Nik Berry's guest appearances

Nik Berry

The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

The Cutting Edge

All Things Climbing

Tommy Caldwell

Alex Honnold

Justin Brown

Brandon Adams

Conrad Anker

Tim Emmett

Chris Wright

Lynn Hill

Jeff Wright

J.B. Mackinnon

Greg Barnes

Graham Zimmerman

Jonathan Siegrist

Will Anglin

Hazel Findlay

OwlTail

Eric Bissell

In this episode we travel to the Pamir Alai mountains of Kyrgyzstan for a special two-part show. The first part features a conversation with Nik Berry and Eric Bissell, who went to Kyrgyzstan in August with Dave Allfrey and Brent Barghahn to attempt the first free ascent of a huge wall in the Ak-Su valley: the northwest face of Pik Slesova. Their route eventually went free at 5.13a, with eight pitches of 5.12 or harder.The line the Americans chose was partly along an old Russian climb (the Moroz Route), which previously had been followed in part by another American team, Conrad Anker and Alex Lowe, way back in 1995. In the second part of this episode, we chat with Anker about his climb, and how he feels about modernizing older routes for free climbing.The Cutting Edge is presented by Hilleberg the Tentmaker, with additional support for this episode from Black Diamond Equipment. This podcast is produced by the American Alpine Club.

In this episode we travel to the Pamir Alai mountains of Kyrgyzstan for a special two-part show. The first part features a conversation with Nik Berry and Eric Bissell, who went to Kyrgyzstan in August with Dave Allfrey and Brent Barghahn to attempt the first free ascent of a huge wall in the Ak-Su valley: the northwest face of Pik Slesova. Their route eventually went free at 5.13a, with eight pitches of 5.12 or harder. The line the Americans chose was partly along an old Russian climb (the Moroz Route), which previously had been followed in part by another American team, Conrad Anker and Alex Lowe, way back in 1995. In the second part of this episode, we chat with Anker about his climb, and how he feels about modernizing older routes for free climbing. The Cutting Edge is presented by Hilleberg the Tentmaker, with additional support for this episode from Black Diamond Equipment. This podcast is produced by the American Alpine Club.

Nik Berry, Eric Bissell and Conrad Anker: The Russian Tower

Nik Berry has propelled himself onto the national climbing scene with a seemingly unending series of hard sends on long routes all over the country. With a taste for big walls and an aptitude for committing routes, Nik has racked up an impressive list of hard, gear-protected test-pieces including the Salathe Wall (ledge-to-ledge variation) and El Corazon, The Hallucinogen Wall (5.13 R), and El Sendero Luminoso in Wyoming, and the first free ascent of Lunar Ecstasy (5.13 R) in Zion. He has also cultivated a career in nursing and remains one of the most enthusiastic climbers I’ve ever spoken with.In this episode, Nik discusses how he balances a career with the training required to climb at an elite level; what sort of climbs he aspires to for the rest of his career; and what goes into finding big-wall routes that have potential for free climbing.TOPICS &amp; TIMES:Sending Wet Lycra Nightmare (1:20)Dyno into a chicken wing?! Is that actually fun?? (3:36)Freeing Lunar Ecstasy (8:33)Is there a group-think approach to discovering free-able lines on big walls? (13:55)Why aren't there more 5.14 climbs in Zion? (17:50)What is it like balancing nursing and climbing? (21:50)How do you stay in shape when not climbing? (27:20)What about maintaining skin care while not climbing? (29:20)What advice would you offer to all beginner climbers? (40:45)Would you rather...? (41:55)Outro (43:05)Presented by Rhino Skin Solutions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/nikdingleberry/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nik Berry</a> has propelled himself onto the national climbing scene with a seemingly unending series of hard sends on long routes all over the country. With a taste for big walls and an aptitude for committing routes, Nik has racked up an impressive list of hard, gear-protected test-pieces including the Salathe Wall (ledge-to-ledge variation) and El Corazon, The Hallucinogen Wall (5.13 R), and El Sendero Luminoso in Wyoming, and the first free ascent of Lunar Ecstasy (5.13 R) in Zion. He has also cultivated a career in nursing and remains one of the most enthusiastic climbers I’ve ever spoken with.In this episode, Nik discusses how he balances a career with the training required to climb at an elite level; what sort of climbs he aspires to for the rest of his career; and what goes into finding big-wall routes that have potential for free climbing.TOPICS &amp; TIMES:<ul><li>Sending Wet Lycra Nightmare (1:20)</li><li>Dyno into a chicken wing?! Is that actually fun?? (3:36)</li><li>Freeing Lunar Ecstasy (8:33)</li><li>Is there a group-think approach to discovering free-able lines on big walls? (13:55)</li><li>Why aren't there more 5.14 climbs in Zion? (17:50)</li><li>What is it like balancing nursing and climbing? (21:50)</li><li>How do you stay in shape when not climbing? (27:20)</li><li>What about maintaining skin care while not climbing? (29:20)</li><li>What advice would you offer to all beginner climbers? (40:45)</li><li>Would you rather...? (41:55)</li><li>Outro (43:05)</li></ul>Presented by <a href="https://www.rhinoskinsolutions.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rhino Skin Solutions</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Nik Berry: Trad Climbing's Cutting Edge