Written in Stone: Climbing History

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Kris chats with French legend David Chambre, the author of one of the best and most beautiful reference books out there for '90s climbing history, ...

11 Dec 20241h 2min

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Kris sits down in Wyoming with two absolute legends from the '80s, Jibé Tribout and Arnould T’Kint, to talk about Patrick Edlinger and the birth of...

9 Dec 20241h 7min

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! There is no icon of 1980's climbing with the starpower of Patrick Edlinger. Known as Le Blonde, it's estimated that by the mid 1990's, Edlinger was...

2 Dec 202435min

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 Juni 202431min