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Lynn Hill needs no intro. She’s best known as the individual who completed the first free ascent of the Nose of El Capitan, as well as the first person to free El Cap in a single day. The ascent broke gender barriers and progressed the sport. Today, Lynn is returning to the fundamentals, through a new video series that is designed to help climbers learn how to move as naturally, efficiently, and effectively as possible. We sat down with Lynn in her Boulder home to catch up with one of the sport’s absolute legends.
But first we get in the weeds with Viet Nguyen, a controversial coder responsible for OpenBeta.io, which has the goal of developing climbing’s first open-source route database. We try to unpack what open source means, and why it will become the future of climbing guides and apps.
Our final bit is the climber/surfer band, Wanted Noise, from San Diego, California. The track? Cruise Control.
Show Notes
Check out The Fundamentals of Climbing by Lynn Hill.
The Future of Climbing Guides Must be Open Source on Evening Sends.
Wanted Noise on Youtube. And @wantednoiseca on Instagram
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3 responses to “RunOut #97: Why Lynn Hill is going back to the fundamentals”
Chris seems to either miss the point of open source when he contradicts his concern with misinformation on Mtn. Project with question (or statement) about being on the side of curated documentation due to its reliability. Using Wikipedia as an analogy to fact checking and correcting misinformation – wherever misinformation exists on openbeta, any member of the climbing community (including Chris) has the opportunity to provide the correct (and/or more correct) beta. Guidebooks and their authors will always have their place as what they provide are far more immersive and detailed than any crowdsourced collective. Take a look at what Rick Steves, the original travel writer, is doing these days. Despite the plethora of online open source travel guides, Rick is still thriving in his travel writing and shows no signs of leaning back. His personality, his expertise and experience give discerning travelers the bespoke storylines that the crowded collectives will never be able to string together let alone accommodate. Lynn Hill’s video series is another example (if not more appropo) how our climbing heros’ and resident experts will always have a place for those who want to get away from the chatter. A site claiming to open-source the original fundamentals of climbing might acquire significant membership but I seriously doubt would ever take away from Lynn’s intended audience. Her unique perspective, so meticulously thought about and assembled together are even more valuable considering the taxing effort it takes to triage any good information online – crowdsourced or not. I applaud what openbeta is attempting to do – and I hope the climbing community (as smart as they are) take the time to try and see the benefit of having the ability to curate their projects and home crags in a variety of modern and efficient ways. It’s an honor system – trust is key. The routes you climb are open to anybody. The data associated with them should be too.
That outro tune is the squirts.
That outro tune is the squirtsiest.