The Enormocast: the climbing podcast

The Enormocast: the climbing podcast

With 35 years of climbing experience and going on 14 years behind the mic, Chris Kalous brings interviews, tributes, discussion, tears, and lots of laughs from the full breadth of the climbing zeitgeist. Rock climbing, bigwall (big wall?) climbing, alpinism, ice climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing. If it’s climbing related, it’s here. In the words of Alex Honnold, “If you are a climber, you pretty much have to do the Enormocast.”

Enormocast 324: Ines Papert – Only One Life

Enormocast 324: Ines Papert – Only One Life

On Episode 324 of the Enormocast, I sit down for the second time with German climber Ines Papert. The first time was way back in 2016 when Ines and I climbed together in Indian Creek and found time to...

Enormocast 323: Cole Brauer – Every Day the Sea

Enormocast 323: Cole Brauer – Every Day the Sea

Cole Brauer joins the Enormocast after becoming the first American woman to race solo around the world in the Global Solo Challenge in 2023. The 30,000‑mile circumnavigation pushed her through storms,...

Enormocast 322: Beau Martino – The Content Climbing Creator

Enormocast 322: Beau Martino – The Content Climbing Creator

On Episode 322 of the Enormocast, we sit down with early climbing content creator, Beau Martino. Beau caught the Tiktok wave out of the 2020 pandemic by creating mostly one-person skits spoofing climb...

Enormocast 321: Katie McKinstry Stylos – Reaching Further

Enormocast 321: Katie McKinstry Stylos – Reaching Further

On Episode 321 of the Enormocast, I sit down at the Michigan Ice Fest with dry tooling maven, Katie McKinstry Stylos. Katie spent her entire youth as a “horse girl”: training horses, caring for horses...