Written in Stone: Climbing’s Most Important Ascents
Plug Tone Audio
4.9from 245 ratings
- 100
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 245
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- 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
- 9 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 100 episodes have a transcript.
9 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can We Really Say When Bouldering Began? Yes, We Can.
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
Who has been a guest on Written in Stone: Climbing’s Most Important Ascents
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Bart Van Raaij
- Jacky Godoffe
- Efix Roy
- Ted Kingsnorth
- Jerry Moffatt
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 26,165
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 101 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 144 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 48
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 93
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- Books guests
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How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Written in Stone: Climbing’s Most Important Ascents take guests?
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