Our second episode from the El Cap Meadow with Lauren DeLaunay Miller. Lauren was a contributor to Volume 12 of The Zine, and she’s the author of Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing Check out some more stories/content: www.climbingzine.com Discount link for 15% off any product (except subscriptions) in…
This 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…
Here I am again writing because of a promise I made to myself. I am just over a week out from my vasectomy, and I really don’t feel like writing about it. But, when I was preparing for my vasectomy, I didn’t see much first person writing, so I promised I would do that. In…
Yesterday I got a vasectomy. It was one of those procedures I’d built up a lot in my head; partially from hearing friends experiences, and just the nature of having a surgery on my balls. I did it because I don’t want kids. I’ve never for a moment in my life ever wanted kids. And…
Luke sits down with Beth Rodden in the El Cap Meadow, during the Yosemite Facelift. Beth contributed an essay called Meltdown that’s published in The Climbing Zine, Volume 22. Check out some more stories/content: www.climbingzine.com Discount link for 15% off anything in our online store: https://shop.climbingzine.com/discount/DIRTBAGPODCAST15 Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theclimbingzine Our sponsors: Kilter: http://settercloset.com (email holds@kiltergrips.com…
You 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…
I’ve been working on my first ever “mixtape” – a collection of my poetry, paired with music from Devin Dabney. This is a poem from the tape called “Twenty Two Two’s”. I hope you enjoy it, and look for the Microdose Mixtape to drop later this year. And yes, we’ll be making real tapes! Peace,…
I’ve been working on my first ever “mixtape” – a collection of my poetry, paired with music from Devin Dabney. I wanted to share a preview of the tape first, which is exclusively for our Patreon supporters. I hope you enjoy it, and look for the Microdose Mixtape to drop later this year. And yes,…