How to Climb Cowboy Direct: Jordan Cannon on The Struggle Climbing Show
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Today, we're featuring a great conversation between our friend Ryan Devlin, host and creator of the Struggle Climbing Show and member of the Plug T...
11 Maalis 20241h 44min
Mike Lilygren on Todd Skinner, Leadership, and Climbing Trango Tower
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! In his book, Beyond the Summit, Todd Skinner wrote, “Mike Lilygren had a schoolboy face and Dennis the Menace hair, an irritatingly endless sense o...
6 Maalis 20241h 1min
Jordan Cannon on Cowboy Direct, Climbing History, and the Importance of Storytelling
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! In 2023, Yosemite big wall free climbing ace Jordan Cannon joined Matt Segal and Jesse Huey on a trip to Pakistan to test their mettle against Tran...
4 Maalis 20241h 22min
Todd Skinner and Team Cowboy Up
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! In 1995, Todd Skinner began assembling a team for an audacious ascent in the Himalayan Karakoram. He’d been shown photos of a golden, rocket-ship-s...
26 Helmi 202451min
Jonathan Siegrist on the Difficulty of Grading and Climbing for the Challenge
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Jonathan Siegrist isn’t just one of America’s best and most prolific sport climbers, having climbed over 25 5.15’s. He’s also someone who thinks de...
21 Helmi 20241h 13min
Seb Bouin on Akira, Grading DNA, and French Climbing History
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Seb Bouin is one of only three climbers who have climbed 5.15d (9c). Following in the footsteps of leading French climbers, he established his test...
19 Helmi 202443min
Fred Rouhling, Akira, and the Biggest Climbing Controversy of the 1990s
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Fred Rouhling was a good climber, but 5.15b? At a time when 14d was the hardest grade, Fred suggested that his half boulder/half route hybrid, Akir...
12 Helmi 202449min
BONUS: Nina Caprez on Attempting to Climb The Nose with Lynn Hill
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Nina Caprez is a weapon. Known as the ‘Swiss Machine’, and easily one of the most accomplished big wall free climbers on the planet, she had her ey...
7 Helmi 20249min
