by Sean Cassidy
<= In Conversation with Nova Scotia Rock Climbers => This podcast is a collection of conversations with Nova Scotia rock climbers - boulderers, plastic pullers, sport climbers and trad climbers. Sharing stoke and celebrating our community of climbers - past and present. Interviews are held for the most part in the "Icebox" - a home climbing wall that I've been training on for the last 25 years or so. --------------------- iceboxsessions.ca --------------------- @iceboxsessions --------------------- https://linktr.ee/iceboxsessions
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May 21, 2026
<p>Meet the "infectiously stoked” Henry Morrow - a climber equally comfortable on plastic holds in the gym or climbing without a rope over the ocean in the middle of the night. Henry describes what it was like learning to climb outdoors by trial and error and the recent growth of Nova Scotia’s climbing community over the last few years. We talk about his DWS (deep water soloing) explorations, development of a new climbing crag, international travel and various homegrown epics - mostly in Cape Breton.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.iceboxsessions.ca/ibs-episodes/ep9-henry-morrow" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Icebox Sessions - Episode Notes</a> </p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/iceboxsessions" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Icebox Sessions - All Links</a><strong></strong></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Chapters </strong></p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>02:37 Why Are You So Stoked?</p><p>06:02 Stepping Outside</p><p>09:08 Deep Water Soloing</p><p>12:46 Blue Island Ocean Epic</p><p>16:44 Night Sessions</p><p>18:58 Climbing and Addiction</p><p>22:14 Training </p><p>25:11 Cape Clear Epic #1</p><p>28:41 Is Parkouring the New Alpinism?</p><p>31:47 Hola Argentina</p><p>34:26 The Beauty of Trad Cimbing</p><p>42:15 Favourite Lines</p><p>46:18 New Crags</p><p>51:27 Climbing Events</p><p>54:10 Cape Clear Epic #2</p><p>59:10 Shared Experiences</p><p>1:02:08 DWS Health Benefits </p>
April 23, 2026
<p>In this episode, longtime Nova Scotia climber Todd "The Bod" Foster (aka "Toddles") exposes ALL. He talks about his 25-year impact on the local scene through guidebooks, route and boulder development, and his award-winning film Eastern Tide. Foster explains how partnerships helped him produce multiple guides (rope climbing, Digby Neck, Halifax Region) and why he’s working on an Eastern Shore volume now, emphasizing knowledge transfer and community succession. He recounts learning to climb in the 1990s through top-roping at Eagles Nest, the Dal wall, and self-teaching from books, and later being inspired by early bouldering at Duncan’s Cove on homemade pads. We discuss the tradeoffs of beta videos, his preference for moderate climbing, an injury-averse approach focused on climbing rather than training. We also delve into his motivations for bolting accessible sport routes and his aversion to trad climbing - while also getting excited about the indoor gym scene and a growing generation of outdoor-focused climbers.</p><p><a href="https://www.iceboxsessions.ca/ibs-episodes/todd-foster" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">More Show Notes</a></p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/iceboxsessions" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Icebox Sessions - All Links</a></p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><p>00:00 Welcome to the Icebox</p><p>01:58 Writing Guidebooks</p><p>10:01 Eagles Nest</p><p>16:34 Bouldering With Homemade Pads</p><p>21:46 Projecting and Beta Videos</p><p>34:24 Eastern Tide World Tour </p><p>41:37 Is V5 Harder Than V15?</p><p>46:18 Choose Easy</p><p>50:30 Training and Injury </p><p>56:40 Bouldering vs Roped Climbing</p><p>59:39 Lessons for Todd 2.0</p><p>01:05:18 Toddles Wants to Sport Climb </p><p>01:13:36 Is Trad a Thing Anymore?</p><p>01:20:52 Route Development</p><p>01:26:05 The Community</p><p><br></p>
March 26, 2026
<p>Heather Reynolds shares stories of 35+ years of contributing to the local climbing community, including route development, coaching, and releasing a book on performance rock climbing. Reynolds recounts starting climbing with Sean Willett, helping found Climb Nova Scotia in 1991 to protect access at Main Face, contributing to the Dalplex Fieldhouse wall (opened 1992) and later the Rock Court (opened 2002), and the importance of recognizing volunteers and first ascensionists. She describes years of road-tripping, researching and meeting elite climbers, emphasizing that mental approach and movement efficiency often matter more than raw strength. We discuss the differences between gym rats and outdoor climbing, route-setting, fear, flow state, and aging. She also explains how yoga, writing, and community connection shape her current life.</p><p><a href="https://www…/ibs-episodes/ep.7-heather-reynolds" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Icebox Sessions - Episodes Notes</a></p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/iceboxsessions" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Icebox Sessions - All Links</a></p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><p>00:00 Entering Flow State</p><p>06:57 This is What Life is About</p><p>16:03 Kinesiology to Coaching</p><p>18:40 Grand Wall Epic</p><p>23:30 Five Years on the Road</p><p>30:32 Legends and Mental Game</p><p>36:48 Indoor vs Outdoor Climbers</p><p>45:32 Coaching Without Climbing Hard</p><p>50:08 Athlete Identity Shift</p><p>52:19 Fear Of Falling Lessons</p><p>54:40 Hueco Breakthrough</p><p>58:31 Working in the Gyms</p><p>01:02:33 Sending Tsunami</p><p>01:08:47 Mindset And Aging</p><p>01:20:00 Imposter Syndrome And Gender</p><p>01:28:27 The Community Now</p>
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