Most climbing media focuses on the edges of the sport—the most elite athletes and biggest achievements. But climbing has grown far beyond that. The Climbing Majority exists to give voice to everyone else: dirtbags, weekend warriors, route developers, living legends, and world-class climbers flying under the radar. This podcast explores what climbing actually means—the partnerships, the risks, the identity, and the pursuit of meaning beyond the grades.
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130 | 15hr NIAD Debrief - Systems, Gear, & Two Short Fix Falls w/ Erik Griffith
In May 2026, Bryce and I climbed The Nose on El Capitan (5.9 C2, 3,000ft) big wall style over three days. On September 19th, we went back and stood on top again, this tim
Oct 5 1 h 19 min
129 | Steven Dimmitt: The Nugget Podcast - What I've Learned After 300 Conversations With the World's Best Climbers
Steven Dimmitt is the host of The Nugget Climbing Podcast, labeled as "one of the best long-form interview podcasts in the outdoor space" by Outside Magazine, with over 3
Sep 21 1 h 42 min
128 | Noah Kane: The Creator Behind the Climber - Adventure Filmmaking, Climbing, & Youtube
Noah Kane is a creator first and a climber second. He first picked up a camera when he was only 10 years old. From those early days he already found a proclivity for crea
Sep 7 2 h 06 min
127 | Ryan Jenks: The Business Behind HowNOT2 - Breaking Gear, Climbing Retail, & Product Development
December 19th, 2022; the last time Ryan Jenks and I sat down for TCM episode 29. Now nearly four years and almost 100 episodes later, we sit down again; evolved humans wi
Aug 24 2 h 28 min
126 | Myles Moser & Harry Kinnard: 71 Days on Patagonia's Central Tower - First Ascent of Paradigm Shift [Part 2]
Picking right up where we left off in the previous episode with Myles and Harry. If you haven't listened to episode 125 be sure to go back before continuing here.
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Aug 10 2 h 51 min
125 | Myles Moser & Harry Kinnard: 71 Days on Patagonia's Central Tower - First Ascent of Paradigm Shift [Part 1]
The Central Tower of Torres del Paine in Patagonia has been on the radar of many elite climbers ever since Tyler Karow's viral YouTube vlog documenting his ascent of
Jul 27 1 h 44 min
124 | Patrick Paul: Stories From A Southern Sierra Pioneer - First Ascents, Close Calls, & Life Transformation
The Southern Sierra is the quieter, less-traveled tail end of California's Sierra Nevada range — running from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks down through th
Jul 13 2 h 27 min
123 | Mark Hudon: Yosemite Legend - 54 Years of Climbing, Ego, & Partnerships
Mark Hudon is a Yosemite legend whose work in the late 1970s and early 1980s helped push big wall climbing into a new free climbing era. Often partnered with the equally
Jun 29 2 h 17 min
122 | Bryce Ungersma: A Debrief of The Nose on El Cap - Systems, Gear Beta, & What's Next
On May 12th, 2026, Bryce and I took our first steps onto the most iconic big wall route in the world—The Nose on El Capitan. Three days later we woke up on the summit of
Jun 15 1 h 11 min
121 | Brent Barghahn: Avant Climbing Innovations - Gear Design, Onsight Climbing & Magic Line
Brent Barghahn is a tinkerer first and a climber second and understanding that order tells you a lot about him. Since he was a child Brent saw the world through the lens
Jun 1 2 h 28 min
120 | Zach Dreher: An Epic Patagonia Adventure - Big Walls, Wingsuits, & Russians
Zach Dreher started highlining in Flagstaff until climbing came into his life, at which point he made a complete pivot with eyes on big walls. After only a year and a hal
If you don't already know who Steph Abegg is, I can almost certainly say that you've used her work. Her detailed route topos, trip reports, and beta overlays ap
May 4 1 h 54 min
118 | Phillp Setter: Shenanigans, Mt. Yamnuska, & How To Live A Full Life
Philip Setter is an insurance broker and software entrepreneur from Canada who's been climbing for over a decade. He is known to quietly solo some of the gnarliest i
Drew Brodhead is the Staff Advocacy Coordinator and Anchor Maintenance Coordinator for the Salt Lake Climbers Alliance, one of the most respected local climbing organizat
