{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65ca317b6000930017dd2f83/69f0bea42f651f55f5fb0592?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Interview with Tom Livingstone","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65ca317b6000930017dd2f83/1777385058561-0f8a97b2-5965-4dbd-ba94-d264043a409b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Season 3 of Mountain Voices is dedicated to interviews with a wide range of noted individuals – climbers, mountaineers and experts in specific mountain fields including safety, rescue and climate change.</p><p><br></p><p>Kicking off the season is a British climber for whom Sir Chris Bonington once said: <em>‘Tom Livingstone, one of the finest climbers in the world, always using the purest techniques.’ </em>As Tom’s own website biography details he has a penchant for trad, winter and alpine climbing - <em>the bigger and badder, the better.</em> He works as an outdoor instructor and a noted writer.</p><p><br></p><p>Some of his favourite routes include <em>Cracking Up</em>&nbsp;(IX,9),&nbsp;<em>The Fourth Dimension</em>&nbsp;(E7 6c), <em>Fun or Fear</em>&nbsp;(ED),&nbsp;<em>The Secret</em> (IX, 9), <em>Rare Lichen </em>(E9 6c),&nbsp;<em>Conan the Librarian</em> (E6 6b),&nbsp;<em>Divine Providence </em>(ED), a winter ascent of the <em>Walker Spur</em> on the Grandes Jorasses, <em>The Great Game</em> on Koyo Zom (ED+) and the <em>North Ridge Variation</em> on Latok I (ED+). Now in his mid-30s he remains ambitious to take on more.</p><p><br></p><p>In this series guests go on a journey, looking back at what got them into climbing, onto the walls and into the mountains, the lessons learned along the way, the equipment they never go without, the people they’ve met, their strengths and weaknesses and what the future holds.</p>","author_name":"UIAA"}