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...
25 Dec 20231h 28min
Dorothea Karalus on Fred Nicole and Climbing La Danse des Balrogs
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Dorothea Karalus drove over 400 miles, repeatedly, over several years to repeat Fred Nicole’s classic V13 La Danse des Balrogs in Branson, Switzerl...
22 Dec 202337min
Björn Pohl on Fred Nicole and What Makes a Climbing Legend
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Björn Pohl is a climbing journalist and podcaster who has covered climbing since the late '90s, and has seen the impact of Fred Nicole on boulderin...
20 Dec 202341min
Will Anglin on Fred Nicole and New Ways of Seeing Climbing
Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Will Anglin spends a lot of time thinking hard about hard bouldering. And good bouldering. And of course, doing as much of both as possible. As fou...
18 Dec 202358min
