The KAYA Climbing Podcast features conversations with climbers within the KAYA community. Guidebook authors, legendary developers, and cutting edge athletes are all featured!
Meet the Legendary Nude Free Soloist - Eric Zchiesche
Eric Zchiesche has enjoyed a nearly 50 year bouldering career, having begun bouldering in the late 1970s. He has put up first ascents across the country in destinations like Moore's Wall, NC, the New River Gorge, WV, Devil's Lake, WI, City of Rocks, ID, and many more. Zchiesche made his career as a fine artist, and has been living in Ogden, Utah for the last decades. Notably, now in his mid-60s, Eric has recently climbed up to V11 in Little Cottonwood Canyon, and notably sent his 30+ day project, Slick 50 (V8) in Ogden. An avid KAYA user, Zschiesche shares in this interview his perspective on the changing landscape of climbing data sharing, as well as a host of wild stories from his years on the road and living as a dirtbag climber. Follow Eric on KAYA here:https://kaya-app.kayaclimb.com/user/EricZschiesche
9 Jul 2026
The History of Beta Cache with Josh Champion
Beta Cache was started by Josh Champion with the goal of helping climbers navigate the massive pool of beta videos across disparate social media channels. After year’s of graciously providing this service for the community, he has decided to sunset the operation. Thankfully, Josh offered to transfer Beta Cache’s incredible archive of information into KAYA’s database to preserve his and the community's effort. In this chat, we hear a little bit about the history of Beta Cache, the shared goals for Beta Cache and KAYA, and what the future might hold. Thank you, Josh!
9 Jul 2026
Carlo Traversi Talks The Dark Side, Devilution, and Event Horizon V16
A quick chat with Carlo Traversi about the Dark Side, Devilution, and Event Horizon V16. Read the accompanying blog here: https://blog.kayaclimb.com/the-fall-of-americas-last-iconic-projects/
9 Jul 2026
Andy Lamb, Event Horizon (V16) FA -- Full Interview
We sat down with Mr. Andy Lamb to get into the nitty-gritty about his Squamish FA, Event Horizon (V16). 00:00 - Intro01:35 - Event Horizon Backstory15:30 - The name16:20 - The Singularity16:35 - The schedule20:15 - The training21:55 - The recovery23:30 - Fall points and tactics28:30 - Conditions32:30 - No knee bar??37:00 - Other betas38:35 - Why no publicity? 42:55 - The historical contribution45:30 - Remaining projects52:00 - Andy's big progress
Join us for a chat with Ibex developer and guidebook author Aaron Child as he shares the history and his connection to Ibex, Utah bouldering. Aaron's Ibex Guide in KAYA:https://app.kayaclimb.com/share/location?id=2841&childId=null&suid=63123
Join us for a chat with legendary developer and guidebook author Jamie Emerson as he shares history and ethics of Colorado alpine bouldering. Jamie's Guides in KAYA: RMNP: https://app.kayaclimb.com/share/location?id=2019&childId=null&suid=34188Mt. Blue Sky: https://app.kayaclimb.com/share/location?id=2028&childId=null&suid=34188Lincoln Lake: https://app.kayaclimb.com/share/location?id=14434&childId=null&suid=34188Guanella Pass: https://app.kayaclimb.com/share/location?id=2033&childId=null&suid=34188
9 Jul 2026
Little Cottonwood Canyon Bouldering Guide Author Interview: Mike Beck & Scott Stoddard
Mike Beck has an incredibly rich history of over 30 years of bouldering in Little Cottonwood and was the author of the original Utah Bouldering Guide or "Black Bible" as it's commonly referred to. Scott Stoddard starting climbing in Little in 2020, but his fiendish search for information led him to meeting Mike. Together, combining Mike's extensive knowledge of the canyon and Scott's focused and organized mind for data, the two achieved an incredible feat, documenting nearly 5,000 problems throughout Salt Lake City's beautiful Little Cottonwood Canyon. Please enjoy this sit down with the men behind the LCC Bouldering Guide!!!
9 Jul 2026
Leavenworth Bouldering Guide Author's Kelly Sheridan & Drew Schick
Drew Schick and Kelly Sheridan have a rich history of bouldering in Washington. Together, they tackled the most up-to-date and comprehensive Leavenworth bouldering guide. In this chat, Kelly and Drew both share some incredible Washington bouldering history.
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