Charlie Boscoe - Founding a BRAND NEW Bouldering Series

From That's Not Real Climbing by Jinni Xia

January 5, 2026 · 1h 19m · Season 6 · Episode 3

About this episode

Charlie Boscoe returns to discuss the launch of the Pro Climbing League and the challenges faced in its development.

This is Charlie’s second time on the podcast and he’s back with a big announcement! For those who aren’t familiar, Charlie preceded Matt Groom as the IFSC/World Climbing commentator. This time, he’s back to talk about the brand new competition series, Pro Climbing League. In this episode, we’ll go over all the details of what a PCL competition will look like, the challenges they faced the past 5 years putting this together, and I’m diving into all the finances as well. Guest links : PCL Website PCL Instagram Charlie’s Instagram Reference links : Solo Documentary (Kayaking Story) Thank you Mad Rock for sponsoring this episode! Use code 'notrealclimber' for 10% off your ENTIRE order, even if you're a returning customer! https://madrock.com/ Learn more about the podcast at www.thatsnotrealclimbingpodcast.com Follow on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thatsnotrealclimbingpodcast Join the FREE community in Discord! https://discord.gg/QTa668g8zp Join Patreon for a welcome gift, deleted scenes, and question priority: www.patreon.com/thatsnotrealclimbingpodcast Timestamps of discussion topics 0:00 - Intro 1:33 - Mad Rock Shoutout!! 2:13 - PCL test event 3:32 - IFSC/World Climbing…

People in this episode

Host: Jinni Xia

Guest: Charlie Boscoe

Topics covered

Pro Climbing League
bouldering competition
climbing commentary
competition challenges
live routesetting
audience engagement

Keywords

bouldering
climbing league
competition
IFSC
routesetting
audience questions
Mad Rock

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IFSC, Pro Climbing League

Books & works: Solo Documentary

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