Llanberis Pass, where stone bites skin and quarry wind hums with ghosts — Stone Monkey was born there. The scarred slate of North Wales, shaped by industry and tested by climbers, holds stories of grit and grace. From the jagged hollows of Dinorwic to the sea-battered cliffs of Gogarth, a generation in the ’80s and ’90s carved a culture out of stone: bold, inventive, and fiercely dedicated to climbing.
Those climbs weren’t just ascents — they were testaments to courage, skill and determination. Routes and afternoons of laughter were scrawled in battered notebooks in cafés; those pages became the tribe’s ledger. The rituals of that era — mistakes, repairs, arguments over grade, and the shared pint afterwards — are sewn into our DNA.
Our Roots: Slate, Rock, and Passion for the Outdoors
The quarries of Llanberis are more than backdrop — they are a crucible. Once the lifeblood of roofs and railways, these slabs became classrooms for a new kind of climber: one who read the rock like a language, placed bolts where the slate would allow, and stitched routes together with ingenuity. Gogarth’s sea-forged edges taught another lesson: weather the elements, respect the line, and move with conviction.
Today: The Tribe in Motion
The spirit that arose from slate lives on in climbing gyms, on gritstone edges, in alpine faces, and on far-flung crags. Stone Monkey designs gear that carries that spirit: honest, hard-wearing, and made to move with the climber. Our pieces are tested where it matters — on sharp slate, in salt spray, and under fluorescent gym lights.
Heritage without action is just nostalgia. We turn action into support. The battered notebook has its modern counterpart: an open, living ledger of climbs, projects, and people. It is recorded in the lines our ambassadors draw and the places our tribe gathers.
Our Mission
Climbing is a lifelong art. To keep it alive for future generations, Stone Monkey is building a treasury — not of stone, but of durable value. We’re using a Bitcoin reserve as a public, long-term fund that underwrites a simple pledge:
- Sponsor ambassadors who teach, explore, and inspire;
- Fund climbing gyms and walls that introduce new people to the vertical world;
- Support professional climbers and projects that expand what’s possible on rock.
This treasury is our modern forge. It turns purchases into investment, threads into resources, and stories into support. When you buy Stone Monkey, you’re not just getting kit — you’re contributing to a cause that helps keep climbing accessible and adventurous.
Ambassadors: The Living Notebook
Our ambassadors are not influencers in the usual sense. They are torchbearers — climbers who carry the tribe’s values into new arenas. They coach in gyms, find routes on crags, compete with integrity, and document projects that matter.
Think of them as the rock cats who write the next entries in the café ledger. Each ambassador’s work — funded by the treasury — becomes a public story: a training guide, an expedition, a community project, or a local climbing wall upgrade. Their updates feed our living notebook, and their achievements become part of the tribe’s shared history.
What We Make: Gear with a Soul
Stone Monkey kit is functional, honest, and durable. We design for the art of real climbs: fabrics that breathe when you flash on a boulder, designs that flow when you smear on slate, and stitching that lasts like a granit peak. Every product carries our promises:
- Made to do the job;
- It will carry the story;
- You will climb in style.
Each stitch, design, and emblem is made to endure. Wear it anywhere your climbing sends — Dinorwic slate, the sea cliffs of Gogarth, or your local gym — the kit moves with you.
Visit Stone Monkey International
We deliver Stone Monkey climbing clothing to Europe and North America. Use the regional storefronts for local pricing, shipping and returns:
- Europe storefront — eu.officialstonemonkey.com
- North America storefront — us.officialstonemonkey.com
Join the Ledger
Wear the spirit of the red dragon. Share your ascent with #StoneMonkeyTribe. Every story added is another entry in the living notebook and another reason our treasury supports the climbing community.
Visit our Ambassadors page to join the tribe, propose a project, and learn how the treasury turns purpose into lasting support. Want your climb to be part of the story? Tell us about your project, your gym, or your group plan — Stone Monkey exists to move climbing forward, together.
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