In putting together the book Fifty Favorite Climbs: The Ultimate North American Tick List (2001) Mark Kroese set out to interview fifty big names in North American climbing. One of the names on his list was John Bachar.
In 2025 Kroese got in touch with Fitz Cahall and Alex Honnold to see if they would be interested in the tapes as material for their podcast Climbing Gold.
Cahall kindly provided a copy of the full, uninterrupted interview to add to this archive.