast.

But first, bolts be pulling out, yo. What’s the best way to address aging crags? Your fixed podcast anchors weigh in.

Last, the infamous Tall Jonathan, of the podcast formerly known as TAPS call-in fame, AKA Jonathan Sides, delivers Something More.

Show Notes

Forget the Yosemite Triple… These Guys Just Did the Quad

How Two Lesser-Known Rock Climbers Smashed a Fabled Yosemite Record

Follow Tanner Wanish

Follow Michael Vaill

Listen to “Something More” by Jonathan Sides on Spotify

Follow Jonathan Sides on Instagram

Enormocast 302: Last Rites 

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Jon Glassberg is a photographer and filmmaker, and Emily Harrington is one of America’s most prolific professional climbers, whose all-around feats span summits of 8,000 meter peaks, 5.14, National Comp podiums, and free ascents of El Capitan. Their new film is Girl Climber, which is profile of Emily and her quest to free climb Golden Gate on El Capitan in a day. 

But first, crack open a case of Send Lite and help us ponder whether we need way more terms for doing what we do with our rock-climbing ascents.

Our final bit is “Big Wall,” an alt-rock ear worm from Nathan Murdoch, from the forthcoming EP “If You’re Not There.”

Show Notes

Follow Emily Harrington

Follow Jon Glassberg

Pre-order Girl Climber from Jolt Film

Girl Climber film review from Climbing Mag

Follow Nathan Murdoch

Listen to Big Wall on Spotify 

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Jordan Cannon is a professional climber, known for his free and speed-climbing feats on El Capitan. Mark Hudon is one of the fathers of big-wall free climbing, best known for making a very early and audacious free attempt of the Salathé Wall in 1979 with Max Jones, nearly a decade before El Cap was officially first free climbed by Todd Skinner and Paul Piana. Jordan and Mark’s partnership is legendary, best encapsulated in the film “Free As Can Be,” which documents Jordan’s ascent of Freerider in a day and Mark’s attempt to finally complete a free ascent of El Capitan by the same route, more than four decades later. 

On today’s episode, we make podcasting history by recording our episode live from halfway up the side of El Capitan, as Jordan attempts to free the Salathé Wall via the rarely repeated, and arguably official crux pitch—the infamous pitch 19—with Mark supporting him on belay. 

This is a two-part episode. To hear the second half of our conversation, you’ll need to join us at Patreon.com

But first, your over-stoker podcast hosts run into the latest climbing headlines and cover the biggest downgrades to the most impressive ascents, while wondering whether it’s all just one big Tommy Caldwell sandbag.

Today’s final bit features the return of the Seattle post punk power trio rock band Dragontail Peak, with the song Three Rules–as in three rules of big-wall climbing.

Show Notes

Mandatory listening:

“Bonus: The Free Salathé Wall’s Strange Revisionist History” 

“Bonus: Pitch 19, Part Deux”

Enormocast: Episode 152: Mark Hudon and Max Jones – As Free as Can Be.

Follow Jordan Cannon on Instagram

Follow Mark Hudon on Instagram

Mark Hudon website

Bill Ramsey, 64, does Wrongdoer (8b+)

Tommy Caldwell, 46, does Empath 9a (+) calling it 8c

From V16 to Big Walls: Pietro Vidi Makes the Second Ascent of ‘Lurking Fear’

UNCUT: “No one Mourns The Wicked” – V17/9A – Hamish McArthur

Follow DragonTail Peak on Instagram

DragonTail Peak on Bandcamp

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