*Rare Zine* Volume 13 just posted up for sale
We just came across an unexpected find in the Zine storage: a small box of Volume 13s. Now posted up for sale. Score one if you can! *RARE ZINE* The Climbing Zine Volume 13
The Climbing Zine is a creative collective fueled by passion, dirt, and rocks.
Notes From A Climber During A War by Asia Zughaiar
I’m in the back of an orange Skoda Fabia, with the white-and-green license plate that marks us as Palestinians, cruising through the mountains of the West Bank on our way to the crag. I grabbed a Black Diamond bottle opener, which I acquired from the Black Diamond store in Boulder, Colorado, earlier this year, to…
The Wide Tour by Mary Eden (an excerpt from Volume 25)
How did I end up becoming an off-width climber? I used to absolutely hate off-widths—mostly because I didn’t like the way it felt thrashing blindly inside of them. It hurt. It felt unpleasant. And I never had enough wide gear. The whole endeavor felt like a waste of time. My first visit to the off-width…
A Marriage On The Rocks by Barbara Noseworthy
It’s 1981, and I’m 22 years old, about to graduate from college, trying to sort out what happens next. And there’s this guy I really like. He’s good looking, smart, funny, and a rock climber. I confess, I had this thing for rock climbers, especially those with large biceps. by Barbara Noseworthy, published in Volume…
Sugar Daddy by Steve “Crusher” Bartlett
I’d been driving past this rock, near Hanksville, for years. It’s just begging to be climbed but looked impossible without drilling a ladder of large holes for spikes (rebar? footing stakes?) of some kind. And what kind of fun is that? The “rock” appeared to be too soft to nail, too crumbly to bolt. There…
The Dirtbags Aren’t Dead, They’re Just In Mexico by Luke Mehall (an excerpt from Volume 25)
Don’t you put any more stress on yourself It’s one day at a time —Mac Miller, “Circles” Part of me always thought I’d die young. I had this feeling even before I was a climber, long before I took the risks with our lives that we climbers take. It was probably related to the depression…
Drifter Shoots, A Photo Essay by Isaac Wright
I was told it must’ve been awful for a person like me to spend the large majority of days locked down in a cell. Every “awful” thing is an opportunity for the spirit to rise above. Words and art by Isaac Wright, published in Volume 22, now available The truth is that nature…