E202: Tristan Chen - Recovery, pottery and the similarities between bouldering and birding

E202: Tristan Chen - Recovery, pottery and the similarities between bouldering and birding

June 10, 2026 · 2h 11m

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Tristan Chen discusses his recovery from Leukaemia, his passion for pottery, and the parallels between bouldering and birding.

Long overdue, but we managed to get Tristan on the podcast. We've wanted him to come on for a long time. Tristan is a really strong climber from the south east who also has a witty and dry sense of humour which we really appreciate. Known for his hot takes and funny way of phrasing things he was great fun to have on and we enjoyed the chat immensely. Tristan recovered from Leukaemia a couple of years back and we talk about that at the start of the podcast if that's something that you wouldn't...

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Hosts: Sam Prior, Aidan Roberts

Guest: Tristan Chen

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