Climbing Gold
Episodes
Chapter 10: Room For Growth
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is climbing defined by adventure or athleticism? How does a sport grow and evolve? Alex and Fitz discuss these questions and other nuggets as they ref...
Chapter 9: Untelling The Story
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ship Rock. The Totem Pole. Spider Rock. Just because it’s there doesn’t mean we should climb it. We dive into the troubled relationship between cl...
Bit of Gold Bonus: Fricking Stanley
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sean “Stanley” Leary never got a lot of media attention, but he was a driving force in the progression of the sport and beloved by the climbing co...
Chapter 8: Give And Take
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a protracted battle over bolts and sport climbing, American climbers nearly lost the ability to climb on public lands in the early 1990s. It wou...
Intermission: The 50,000 Ft View
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From our co-creators at the Dirtbag Diaries, we're sharing a story about a type of climbing that we haven’t touched on in this series: Alpinism. In ...
Chapter 7: This Place Will Change Climbing
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As climbing gyms become a global crag of sorts, how do we welcome people in? Do climbing gyms become a country club or the mechanism for broadening th...
Bit Of Gold Bonus: Pizza Party
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Rodden inspired a generation of climbers with her incredible free ascents of El Cap and hard trad climbs. Her leap into that realm began at an im...
Chapter 6: When Climbing Takes Flight
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By the mid 2000’s climbing was growing, but the ephemeral first ascents were harder to find. Enter BASE jumping. The leaders of our sport stepped to...
Chapter 5: A Magician Needs A Stage
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
El Cap. Free. In a day. Putting those words on your resume puts you in the league of legends. How did that become the bar? Lynn Hill. A singular athle...
Bit Of Gold Bonus: He Doesn't Know Beans
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1954, John Gill took his first climbing trip to Colorado. Tired of trudging up the steep mountain peaks and without a partner, Gill h...
Chapter 4: The Invisible Cord
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A physical and intellectual anomaly, John Gill’s vision for climbing would ultimately drive the sport’s athletic progression and help bring it to ...
Bit Of Gold Bonus: Crack Wars
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1980’s, a Wells Fargo parking garage in the San Fernando Valley became a clandestine climbing laboratory and pre-runner to climbing gyms. We...
Chapter 3: This Is How You Spell Climbing
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cultural trends, new gear and community have powered the growth of climbing rather than individual athletes. Occasionally though, a generational talen...
Chapter 2: Tap-Tap-Twist
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The online climbing route database Mountain Project lists more than 200,000 routes in the U. S. alone. Behind each route is a person who took the time...
Chapter 1: More Bird Than Larry Bird
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Climbing doesn’t have a rule book. So who decides how climbing changes and evolves? Peter Croft and Alex talk about their climbing heroes and pushin...
Introducing Climbing Gold
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What connects the past, present and future of rock climbing? In season one of Climbing Gold, the sport’s biggest star Alex Honnold and co-host Fit...
Coming Soon
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is coming. Climbing Gold. Stories from the past, present and future of climbing. Alex Honnold and co-host Fitz Cahall share stories from the people...