Note: this poem is published in Volume 20 of The Zine. Photo by the author. we take climbing as medicine: you insist, but your pill bottles shrink four… three… two and you’re gone lost as the gear we bailed on during solemn retreat after groveling, questing up & up & up until our callused hands…
https://climbingzine.com/we-take-climbing-as-medicine-by-fallon-rowe-2/
Climbing YouTuber Emil Abrahamsson stopped by to climb with the Free Solo star recently
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Access Fund was founded in 1991 to protect America’s climbing. We’ve made so much progress on that front—from passing bills in Congress to buying threatened climbing areas to building sustainable trails—but our work is not done. In fact, it’s just as important as ever.
https://www.accessfund.org/latest-news/big-news-black-diamond-is-matching-all-donations-to-protect-americas-climbing
Walking up to the base of Freerider, I felt rested, light, but increasingly nervous. Two years ago, I’d never climbed a single big wall. Seven months ago, I’d never rope soloed a single pitch of climbing. I’d still never soloed a big wall in any way, shape, or form: aid, free, French free. Yet here…
https://climbingzine.com/first-solo-free-in-a-day-el-capitan/
There are climbing partners, and there are the climbing partners. The partner you want to climb to the ends of the Earth and back with. The one you’d follow all the way to the moon. The one who eats, drinks, and breathes climbing. The climber who is not only skilled but also a student of…
https://climbingzine.com/replacing-the-seamstress-corner-with-dave-marcinowski-by-luke-mehall/
Her send is the the ninth ascent of Mission Impossible (E9 7a) at Gallt Yr Ogof in Gwynedd, Wales
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