Written In Stone: The 1990s

$19.95

Written In Stone is the popular podcast that tells the (mostly) true stories of the most ground-breaking ascents in rock climbing history. Narrator Kris Hampton takes us back in time to the moments that led to new levels in climbing, along with thoughts from today’s top climbers about how they were inspired by what went down way back then.

We’ve compiled the stories from Season 1: The 1990s into a book!

The decade included major milestones like Lynn Hill’s Nose-in-a-Day ascent, Fred Nicole doing trail-blazing boulders, and limit-pushing FA’s by Jibé Tribout, Wolfgang Güllich, and more!

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PRESALE!

Books should ship starting October 1. Presale copies will be signed by the author.

THE FIRST 60 ORDERS WILL ALSO RECEIVE A FREE SIGNED PHOTO!
Choose from: Lynn Hill on the Nose OR Jibé Tribout on Just Do It.

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Written In Stone is the popular podcast that tells the (mostly) true stories of the most ground-breaking ascents in rock climbing history. Narrator Kris Hampton takes us back in time to the moments that led to new levels in climbing, along with thoughts from today’s top climbers about how they were inspired by what went down way back then.

We’ve compiled the stories from Season 1: The 1990s into a book!

The decade included major milestones like Lynn Hill’s Nose-in-a-Day ascent, Fred Nicole doing trail-blazing boulders, and limit-pushing FA’s by Jibé Tribout, Wolfgang Güllich, and more!

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PRESALE!

Books should ship starting October 1. Presale copies will be signed by the author.

THE FIRST 60 ORDERS WILL ALSO RECEIVE A FREE SIGNED PHOTO!
Choose from: Lynn Hill on the Nose OR Jibé Tribout on Just Do It.

Excerpt from Written In Stone: The 1990s:

“I realized that… climbing history wasn’t a bunch of disparate events like we often believe. Instead, it was a series of interrelated and connected moments, one building off the previous, the next climber having that much more of an advantage. Even in worlds that seem entirely separate – like sport climbing and bouldering – the overlap was just too much to ignore.

At the same time, I recognized the importance of being critical of the way we’ve handled history – often as something that, ironically, means our “rules” are written in stone.

 But they aren’t.

 We can use history to see that we could have done it better, and we get to learn from those mistakes. Sometimes, as you’ll see, that means interrogating some of our time-honored traditions.

 So instead of just telling the story of a particular ascent, the season became about telling the story of climbing itself. Where it was at the beginning of the ‘90s and where it had evolved to by the turn of the century. The people who had pushed it to that place, and the routes and boulders that represented the top level of that change.

And most important, if and how these events were connected, and what we can learn from where we went wrong and where we got it right.”