Dirtbag State of Mind Trailer
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Microdose Mixtape: Twenty Two 2s
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,…
Grateful Hussle
For 20 years Luke Mehall, publisher of The Climbing Zine has been writing climbing poems. In 2020 he’s decided to give the writers who inspired him a tribute. Dedicated to Robert Hunter, who was Jerry Garcia’s lyricist, and Nipsey Hussle, the rapper and entrepreneur, who both died last year, Grateful Hussle blends hip-hop and hippie,…
3 – Season 4 – How To Cry on a Mountain with Jennaye Derge and Marcus Garcia
Jennaye Derge is our special guest host for this conversation with Marcus Garcia. In this episode they discuss Marcus’s passion in climbing, and his journey with grief and how it has shaped him. Big thanks to these two for sharing this conversation with our podcast. Check out some more stories/content: www.climbingzine.com Discount link for 15%…
24 Hours of Vegas by Luke Mehall
The best thing about America is that it gives you space. I like that. I like that you buy into the dream, it’s a lie but you buy into it and that’s all that matters. —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah As a traveling modern vagabond in my postcollegiate years, I would always end up in Las…
2 – Season 4 – The Vulnerable Warrior: A Conversation with Stacy Bare
Stacy Bare is author of two popular Zine stories, including Climbing Past War, published in The Climbing Zine Book. Luke and Stacy met and bonded over the first sentence in the first zine, “without climbing I’d be dead or in jail” and have been friends and colleagues ever since. Discount link for 15% off anything…
Jugs on Jugs by Gaelen Engler
Pulling into The Chief campground in Squamish for my first time, I had to double-check the sign to make sure my boyfriend and I hadn’t driven into the training ground for a traveling circus. Uncoordinated, poutin-hungry tourists from China and Montreal were being given slackline lessons through the middle of camp. It was not uncommon…
Keep The Zine Alive: Things You Can Do To Help
We are in the middle of our KEEP THE ZINE alive campaign, well, at the beginning really. The goal is to add 1,000 new subscribers to help offset shipping and printing price increases, plus grow our Patreon to $1k per month to help fund our ever growing Dirtbag State of Mind podcast. (We are almost…