Written in Stone: Climbing History podcast

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 Moffatt, Wolfgang Gullich, Catherine Destivelle, Lynn Hill, and more. Like Todd Skinner always said, ”never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”

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 Moffatt, Wolfgang Gullich, Catherine Destivelle, Lynn Hill, and more. Like Todd Skinner always said, ”never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”

 

#54

History Takes Time

While we're working hard on the next episode, an update on some changes to the remainder o... more

03 Feb 2025

04 MINS

04:20

03 Feb 2025


#53

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

Andy Salo and Whitney Boland are modern day Gunks legends. Andy has FA’d some of the harde... more

29 Jan 2025

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:43

29 Jan 2025


#52

Russ Clune on Lynn Hill, Gunks Climbing and Vandals

Russ Clune is a Legend. I once introduced him as climbing's Forrest Gump, because since th... more

27 Jan 2025

43 MINS

43:55

27 Jan 2025


#51

Lynn Hill Vandalizes Perception

In 1983, after years of climbing on Yosemite's granite cracks with John Long and the Stone... more

20 Jan 2025

43 MINS

43:54

20 Jan 2025


#50

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

Many climbers put Jerry Moffatt’s book, <a href='https://amzn.to/3BRglmJ'>Revelations</a>,... more

13 Jan 2025

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:16

13 Jan 2025


#49

Jerry Moffatt is the Best Climber in the World

In 1983, one climber was more dominant than any other: Jerry Moffatt. Filled with confiden... more

06 Jan 2025

45 MINS

45:08

06 Jan 2025


#48

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

There’s nobody better than Bill Ramsey to discuss the impact that Alan Watts had on climbi... more

23 Dec 2024

57 MINS

57:37

23 Dec 2024


#47

Alan Watts Sets Off a Chain Reaction

In early 1983, in a small backwater area in Oregon with less than stellar rock, Smith Rock... more

16 Dec 2024

36 MINS

36:59

16 Dec 2024


#46

David Chambre on Edlinger, Tribout and French Sport Climbing History

Kris chats with French legend David Chambre, the author of one of the best and most beauti... more

11 Dec 2024

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:17

11 Dec 2024


#45

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

Kris sits down in Wyoming with two absolute legends from the 80’s, Jibé Tribout and Arnoul... more

09 Dec 2024

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:45

09 Dec 2024


#44

Patrick Edlinger is a Rock Star

There is no icon of 1980's climbing with the starpower of Patrick Edlinger. Known as Le Bl... more

02 Dec 2024

35 MINS

35:00

02 Dec 2024


#43

Kurt Albert and the Birth of Sport Climbing

As the end of the 1970’s neared, climbers, more and more, the world over, were wondering t... more

25 Nov 2024

22 MINS

22:10

25 Nov 2024


#42

Season 2: The 1980's

Climbing, in the 1990’s, as you’ve already heard, was all punk rock and new wave, rising s... more

18 Nov 2024

03 MINS

03:13

18 Nov 2024


#41

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

Remus Knowles runs <a href='https://climbing-history.org/'>https://climbing-history.org/</... more

19 Aug 2024

34 MINS

34:51

19 Aug 2024