
Women Climbers of the '80s Part 3: Unique Strengths
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! In Part 3 of our series on female climbers of the 1980s, we wrap up the decade with difficulty reaching new heights. We see a smart pattern start t...
21 Apr 202536min

Women Climbers of the '80s Part 2: Power In Numbers
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! In Part 2 of our series on women climbers of the 1980s, we focus on the middle of the decade, when difficulty soared. We take a closer look at the...
14 Apr 202535min

Women Climbers of the '80s Part 1: It Wasn't Because They Weren't There
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! The history of women in climbing, in it’s written form, is woefully incomplete. In this, the first of a multi-part series, we attempt to correct so...
7 Apr 202543min

We're Giving Away 3 Rab Hoodies!
Our main sponsor this season, Rab, is giving away three of their Ascendor Light Hoodies, mens or womens, any color in stock. To enter, go to https://www.patreon.com/secretstonersclub Learn more about...
31 Mar 20252min

History Misses Things
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! We're taking a short break because we want to make sure that we don't miss the important contributions from the women climbers of the 80's who were...
17 Mar 20254min

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,...
12 Mar 202557min

Alex Honnold on Peter Croft, John Bachar, Free-Soloing, and Climbing Big Yosemite Linkups
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Does Alex Honnold need an introduction? No, of course he doesn’t. But he was particularly suited for this conversation about Bachar and Croft for s...
10 Mar 202552min

John Bachar Chooses Peter Croft For a New Game
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! It was 1986, over halfway through a decade that had brought turbulent change to climbing, and it was clear to John Bachar that even in Yosemite - h...
3 Mar 202547min




















