2025 Climbing World Championship Preview

Natalie Berry, Tyler Norton and I chat about the upcoming World Championship.

Natalie is a freelance journalist with work published in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic Traveller UK, WIRED UK, and New Lines Magazine. She was the editor of UKClimbing, a former GB competitor and the first Scottish woman to climb 8b on rock.

Tyler Norton founded Plastic Weekly, a YouTube Channel and podcast covering the indoor climbing and the World Cup circuit, including regular debriefs with John Burgman.

For more coverage of the World Championship, follow Inside Climbing on Instagram.

Chapters

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:11) - World Cups vs World Championships
• (10:03) - Lead
• (33:44) - Speed
• (51:15) - Boulder
• (01:14:29) - Eulogy for Combined

Creators and Guests

Guest

Natalie Berry

Natalie Berry is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic Traveller UK, and New Lines Magazine. She was previously the editor at UK Climbing and GB Climbing athlete. She won the British Lead National Champion in 2011.

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Guest

Tyler Norton

Tyler Norton was the host of the Plastic Weekly podcast, a podcast with John Burgman focused on competition, before stopping in March 2024.

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Helping climber understand competition climbing.