John Burgman journeys through the climbing World Cups of previous seasons—discussing specific events, highlighting superstars of the past, and exploring how old competitions shaped the present-day World Cup circuit.
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Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
An examination of the best performances of Janja Garnbret's career (thus far), including early standout moments and more recent highlights. (Music from Pixabay—AudioCoffee, Psychronic, Coma-Media, and Lesfm)
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
An examination of the UIAA's 1991 Lead World Cup final round for the men's division from Birmingham, England. Stars of the event include François Petit, Yuji Hirayama, Elie Chevieux, François Lombard, and more. (Music by AudioCoffee and AlexiAction from Pixabay)
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
An examination of the UIAA's 1991 Lead World Cup final round for the women's division from Birmingham, England. Stars of the event include Susi Good, Robyn Erbesfield, Isabelle Patissier, Nanette Raybaud, and more. (Music by AudioCoffee and AlexiAction from Pixabay)
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Munich, Germany. Stars of the event include Stasa Gejo, Mélissa Le Nevé, Miho Nonaka, Shauna Coxsey, David Firnenburg, Mickael Mawem, Tomoa Narasaki, Jongwon Chon, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Vail, Colorado, in the United States. Stars of the event include Alex Puccio, Megan Mascarenas, Miho Nonaka, Shauna Coxsey, Anna Stöhr, Sean McColl, Tomoa Narasaki, Yoshiyuki Ogata, Kokoro Fujii, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Innsbruck, Austria. Stars of the event include Megan Mascarenas, Miho Nonaka, Shauna Coxsey, Anna Stöhr, Sean McColl, Tomoa Narasaki, Rolands Rugens, Jongwon Chon, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Navi Mumbai, India. Stars of the event include Akiyo Noguchi, Miho Nonaka, Sol Sa, Melissa Le Nevé, Tomoa Narasaki, Kokoro Fujii, Jongwon Chon, Jeremy Bonder, Rustam Gelmanov, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Chongqing, China. Stars of the event include Kokoro Fujii, Jan Hojer, Jorg Verhoeven, Tomoa Narasaki, Akiyo Noguchi, Miho Nonaka, Shauna Coxsey, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Kazo, Japan. Stars of the event include Miho Nonaka, Petra Klingler, Fanny Gibert, Shauna Coxsey, Chloe Caulier, Kokoro Fujii, Jeremy Bonder, Rustam Gelmanov, Michael Piccolruaz, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Meiringen, Switzerland, which kicked off that year's Boulder World Cup season. Stars of the event include Akiyo Noguchi, Shauna Coxsey, Megan Mascarenas, Martin Stranik, Jakob Schubert, Jorg Verhoeven, Aleksei Rubtsov, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2015 Boulder World Cup final round from Munich, Germany, which concluded that year's Boulder World Cup season. Stars of the event include Jongwon Chon, Martin Stranik, Jan Hojer, Aleksei Rubtsov, Fanny Gibert, Stasa Gejo, Akiyo Noguchi, Shauna Coxsey, Megan Mascarenas, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Past Podiums returns to its usual format with an examination of the IFSC's 2015 Boulder World Cup final round from Haiyang, China. Stars of the event include Akiyo Noguchi, Miho Nonaka, Shauna Coxsey, Petra Klingler, Adam Ondra, Jan Hojer, Jongwon Chon, Alban Levier, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
USA Climbing’s 2022 National Championships kick off later this week! In this special episode, John Burgman and Pete Woods (commentator for the National Championships) break down all the storylines, talk about the big names that will be there, and analyze some potential outcomes for the Boulder, Speed, and Lead disciplines. Superstars discussed include Colin Duffy, Nathaniel Coleman, Kyra Condie, Ben Hanna, Quinn Mason, Callie Close, Piper Kelly, Melina Costanza, and many more.
(Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay; Sound effects from Pixabay)
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2015 Boulder World Cup final round from Chongqing, China. Stars of the event include Jan Hojer, Jongwon Chon, Jeremy Bonder, Sean McColl, Tsukuru Hori, Miho Nonaka, Shauna Coxsey, Sol Sa, Akiyo Noguchi, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2015 Boulder World Cup final round from Vail, Colorado, in the United States. Stars of the event include Akiyo Noguchi, Megan Mascarenas, Miho Nonaka, Margo Hayes, Nathaniel Coleman, Adam Ondra, Jason Holowach, Jan Hojer, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2015 Boulder World Cup final round from Toronto, Canada, which kicked off the 2015 Boulder season. Stars of the event include Juliane Wurm, Alex Puccio, Anna Stöhr, Akiyo Noguchi, Nathaniel Coleman, Alban Levier, Jongwon Chon, Adam Ondra, and many more. This episode features special guest Tyler Norton, who worked as an MC at the event. Tyler is the creator of the Plastic Weekly YouTube channel, which features commentary and analysis of competition climbing and the climbing gym industry. Follow Tyler on Instagram and Twitter @plasticweekly (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Photographer Eddie Fowke reflects on the 2014 Boulder World Cup season. He talks about his travels that year, his interaction with the competitors, as well as the highs and lows of the various IFSC events. He also discusses his founding of The Circuit—a magazine that was among the first media outlets to focus exclusively on competition climbing.
