{"podcast":{"title":"Written in Stone: Climbing History","slug":"written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506","podcast_index_feed_id":6643506,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/written-in-stone/feed.xml","website_url":"https://written-in-stone.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17334982/wis-s3-main.jpg","author":"Plug Tone Audio","episode_count":95,"summary":"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 in climbing, alternated with conversations with today’s top climbers about what inspired them about what went down way back then. Season One: The 1990’s Season Two: The 1980’s Season Three: The History of Modern Bouldering Like Todd Skinner always said, ”never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T04:21:35.105382+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506"},"episode":{"title":"Rob LeBreton on Snowbird and Australian Sport Climbing in the 1980s","slug":"rob-lebreton-on-snowbird-and-australian-sport-climbing-in-the-1980s","published_at":"2025-07-21T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506/rob-lebreton-on-snowbird-and-australian-sport-climbing-in-the-1980s","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506","url":"https://written-in-stone.podbean.com/e/rob-lebreton-on-snowbird-and-australian-sport-climbing-in-the-1980s/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dgde772geuzsqb8m/Rob-LeBreton-Convo.mp3","summary":"Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Rob LeBreton wears a lot of hats. First, he’s a long time friend of the show, but he’s also a dad, husband, gym owner, former president of Sport Climbing Australia, and absolute climbing legend - the first Australian to establish climbs of 31 and 32 (13d and 14a) in Australia. After the Snowbird episode came out, Rob sent me a video of the finals that he had recorded onto VHS back in 1988, which resulted in several things. First, I got excited to see the famous Edlinger moment at the top of the wall. Second, I posted it on YouTube and have been blown away by how many people are excited to see it - the link is in the shownotes - and third, it made me realize how much someone across the world can be impacted by a story and the media created around that story. So I asked Rob to come on the show so I could better understand where Australian climbing was in '88 and what seeing this television broadcast meant to him. Watch the Snowbird Finals Video at https://youtu.be/Gl0spp0S34Q Check out our website for related episodes, resources and more! Join the Secret Stoners Club for FREE and get bonus episodes. ---------------------------------- Season Two is generously supported by Rab. This episode is supported by Tension Climbing and The Tension Board 2. Written in Stone is co-created with Power Company Climbing.","meta_description":"Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Rob LeBreton wears a lot of hats. First, he’s a long time friend of the show, but he’s also a dad, hu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2518,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506/episodes/rob-lebreton-on-snowbird-and-australian-sport-climbing-in-the-1980s/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506/rob-lebreton-on-snowbird-and-australian-sport-climbing-in-the-1980s.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}