Steve Bechtel on Skinner, Piana, Friendship, and Community
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Steve Bechtel is a Wyoming climbing legend who moved to Lander when the limestone at Wild Iris was discovered and helped to develop it alongside To...
11 Aug 20251h 23min
Paul Piana and Todd Skinner Free the Finest Rock Climb On Earth (Part 2)
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! After causing a ruckus in Yosemite Valley and Index, Todd Skinner didn’t slink away. He looked up. Way up. At El Capitan. He and Paul Piana had bee...
4 Aug 20251h 7min
Paul Piana and Todd Skinner Partner Up and Push the Boundaries (Part 1)
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! By the middle of the 1980s, the shift to sport climbing was in full swing. Two Wyoming cowboys, Paul Piana and Todd Skinner, recognized that the st...
28 Jul 202542min
Rob LeBreton on Snowbird and Australian Sport Climbing in the 1980s
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Rob LeBreton wears a lot of hats. First, he’s a long time friend of the show, but he’s also a dad, husband, gym owner, former president of Sport Cl...
21 Jul 202541min
Alan Watts on Setting for Snowbird, the Drama that Unfolded, and the Comp's Importance to American Indoor Climbing
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Alan Watts is widely recognized as the father of American sport climbing and a leading developer at Smith Rock. However, most don’t know about his ...
14 Jul 20251h 3min
Showdown(s) At Snowbird | Edlinger vs. Tribout and Destivelle vs. Hill
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! In 1985, 19 of the top French climbers signed a manifesto against competition climbing. But competitions came anyway. Quickly, most of those same s...
7 Jul 20251h 5min
Ted Kingsnorth on the Influence of Jerry Moffatt and Chasing History
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! A big part of my research for any UK climber ends up being first, climbing-history.org run by Remus Knowles, but then immediately after I start rea...
30 Jun 20251h 2min
