Written in Stone: Climbing’s Most Important Ascents
Plug Tone Audio
4.9from 243 ratings
- 99
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 243
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 26K
- YouTube views
About Written in Stone: Climbing’s Most Important Ascents
Written in Stone tells the (mostly) true stories of the most groundbreaking ascents in rock climbing history, one climb at a time. Hosted by Kris Hampton, you’ll hear the narrated, sound designed stories about what led to new levels, shifted the culture, and changed the game. You'll also get conversations with the climbers who were there and those who were inspired by what went down way back then.Season One: The 1990s and the explosion of sport climbing. Season Two: The 1980’s and the birth of sport climbing as we know it. Season Three: The History of Modern Bouldering.Like Todd Skinner always said, ”never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”
- Publisher
- Plug Tone Audio
- Category
- history · society & culture · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 6 Oct 2023
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
12 of 99 episodes have a transcript.
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bart Van Raaij | 400 Trips to Fontainebleau, Writing Climbing Guidebooks, Bleau.info and More
14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Jacky Godoffe | Making Climbing History in Fontainebleau, Big Boss, Fatman, C'Était Demain and More
19 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
You're Wrong About The Limits of Climbing
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Bart Van Raaij | 400 Trips to Fontainebleau, Writing Climbing Guidebooks, Bleau.info and More
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Quite often, actually. When I started bouldering in Font, I started in Cuvier. Like the people in the older days, they started in Cuvier. I don't know why. It's the most famous area, I guess. Mm-hmm. I hitchhiked to Font and I ended up in Cuvier. It's probably a coincidence. And in Cuvier, there is a boulder with the first 7A, the first 7B, the first 7C next to each other on one boulder. Right, right. And I didn't have the level to climb those when I started, but I climbed my first 7A in Cuvier. So I really love that place. I still remember how happy I was climbing my first 7A in Font. And it's one of the white circuit's problems. […]
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- Bart Van Raaij
- Jacky Godoffe
- Efix Roy
- Ted Kingsnorth
- Jerry Moffatt
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- 26,165
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 101 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 142 ratings
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- 48
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 93
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