The Climbing Zine is a creative collective fueled by passion, dirt, and rocks.
A remembrance of our fallen comrades, as well as the long gone friendships. Originally published in The Climbing Zine Book. Pick up a copy at our online store: https://shop.climbingzine.com/ Read more stories/watch videos/explore: https://climbingzine.com
A roommate and dear friend of mine used to talk both eloquently and incessantly about her Purple Rabbit. She would describe its power, its pleasuring capabilities with the benefits of independence and non-attachment. Often I thought she shared to entertain our friends’ appalled reactions, although over time, I realized her serious appreciation for her rabbit.…
My left hand cups a full undercling while my right shades the sun from my eyes. Above me, the short arete curves out of sight, my insecurity about balancing on sloping sandstone in the full sun causes me to hesitate. Climbing to the right is objectively more dangerous. I’d be farther from my last protection.…
“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…
Mehall gets a reminder of what life is like without climbing when he is suffering from some bad tendonitis. Stuck living in an unfurnished, basement without heat in Salt Lake City, Mehall pours all his energy into writing. He spends his days at the library with his nose in a book, or with a pen…
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. How did this happen? Luke and his brother Clint, get lost in the Colorado wilderness. This story was originally published in The Great American Dirtbags, Mehall’s second book. This link will get you 25% off anything in our online store: https://shop.climbingzine.com/discount/DIRTBAG%2520PODCAST Read more stories/watch videos/explore: https://climbingzine.com
Mehall and his friends come up with a way to enjoy a long multi-pitch adventure in Red Rocks, near Las Vegas with some partying thrown in, on The Strip. This piece was originally published in Graduating From College Me, A Dirtbag Climber Grows Up, which is his third collection of short stories. This link will…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4215PT2n1R8 Dedicated to Mehall’s fiancee Amber DeHerrera and all the medical professionals out there fighting COVID (and everything else).