Jeff Smoot on John Bachar, Peter Croft, and the Shift in Climbing in the '80s

Jeff Smoot on John Bachar, Peter Croft, and the Shift in Climbing in the '80s

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s!

Because this season is focused on the 1980s, and we are talking about the two best free soloists of their generations, Peter Croft and John Bachar, there is a Venn Diagram that puts today’s guest squarely in the center: Jeff Smoot.

In Jeff’s book Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change and the Race for 5.14, he tells the tale of the beginnings of sport climbing in the U.S. - of Alan Watts and Todd Skinner - tales that John Bachar often plays the antagonist for. His most recent book, All and Nothing: Inside Free Soloing, takes a look at, among others, Bachar and Croft.

And Jeff was there for much of it. As I’ve been doing research, his name has come up over and over again as the author of key articles. I had to talk to him. No brainer.

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