Written in Stone: Climbing History

    Written in Stone tells the (mostly) true stories of the most groundbreaking ascents in rock climbing history, one decade at a time. Hosted by Kris Hampton, you’ll hear the narrated, sound designed stories about what led to new levels in climbing, alternated with conversations with today’s top climbers about what inspired them about what went down way back then. Season Two is focused on the 1980’s. The birth of sport climbing as we know it, the struggles with changing rules and ethics, the women who paved the way for the superstars of the 90s and 00s. Patrick Edlinger, Jerry...

  • History Takes Time

  • Andy Salo and Whitney Boland on Lynn Hill and a Love of Gunks Climbing

  • Russ Clune on Lynn Hill, Gunks Climbing and Vandals

  • Lynn Hill Vandalizes Perception

  • Niall Grimes on Moffatt, Revelations and What Jerry Means to Climbing

  • Jerry Moffatt is the Best Climber in the World

  • Bill Ramsey on Alan Watts and Climbing at Smith Rock in the 80's

  • Alan Watts Sets Off a Chain Reaction

  • David Chambre on Edlinger, Tribout and French Sport Climbing History

  • Jibé Tribout and Arnould T'Kint on Patrick Edlinger and Climbing in the 80's

  • Patrick Edlinger is a Rock Star

  • Kurt Albert and the Birth of Sport Climbing

  • Season 2: The 1980's

  • BONUS | Remus Knowles on the Climbers and Ascents We Missed in Season 1

  • BONUS | Matt Samet on Climbing Mags from the 90s to Now

  • Climbing in the 90s: Cultural Shifts and Lessons Learned from Season One

  • Eva Lopez on Women in Sports, Rivalries, and What Josune Means to Climbing History

  • Josune Bereziartu Goes Honky Tonkin'

  • Chris Schulte on the Magic of Fontainebleau, Climbing Lifelist Boulders and Catherine Miquel

  • Catherine Miquel Wins the Duel

  • Josie McKee on Curiosity and the Mindset of Climbing Freerider

  • Chris Kalous on Freerider, Big Wall Climbing Rules, and How the Hubers Shifted History

  • Alex Huber Rides Free

  • How to Climb Cowboy Direct: Jordan Cannon on The Struggle Climbing Show

  • Mike Lilygren on Todd Skinner, Leadership, and Climbing Trango Tower

  • Jordan Cannon on Cowboy Direct, Climbing History and the Importance of Storytelling

  • Todd Skinner and Team Cowboy Up

  • Jonathan Siegrist on the Difficulty of Grading and Climbing for the Challenge

  • Seb Bouin on Akira, Grading DNA and French Climbing History

  • Fred Rouhling, Akira and the Biggest Climbing Controversy of the 1990s

  • BONUS: Nina Caprez on Attempting to Climb The Nose with Lynn Hill

  • Lauren Delaunay Miller on Lynn Hill and The History of Women Climbing in Yosemite

  • Chelsea Griffie on Leading the Way and Being the First Black Woman to Climb El Cap

  • Bobbi Bensman on Lynn Hill and 1990s Competition Climbing

  • Lynn Hill Proves It Goes

  • BONUS: The French vs. The British | A Battle of Route Names

  • Alan Watts on Jibe Tribout, Just Do It and Climbing at Smith in the 90s

  • Adam Ondra on Just Do It and the Importance of Climbing History

  • Jibe Tribout Just Does It

  • Bonus: Mike Call on Filming and Shaping 90’s Era Climbing

  • Dorothea Karalus on Fred Nicole and Climbing La Danse des Balrogs

  • Bjorn Pohl on Fred Nicole and What Makes a Climbing Legend

  • Will Anglin on Fred Nicole and New Ways of Seeing Climbing

  • Fred Nicole Dances with the Demons

  • BONUS: Hubble vs. Action Directe | The World’s First 9a (14d) featuring Alex Megos and Buster Martin

  • Alex Megos on Wolfgang Gullich and Climbing Action Directe

  • Ben Cossey on Wolfgang Gullich and What it Takes to Climb Action Directe

  • Wolfgang Gullich Takes Direct Action

  • Steve McClure on Ben Moon and Climbing Hubble

  • Buster Martin on Ben Moon and Hubble

  • Ben Moon Launches Into Orbit

  • Katie Brown on Climbing with Lynn Hill and Her Other-Worldliness

  • Lynn Hill Reaches Critical Mass

  • Written in Stone S1: The 1990s

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