Our first episode! Hosts Joel, Thatcher, and Daniel sit down with our guest (and good friend) David Bruneau. We discuss Newfoundland climbing guidebooks, specifically focusing on the upcoming release of David's new Newfoundland Climbing Guidebook!

Episode Timestamps

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:02:30) – Introducing David Bruneau and his bolting and FAing the hardest route in Newfoundland

(00:06:45) – History of NL guidebooks

(00:09:30) – The use of Mountain Project in NL

(00:12:28) – Routes and boulders changing after guidebooks are published 

(00:16:30) – Joining Lewis for the guidebook project 

(00:18:20) – How much is left to finish?

(00:20:40) – How good is the climbing in Newfoundland?

(00:23:40) – What goes in Route descriptions?

(00:25:37) – What percentage of the routes in NL has David done?

(00:28:35) – Adobe InDesign and AI

(00:33:09) – Updates and 2nd Editions

(00:36:38) – What to routes/boulders to include or exclude in a guidebook

(00:43:42) – Scoping out routes to get information for the guidebook

(00:46:10) – ETA for guidebook and 11th hour edits

(00:48:40) – Edgy route names: to change or not to change 

(00:52:40) – What to do with un-named routes? And looking for Sean McDowell

(00:55:10) – Submitting routes on Mountain Project post-guidebook

(00:56:15) – Mountain Project VS Kaya

(00:57:53) – Why physical guidebooks will never be replaced

(01:00:05) – The history of climbing in NL and the bolt wars of the 90s

(01:03:40) – Physical features of a Guidebook

(01:05:16) – Creating area maps using QGIS

(01:08:35) – Who’s writing the Forward and is there a dedication?

(01:09:18) – Having a Top 50 routes in the guidebook

(01:12:30) – Driving traffic and access concerns

(01:14:45) – New climbers: learn rope skills from courses and mentors