Why we built Unroped.
Climbing has always been a fringe sport that runs on word of mouth. Stories traded around the campfire. A photograph passed between friends. A grainy VHS from the basement. That's the lineage Climbing Gold belongs to. When we started this show, we wanted the conversations to feel like that — long, unhurried, off-route in the best way.
Ads break that rhythm. So we built a second feed. Unroped is the same show, but stripped of the breaks, and stretched into the parts of the conversation that didn't fit the public cut. Bonus interviews. Director's-cut commentary on the biggest climbs of the year. Sometimes a full hour with someone we only had twenty minutes with on the main feed.
Your membership is what makes it possible. Not VC, not a network, not a sponsor with notes. You. Listeners who decided this thing was worth keeping on the air. We take that seriously.
What you get.
- [+] Ad-free episodes, biweekly, in your private feed
- [+] Bonus episodes and extended interview cuts
- [+] Behind-the-line debriefs from Alex and Fitz
- [+] Listen in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts — anywhere you already listen
- [+] Cancel anytime