Inner Fire Climbing Podcast
Thinking deeply about climbing. A podcast with climber and coach Jesse Firestone.
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Ethan Salvo is a Squamish-based climber. He's been climbing just over 7 years and has climbed some of the hardest boulders in North America. Last summer he broke out of his boulderer shell and climbed the Cobra Crack, a notorious 5.14 gear climb.
I had the chance to write some t...
In this episode I chat with Juliet Hammer and her dog Addy. Juliet is a climbing coach and an experienced boulderer and sport climber. She has a degree in biology and she's a certified strength and conditioning specialist. We talked about:
- Juliet's climbing history
- Differences between bouldering and sport in terms of preparation, mindset and tactics
- Being a short climber
- Board climbing
- Coaching philosophy and shop talk
- Persona...
Questions from my Patrons and clients for April 2025. Thanks to Ryan Frecka for joining me for the weight management questions. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jfireclimbing Questions: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:45 Jishnu - What is good footwork? 00:09:35 Jishnu - Modern classics 00:11:01 Nico & Giancarlo - Returning to a project after a tweak/injury 00:16:28 Briana - Managing detraining on a long trip 00:...
In this solo episode, I do my best to explain the rules of bouldering: what some of them are, why they're arbitrary, how they're changing over time, and how we should all proceed.
Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jfireclimbing
I sit down with Ethan Pringle to catch up with him and his cat Snowflake. We talk about:
- Balancing stability and freedom
- Crag development in South Africa (AKA how to pivot when things don’t go your way)
- Not training
- Much discussion of highball strategy
- Risk perception, risk tolerance and age
- Jumbo Love, Realization, and self-doubt
- Advice for his younger self
Questions from my Patrons and clients for March 2025. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jfireclimbing Questions: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:37 Mackenzie - How's the podcast going? 0:01:30 Luke - Sling Blade update??? (with three question marks) 0:04:15 Jeffrey - Soft pause and gaze 0:11:32 Lu - Board climbing session duration 0:18:20 Ryan - Minimal methods for improving on slopers & pinches 0:29:46 eejayen -...
In this episode, my guest Zoe Sayetta & I discuss:
- Differences in mental strategies for outdoor & competition climbing
- Execution pressure
- Awareness & mindfulness
- Visualization / motor imagery
- Optimal zone of performance
- Focusing on the right thing at the right time
- Basic mindset advice
Questions from my Patrons and clients for February 2025.
Support the show on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jfireclimbing
Questions:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:31 Kerwin: Concept/idea where I've shifted since coaching
00:04:50 Kerwin: Non-climbing book that's impacted my coaching
00:11:34 Olga: How to get more good tries on your project
00:15:59 Jack: Maximum recoverable volume
00:20:41 Luke: How language impacts performance and saf...
Welcome to the Inner Fire Climbing podcast! I'm Jesse Firestone. In this episode I take a minute to explain who I am and why I started this pod.
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