One of the best episodes he's done, bloody brilliant!
Looking forward to the Didier Berthod interview a lot.Was turned off the Burgess episodes though. Too many references to casual criminality, almost to the point of glorifying theft and violence. Maybe there’s more to the stories, but I feel for the Cham bar owner whose business got ransacked by them, or the person whose car got nicked just so they could drive somewhere to go climbing.
Thanks Luke I generally try not to interrupt too much. I am conscious of how stories can lose their life of retold too much but despite me now involving myself in Leo’s stories I didn’t find them oversold and lifeless by any means. The day before Leo I did Chris B. I listened to a few interviews to learn more and noticed he would retell stories very similarly. Very understandably - I shudder to think the number of interviews he has done or words he has written. But in the interview with him I was very interrupty. This was to try and jar the narrative a bit. He probably thought I was a bit rude :-)
Chrisie Bonners to his mates https://www.niallgrimes.com/jam-crack-climbing-podcast/2023/11/20/jcpc-141-chris-bonington