Louise Shepherd on Her Female Climbing Role Models and Connecting with Other Women in the '80s

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! As the end of the 1970’s neared, climbers, more and more, the world over, were wondering the same thing. “How hard can we climb? In this setup epis...

25 Nov 202422min

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Climbing, in the 1990s, as you’ve already heard, was all punk rock and new wave, rising standards and superstar climbers pushing each other forward...

18 Nov 20243min

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Remus Knowles runs https://climbing-history.org/ , and since he's a fan of the show, I asked him to come on and tell me which climbers and ascents ...

19 Aug 202434min

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Matt Samet is a legend of the climbing magazine world, having worked for Climbing, Rock & Ice and Alpinist as an editor, writer and general voice o...

5 Aug 202424min

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Sometimes you need time away to realize what you were in the midst of.  In this episode Kris reflects on the season, where the true cultural shifts...

11 Jun 202431min

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Eva Lopez is one of the top Spanish climbers in history. While she is largely known as one of the world’s foremost researchers on training for clim...

22 Apr 202457min

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Basque superstar Josune Bereziartu first tied in as the 80’s were changing into the 90’s, after seeing a documentary showing two women climbing in ...

15 Apr 202433min

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Chris Schulte is a boulderer who is obsessed with the lines and shapes of climbing. He fell in love with Fontainebleau many years ago based on a ph...

8 Apr 20241h 15min