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Climbing stories and mountain tales from Scottish underdogs & local heroes. Your hosts are the legendary RDOs Calum McBain and Robert MacKenzie.As part of their job they get to travel Scotland and hear loads of epic tales from Climbers across the country. So they are bringing both of these things together to share some of the epic stories they hear through this podcast. They aren't just talking to the hardcore because we know there's awesome climbers out there who have epic stories to tell. We bring you ScotRock as the place to hear all these epic tales. Every fortnight Calum and Robert will be bringing you a new episode to enjoy.
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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · August 2026
ScotRock gives Scottish climbing a local sports memory, from access debates and walls to competition pressure and mountain judgment.
ScotRock is a climbing show with its feet in Scotland: walls, crags, hills, access fights, and the people who spend their lives around them. Climb Scotland's hosts keep the focus on climbers, mountain people, and Scottish competition athletes, so the sport never floats off into…
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Episodes
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Episode 40: Kevin Howett - The Northumbrian Halfwit (35 years of Mountaineering Scotland) - Part 2
Hidden gemScotRock co-host Cal McBain continues his interview with Kevin Howett, who spent 35 years with Mountaineering Scotland managing facility development, governance, and coaching strategy for Scottish climbing.
Mar 8, 2024·1h 42m·6 clips - 2
Episode 39: Kevin Howett - Climb Now, works Done (35 years of Mountaineering Scotland)
Hidden gemScotRock co-host Cal McBain interviews Kevin Howett, who spent 35 years as a staff member at Mountaineering Scotland, in a wide-ranging conversation covering access legislation, bird nesting policy, crag descaling controversies, and the Scottish bolting debate.
Mar 1, 2024·1h 20m·5 clips - 3
Episode 38: Robbie Phillips - Part 2: ”The mountains are talking to me man!”
Dec 1, 2023·1h 14m - 4
Episode 37: Robbie Phillips - Part 1: King of the Thumb
Nov 24, 2023·1h 2m - 5
Episode 36: Sophia and David - The Battle of the Killer Birds
Jul 28, 2023·1h 2m - 6
Episode 35: Jamie Lowther - E1>E7 ”Runouts are interesting”
Apr 28, 2023·1h 12m - 7
Episode 34: Duncan McCallum - Bolts, EICA Ratho, and now... The Ledge
Feb 24, 2023·1h 14m - 8
Episode 33.5 : Lanah Dunsmuir - The Professional Downclimber Part 2
Feb 11, 2023·53m - 9
Episode 33: Lanah Dunsmuir - The Professional Downclimber
Jan 27, 2023·1h 9m - 10
Episode 32: The Controversial Panel Show with Rebekah Drummond and Robbie Phillips
Hidden gemScotRock hosts Callum McBain and Robert McKenzie run the third Controversial Panel Show with guests Robbie Phillips and Rebekah Drummond, debating two topics: whether climbing social media has become dominated by low-value fast food content, and whether climbers are hypocrites for publicizing beautiful crags while calling for protections against over-tourism.
Dec 30, 2022·1h 13m·4 clips - 11
Episode 31: Kirsty Pallas - ”I’m immune to Hot Aches”
Nov 25, 2022·53m - 12
Episode 30: Jamie White - Climb Free
Oct 28, 2022·42m - 13
Episode 29: IFSC World Cup Scottish Athletes - Before and after with 6 next generation legends
Hidden gemScotRock host Cal McBain interviews six Scottish athletes — Hannah, Daniel, Andrew, Matthew, Louise, and Max Mill — before and after the IFSC World Cup held at Edinburgh's Ratho climbing wall, the first World Cup at that venue since 2017.
Sep 30, 2022·37m·2 clips - 14
Episode 28: Kev Shields - The Croc Lover
Aug 26, 2022·1h 3m - 15
Episode 27: Karishma Rogerson - From the Seychelles to the topics of Prestwick
Aug 1, 2022·48m - 16
Episode 26: Matt Meyerhoff - So I built a climbing wall.. by myself!
Jun 24, 2022·52m - 17
Episode 25: Rebekah Drummond - Skye Wall and poopy ropes
May 27, 2022·1h 23m - 18
Episode 24: Dan Arnold - The Trig Master
May 7, 2021·1h 4m - 19
Episode 23: Iona Rendall - Ionas Adventures
Apr 9, 2021·57m - 20
Episode 22: ScotRock Stars Live Interview - Molly Hughes - Hamish Frost - Iona Rendal
Hidden gemScotRock hosts Robert McKenzie and Callum McBain (Callum absent) conduct the first ScotRock live podcast on Facebook with three members of the TISO-supported team: Everest summiteer Molly Hughes, adventure photographer Hamish Frost, and nurse and walking group organiser Iona Rendal.
Mar 26, 2021·1h 16m·5 clips - 21
Episode 21: Hannah Smith - "How do you poo yourself when your climbing"
Mar 8, 2021·1h 3m - 22
Episode 20: The Controversial Panel Show with Rebekah Drummond and Robbie Phillips
Hosts Calum and Robert discuss controversial climbing topics with guests in a panel format.
Feb 26, 2021·1h 14m - 23
Episode 19: Anna Wells - Dr Rocks and Trails
Feb 12, 2021·1h 3m - 24
Episode 18: The Road Trip
Jan 29, 2021·34m - 25
Episode 17: Gordon Robb - @FatOldClimber
Jan 15, 2021·1h 19m - 26
Episode 16: Kev Howett - "It came over his head and he got completely glubbed"
Jan 6, 2021·1h 13m - 27
Episode 15: Willie Gorman - "We acquired a load of washing line, and went climbing"
Dec 18, 2020·1h 16m - 28
Episode 13: Myrtle Simpson - Part 1: A climber in the arctic
Jul 31, 2020·42m - 29
Episode 14: Myrtle Simpson - Part 2: A climber in the arctic
Jul 31, 2020·59m - 30
Episode 12: Calum McBain - The socially inept climber
Jul 16, 2020·58m - 31
Episode 11: Robert Mackenzie - “The Couch Crusher"
Jul 3, 2020·1h 3m - 32
Episode 10: The Controversial Panel Show with Rebekah Drummond and Robbie Phillips
Two climbing hosts introduce a debate-style episode where climbers argue controversial topics in climbing.
Jun 17, 2020·1h 16m - 33
Episode 9: Anna Wynne - "I think im allowed to call myself a mountaineer"
Jun 1, 2020·1h 4m - 34
Episode 8:Rebekah Drummond - Climbing Waffle
May 15, 2020·55m - 35
Episode 7: Mick Tighe - "I got shot, but only in the bottom"
May 1, 2020·1h 3m - 36
Episode 4: Mike Pescod - "Frostbite, now I'm a proper mountaineer"
Apr 17, 2020·1h - 37
Episode 6: Hannah Francis - "Only here for the free cuppa tea"
Apr 17, 2020·1h 1m - 38
Episode 5: Sophie Moodie - “NOT a Sketchy University Trad Climber”
Apr 17, 2020·1h 3m - 39
Episode 2: Simon Yearsley - “Reinventing Myself” Part 1
Apr 17, 2020·52m - 40
Episode 3: Simon Yearsley - “Reinventing Myself” Part 2
Apr 17, 2020·47m - 41
Episode 1: Kevin Woods - "Seems like a good way to be miserable"
Apr 3, 2020·57m