(Music by Mezhdunami, Lesiakower, and AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2014 Boulder World Cup final round from Laval, France, which concluded that year's Boulder World Cup season. Stars of the event include Rustam Gelmanov, Jan Hojer, Akiyo Noguchi, Miho Nonaka, Anna Stöhr, Fanny Gibert, Shauna Coxsey, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2014 Boulder World Cup final round from Haiyang, China. Stars of the event include Jongwon Chon, Sean McColl, Jan Hojer, Tomoa Narasaki, Petra Klingler, Akiyo Noguchi, Miho Nonaka, Anna Stöhr, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2014 Boulder World Cup final round from Vail, Colorado. Stars of the event include Guillaume Glairon-Mondet, Dmitrii Sharafutdinov, Jeremy Bonder, Kokoro Fujii, Sean McColl, Akiyo Noguchi, Megan Mascarenas, Fanny Gibert, Anna Stöhr, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2014 Boulder World Cup final round from Toronto, Canada. Stars of the event include Sean McColl, Jongwon Chon, Jan Hojer, Guillaume Glairon-Mondet, Shauna Coxsey, Miho Nonaka, Alex Puccio, Juliane Wurm, Akiyo Noguchi, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2014 Boulder World Cup final round from Innsbruck, Austria. Stars of the event include Kilian Fischhuber, Adam Ondra, Shauna Coxsey, Anna Stöhr, Mélissa Le Nevé, Miho Nonaka, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2014 Boulder World Cup final round from Grindelwald, Switzerland. Stars of the event include Dmitrii Sharafutdinov, Jan Hojer, Rei Sugimoto, Shauna Coxsey, Juliane Wurm, Akiyo Noguchi, Anna Stöhr, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2014 Boulder World Cup final round from Baku, Azerbaijan. Stars of the event include Juliane Wurm, Anna Stöhr, Mina Markovič, Akiyo Noguchi, Jeremy Bonder, Dmitrii Sharafutdinov, Jan Hojer, Kilian Fischhuber, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2014 Boulder World Cup final round from Chongqing, China, which kicked off the 2014 Boulder season. Stars of the event include Juliane Wurm, Shauna Coxsey, Alex Puccio, Jorg Verhoeven, Jan Hojer, James Kassay, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Germany’s Jule Wurm reflects on her epic win at the 2013 Innsbruck World Cup. She also talks about Germany’s unique team training—and the vital role that school played in balancing her life and competitive mindset at the time.
(Music by JuliusH, Musictown, and AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2013 Boulder World Cup final round from Munich, Germany, which concluded the season. Stars of the event include Anna Stöhr, Shauna Coxsey, Katharina Saurwein, Rei Sugimoto, Thomas Tauporn, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Saturday Jul 23, 2022
Saturday Jul 23, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2013 Boulder World Cup final round from Vail, Colorado, in the United States. Stars of the event include Anna Stöhr, Juliane Wurm, Alex Puccio, Dmitrii Sharafutdinov, Rustam Gelmanov, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2013 Boulder World Cup final round from Toronto, Canada. Stars of the event include Sean McColl, Kilian Fischhuber, Anna Stöhr, Alex Puccio, Akiyo Noguchi, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2013 Boulder World Cup final round from Innsbruck, Austria. Stars of the event include Kilian Fischhuber, Dmitrii Sharafutdinov, Juliane Wurm, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2013 Boulder World Cup final round from Log-Dragomer, Slovenia. Stars of the event include Anna Stöhr, Mélissa Le Nevé, Jan Hojer, Sean McColl, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee and QubeSounds from Pixabay)
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2013 Boulder World Cup final round from Kitzbühel, Austria. Stars of the event include Alex Puccio, Anna Stöhr, Guillaume Glairon Mondet, Jakob Schubert, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2013 Boulder World Cup final round from Millau, France. Stars of the event include Juliane Wurm, Shauna Coxsey, Anna Stöhr, Kilian Fischhuber, Jorg Verhoeven, and many more.
(Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
An examination of the IFSC's 2013 Boulder World Cup final round from Chongqing, China. Stars of the event include Jakob Schubert, Anna Stöhr, Alex Puccio, Akiyo Noguchi, and many more.
(Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
John Burgman is the author of several books, including High Drama, a comprehensive history of American competition climbing. A former Fulbright grant recipient, he is currently a senior editor at Climbing Business Journal. His sportswriting has appeared in Climbing, Gym Climber, Trail Runner, Men’s Health, and elsewhere. Follow him on Instagram (@jbclimbs) and Twitter (@John_Burgman).