We are psyched to announce our story list for Volume 26! This will be our first ever “El Cap sized” issue – with more stories, photos, poetry, and art than ever before. Here’s a look at the list. Link here to subscribe/preorder. Cover photo by Tom Evans, back cover by Ivan Iozza A Shadow…
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Volume 26 Story List Released
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New Dirtbag State of Mind hoodies + shirts + stickersShop our redesigned Dirtbag State of Mind design in hoodies, shirts, and stickers. Design by Mallory Logan.
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Creeksgiving by Luke Mehall (Dirtbag Classic)Luke Mehall reads his essay “Creeksgiving” originally published in The Alpinist, issue 48. Our sponsors for Season 7: Kilter: http://settercloset.com (email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information) Osprey: https://www.osprey.com/ Scarpa. Use this link to shop Scarpa products, and The Zine will get a portion of the sale: https://alnk.to/3ye6GT2 Subscribe/ score some books/clothes/stickers: https://shop.climbingzine.com/ Photo of Uncle Samson and Tim Foulkes…
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We Take Climbing As Medicine by Fallon RoweNote: 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…
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Going Out To Come Home by Stacy BareThe night was cold, and where the moon and stars shone around patches of clouds, they were incredibly bright. There was no ambient light out here. I was standing on a half-finished patio attached to a half-finished house in an otherwise empty summer-herding village. It was early March, months before the village would be occupied.…
Going Out To Come Home by Stacy Bare
Stacy Bare climbs in Angola with Alex Honnold and skis the tallest peak in Iraq. The Adventure Not War founder reflects on this for Volume 12. #readthezine
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Help On The Way at Cave Wall WestIn celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first route at Cave Wall, a story read by Luke Mehall Our sponsors for Season 7: Kilter: http://settercloset.com (email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information) Osprey: https://www.osprey.com/ Scarpa. Use this link to shop Scarpa products, and The Zine will get a portion of the sale: https://alnk.to/3ye6GT2 Subscribe/ score some books/clothes/stickers: https://shop.climbingzine.com/ Photo…
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Suicide and Pirates by Andrew AllportMy father taught me how to climb, just as he taught me how to play guitar and ski—badly, I could say. But that isn’t quite right. Perhaps impatiently or unevenly. As a teacher, he managed to combine a sense of high expectations with a stunning lack of actual instruction. I would follow his skin track…
Suicide and Pirates by Andrew Allport
Andrew Allport reflects on his climbing mentor, his father, and the journeys they went on together. Suicide and Pirates from Volume 12 of The Climbing Zine.
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The Art of The First Ascent by Luke MehallYou know you’re getting old when they start replacing the bolts you used for a first ascent. That was my first thought when I heard that an anchor I’d placed, over in my old stomping grounds of Gunnison, Colorado, was getting an update. Story by Luke Mehall. This piece is published in Volume 15, now…
The Art of The First Ascent by Luke Mehall
Luke Mehall writes about the art of the first ascent, and learns from some lessons; often by making some mistakes, both in real life and online.
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On Shooshing and Experience by Ana Allyshooshing v. 1. Acting cowardly while climbing for no tangible reason. Note this piece is published in Volume 18 of The Climbing Zine fingers gripping, slipping soft grains of sand against rubber a brief slide of foot down rock breath tightens, body clenches doubt seeps in it’s all too much I…
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In Love with Climbing with Sonnie Trotter, Part 1Part 1 of our conversation with Sonnie Trotter, author of the new book “Uplifted”. Our sponsors for Season 7: Kilter: http://settercloset.com (email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information) Osprey: https://www.osprey.com/ Scarpa. Use this link to shop Scarpa products, and The Zine will get a portion of the sale: https://alnk.to/3ye6GT2 Subscribe/ score some books/clothes/stickers: https://shop.climbingzine.com/ Photo of Sonnie on Cobra Crack…
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Where The Winds Hit Heavy by Matt SpohnThe granite escarpments of Castle Crags silhouetted the western skyway, massive gargoyles hunched and staring. I thought of my mother’s words: “Don’t do that. You’ll get hurt. Be safe. You’re going to die.” Sentences that salted every conversation I had with her. I revved the engine and accelerated. I’d intended to get on the road…
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Growing Up Skinner by Becca SkinnerI looked down at my Gri-Gri as a salty tear rolled off my cheek into a thousand feet of space and granite. I wiped my eyes with the back of my hand, black with sweat and dirt, and moved my ascender up the rope again. “I can’t believe I wanted to do this,” I thought…
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An Existence of Persistence (a poem) by Devin DabneyA passion that fuels Is one that burns brightly Words by Devin Dabney. Photos by Angelique Brown. Published in The Climbing Zine Book 2. The small space Between boredom and anxiety Where we form notoriety for lack of sobriety and zero propriety for standard society Many try to capture the essence— To…
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Preview of our Sonnie Trotter Conversation (with Cliff Cash poetry)A preview of our upcoming two part episode with Sonnie Trotter. Plus a poem “Climbing Romeo and Juliet” by Cliff Cash. Photo of Sonnie on Cobra Crack, Squamish by Paul Bride
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Pain and Perseverance: Linking Sixteen Towers in a Day by Matt Pickren“If you just stop for a second, I can show you there’s no road out there!” Ben said. “I know there’s a road there; we drove it a couple years ago!” I fired back. We hadn’t even started an ordeal that would surely drive us to our wits’ ends, and we were already lost and…
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The Low Key Legend with Jimmie Dunn (Dirtbag Classic)A rerun of our conversation with Jimmie Dunn from 2022. Our sponsors for Season 7: Kilter: http://settercloset.com (email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information) Osprey: https://www.osprey.com/ Scarpa. Use this link to shop Scarpa products, and The Zine will get a portion of the sale: https://alnk.to/3ye6GT2 Subscribe/ score some books/clothes/stickers: https://shop.climbingzine.com/
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About The Jimmie Dunn Cover (The Climbing Zine Book)As I’ve said and written before, my favorite thing about publishing The Zine is the connections it helps create. I am able to connect with people that I wouldn’t otherwise be connected to if I didn’t publish this zine. Thus is the case with the legendary climber Jimmie Dunn. by Luke Mehall I met…
About The Jimmie Dunn Cover (The Climbing Zine Book)
Jimmie Dunn tells the epic story behind the cover shot for The Climbing Zine Book. The book contains our favorite essays from Volumes 1-11.
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Climbing Children’s Book: Squeak Goes Climbing in Yosemite National Park (now in paperback)UPDATE: the paperback edition of Squeak! has been released. You can get a copy of the book here. Longtime Zine contributor and all around good guy, D Scott Borden announced the release of his children’s book, Squeak Goes Climbing in Yosemite National Park. Borden wrote the story and our wonderful designer, Mallory Logan did the…
Squeak Goes Climbing in Yosemite National Park, A Children’s Book.
Announcing a children’s book from longtime Zine contributor D Scott Borden. The book is called Squeak Goes Climbing In Yosemite National Park.
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Part 2: Chuck Pratt, Liquid Sunshine by Pat AmentThis is part 2 of Pat Ament’s essay, published in Volume 17. If you missed part 1, you can read it here. If you enjoyed this story please subscribe, it’s what keeps the zine dream alive! Banner photo of Pratt by Glen Denny. The psychic storm of the 1960s included the beautiful revelations and also…
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Up (and over) the Pope’s Nose by Josh Smith“Think we could throw a haul bag out of an airplane? That would make the approach really easy.” Kennan was looking at me and Jeff with a twinkle in his eye, and unsure if he was serious, I asked, “Can you even open a plane door in flight, and if you could, wouldn’t it destabilize…
