{"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":"Steve Bechtel on Skinner, Piana, Friendship, and Community","slug":"steve-bechtel-on-skinner-piana-friendship-and-community","published_at":"2025-08-11T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506/steve-bechtel-on-skinner-piana-friendship-and-community","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506","url":"https://written-in-stone.podbean.com/e/steve-bechtel-on-skinner-piana-friendship-and-community/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/x9dnk2a2wehf3vr2/Steve-Bechtel-Convo.mp3","summary":"Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Steve Bechtel is a Wyoming climbing legend who moved to Lander when the limestone at Wild Iris was discovered and helped to develop it alongside Todd Skinner and Paul Piana. In this episode we discuss the sides of Skinner and Piana that often get lost when listing accomplishments - their roles as friends and community builders. Their humanity. Find Steve online. PREORDER THE BOOK AND GET BONUS EPISODES! BIG WALLS, SIGNED BY PAUL PIANA: https://www.powercompanyclimbing.com/store/p/big-walls 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! Steve Bechtel is a Wyoming climbing legend who moved to Lander when the limestone at Wild Iris was di…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5032,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506/episodes/steve-bechtel-on-skinner-piana-friendship-and-community/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/steve-bechtel-on-skinner-piana-friendship-and-community.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}