
Chelsea Griffie on Leading the Way and Being the First Black Woman to Climb El Cap
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! In 2001, Chelsea Griffie topped out on Lurking Fear on the far left side of El Capitan and became the first black woman to climb the world famous f...
31 Jan 202433min

Bobbi Bensman on Lynn Hill and 1990s Competition Climbing
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Bobbi Bensman was one of the most dominant competition climbers of the 1990s, winning the Phoenix Bouldering Contest 13 years in a row and 20 Natio...
29 Jan 202436min

Lynn Hill Proves It Goes
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Lynn Hill was looking for a different kind of progression. By the mid-1990’s climbing grades had skyrocketed, and Lynn was climbing harder and hard...
22 Jan 202439min

BONUS: The French vs. The British | A Battle of Route Names
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Starting in the 80s, and extending well into the 90s, it seemed to be the French vs. The British for sport climbing supremacy. At the middle of thi...
15 Jan 202430min

Alan Watts on Jibé Tribout, Just Do It, and Climbing at Smith in the '90s
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Alan Watts might have bolted the best routes of the 1980s and '90s. Chain Reaction, To Bolt or Not To Be, Just Do It. He didn’t have a front row se...
10 Jan 202451min

Adam Ondra on Just Do It and the Importance of Climbing History
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! In November of 2018, at Smith Rock, Oregon, Adam Ondra made one of the most impressive onsights in the history of climbing. The first 14c in the US...
8 Jan 202442min

Jibé Tribout Just Does It
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Brash and bold, Jibé Tribout had a futuristic vision, and he was willing to Just Do It. Even if that meant flying around the world to try a route h...
1 Jan 202430min

Bonus: Mike Call on Filming and Shaping '90s Era Climbing
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Merry Christmas! As a gift for listening and sharing the show, we’ve not only put together a massive list of climbing films from the 1990’s that yo...
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