Apr 6 2 h 05 min
116 | Paul Rogers: Active Duty Green Beret - Mountain Warfare Training & A 2200ft Fall
Paul Rogers is an active duty US Army Special Forces (Green Beret) officer who previously served as the commander of the Special Operations Mountain Warfare Training Cent
Mar 23 1 h 54 min
115 | Jared Wicks: LVMPD SAR Officer - How Rescues Work, Red Rock Accidents & 30 Years of Climbing
Jared Wicks has been a rock climber for over 30 years, he is a former SWAT officer, and one of seven full-time commissioned officers on the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Mar 9 2 h 57 min
114 | Justin Sackett: Chasing Altitude - Close Calls & Training for Everest Without O2
Justin Sackett, an AMGA guide who googled "hardest hike" in college and ended up on a 20,000-foot peak in Ecuador with zero mountaineering experience. That failure lit a
Feb 23 1 h 44 min
113 | David Baltz: 50 Years Of Climbing: Old School Ethics & Timeless Stories
David Baltz started climbing in 1974 when there were only eight climbers in all of Albuquerque. Over five decades, he's witnessed climbing's transformation from
Feb 9 1 h 46 min
112 | Jason Niemeier: An "Eldo" Accident - Partner Vetting, Ledge Falls & Processing Blame
Jason met a new climbing partner through a Facebook group, vetted him over a few conversations, and went to Eldorado Canyon for their first route together. Twenty feet up
Jan 26 1 h 50 min
111 | Taylor Martin: Alone on Big Walls - Five New First Ascents, Trauma Recovery, & Trans Identity
After being literally run over by a school bus in Atlanta, climber Taylor Martin rebuilt her life through big mountain pursuits and solo aid climbing. This episode dives
Jan 12 2 h 03 min
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Fabulous show to either listen here or watch the you tube channel. Super interesting guests and great pace / facilitation. It gets addicting and holds my attention for long car rides to the cliff.
TS0119s · Aug 2026
The podcast that you did with LVMPD SAR officer is extremely good. I live in Las Vegas and some of the stuff he was speaking about was a good reminder for what to do went out in a red rock, and also just the knowledge that he brought about the structure of LVMPD SARs is amazing. This is a great podcast thank you.
I would definitely like to see more search and rescue interviews. Hearing what to do from the people that are going to come save you is extremely beneficial.
Zee1290 · Mar 2026
I am 100% behind this project. I really like the thoroughness, length and detail of these conversations, how they meander on, around, off, and back on the title topic, like a real conversation. I don’t listen to every episode, but really appreciate the ones I do listen to when the title or topic catches my interest. The host is also becoming a much better interviewer - I dig following his train of thought as he draws more and more detail out of his guests. Has a bit of the down-home, super in-the-weeds vibe of the early episodes of the Enormocast. Keep it up!
jeffmorrison49 · Mar 2026
Came across the podcast courtesy to a poster at my local gym.
This has been continuously a great listen. I am someone that is a recreational climber that values learning from the experience of others. This podcast continues to deliver interesting and relatable content!
Keep it up please!
Ham.Fried · Jan 2026
Broxterman is almost incapable of good interviewing. He can’t recognize good conversational flow, he routinely abandons rich veins of interest, doesn’t know how to ask open ended questions. That’s one feature of the interviewing that bugs me the most - nearly all of his are false binaries that restrict the response of the interviewee. This is the worst thing you can do as an interviewer! You should induce the interviewee to reflect on their experience rather than funneling them toward one of two options.
Don’t assume you know how they will think about something and bake that assumption into your questions. Back to the drawing board, Kyle. Unfollowed, despite having interesting guests because the host has put no effort into refining his skill as an interviewer.
MangoFitzsimmons · Mar 2026
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