The Climbing Zine is always accepting stories, photography, and art. Below are our loose guidelines. Words The Climbing Zine publishes thought provoking essays, stories, and poetry. Word count can be anywhere from 200 to 10,000. Our aim to publish work that focuses on the essence of climbing; we’ll publish accounts of any climbing experience, as…
In the late 1300s, experts point to drought and other environmental stressors impacting the Puebloan people in the Southwest leading toward societal collapse. My people, the Diné, the Athabaskan-speaking migrants from the north, also began to place pressures on these societies. Resources like food and water became increasingly scarce, and preventing theft or raids by…
The craft of replacing bad bolts leads to the adventure of opening new lines. Support The Zine + our podcast by picking up a book, zine, sub, merch. This link will get you 15% off anything in our online store: https://shop.climbingzine.com/discount/DIRTBAGPODCAST15 Read more stories/watch videos/explore: http://www.climbingzine.com Check out the American Safe Climbing Association: https://safeclimbing.org
Mehall begins going down the rabbit hole of finding new routes with his best of friends. Support The Zine + our podcast by picking up a book, zine, sub, merch. 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: http://www.climbingzine.com
As I listened to my boyfriend make his tenth phone call of the hour, I absentmindedly stirred vegetables and reflected on the events of the past month. Fuck this season, I overheard from the kitchen. Together, we had been stunned by a hero’s suicide and his partner’s avalanche burial, witnessed my mentor’s paralyzing accident, and…
Introducing a new package for those of you who MUST have “Everything Climbing Zine“. Here’s a list of what is included for $250: a signed copy of The Climbing Zine Book (hardcover) by Luke Mehall a signed copy of The Desert (hardcover) by Luke Mehall a bundle of “all zines in print” Volumes 12 –…
Fifteen meters up Rutabaga, a moderate 5.9 splitter at the base of Squamish, BC’s Stawamus Chief, stretches a traverse between cracks. The move crosses jugs and offers fine, slabby feet, but still, I find it exhilarating. In fact, for reasons related only slantwise to climbing, it is exactly the sort of move that I seek…
As we continue on with The Desert, Mehall reflects on his writing heroes, and commits to the climbing and writing path, full on. Support The Zine + our podcast by picking up a book, zine, sub, merch. 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: http://www.climbingzine.com