The Power of Close-to-Home Nature In The Time of Coronavirus From the Access Fund Brad Mering grabs the first real hold after working through the crux of Vedauwoo’s classic 5.10 offwidth testpiece Mainstreet. Photo: Sagar Gondalia With restaurants, bars, ski resorts, and climbing gyms closing down to slow the transmission of COVID-19, we’re reminded of the incredible value of…
This first episode features a story I told at the Raven Narratives, a storytelling event held here in Durango. The story covers my deepest darkest depression, how climbing saved my life, and then almost took my life (twice). Subscribe/ get a copy of The Zine here: https://shop.climbingzine.com/ Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16583450 Read more stories/watch videos/explore:…
Note: this poem is published in Volume 17, now available. Banner photo of the author bouldering in Coopers Rock State Forest, West Virginia. Photo: Jessi Haynes My temple is carved in a face holding tens of thousands of years of strife. The ages echo through its forms, flowing down countless laughter lines borne of violence,…
Say a prayer for those you love and everyone else. That’s what I’ve written on my sleeping pad, and the last words I read before going to bed. The first person I pray for lately is my friend Mark Grundon. Mark is twenty two years old and has cancer, or hopefully, by now, had cancer. …
Just A Climber (For Bears Ears) is the result of 20 years of thinking and recreating in Indian Creek. When the new protections are threatened by the Trump administration Luke Mehall sharpens his tools from his rucksack of poetry, and prepares for the battle to save Bears Ears. Directed / Edited / Greg Cairns //…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xto72JlMCeo The Great American Dirtbags is Luke Mehall’s second book. This promo was shot by Greg Cairns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76-aB_lPoF4 For 20 years Luke Mehall has been writing climbing poems, and 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, all while set…
This last month, as we raise funds for The Climbing Zine Book, I’ve been telling a lot of stories about how The Zine came to be. I thought over the course of the month I’d run short on material, but now 29 days into it, I realized I have so many stories its ridiculous. …