Season Finale. Mehall goes all in on new routes in Indian Creek, Bears Ears National Monument; following the adventure all the way “to the moon”…too good to think it would ever get any better. Subscribe/ get a copy of The Zine here: https://shop.climbingzine.com/ Read more stories/watch videos/explore: https://climbingzine.com Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16583450
“Oh you feel and you taste it and you want to go higher. So what do you do? And so you peak into the mountain where your desire goes. Spilt blood on this place it only echoes true all through the days. And so you peak into the mountain where your desire goes.” The Mountain…
In the mail that day came The Climbing Zine. It was addressed to Alyssa. I knew she wouldn’t mind me opening it, but I shot her a text asking her permission anyway. It was during the first wave of COVID in Boston and throughout the hard-hit East Coast. This letter is published in the new…
Luke Mehall explores Indian Creek, Utah for new routes; the land now part of Bears Ears National Monument. In the midst of the search he finds his passion expanding exponentially. Subscribe/ get a copy of The Zine here: https://shop.climbingzine.com/ Read more stories/watch videos/explore: https://climbingzine.com Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16583450
When I heard that Jim Bridwell had died, my first thought was, I bet even he didn’t think he’d live this long. Between pushing the boundaries of rock climbing and the psychedelic experience, the cigarettes and the wine, the trips to the big mountains, who would have guessed he’d make it to social security? by…
Remembering our friend Adam Lawton. Finally getting a job in Durango. Getting The Zine going, and eventually having success on the Salathe Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite. Subscribe/ get a copy of The Zine here: https://shop.climbingzine.com/ Read more stories/watch videos/explore: https://climbingzine.com Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16583450
Mehall moves to Durango, Colorado, and fights for his soul by writing and climbing. Big wall adventures take him back to Yosemite, where him, Two Tent Timmy, and Samson have some misadventures. The weed smoking incident that may have saved their lives. And, a legend, Adam Lawton, passes on to the next adventure. Subscribe/ get…
Luke and Gene take The Freedom Mobile to Yosemite, to get a taste of failure and success on big walls. Pooping in a poop tube, hauling, jumaring, lower-outs, and all the other random skills one needs to climb high. Subscribe/ get a copy of The Zine here: https://shop.climbingzine.com/ Read more stories/watch videos/explore: https://climbingzine.com Support on…