Summer is finally upon us again and it’s time to get up and seek adventure in the high country. We dream of jamming clean splitter cracks in the warm sun, skipping across lofty ridges and frolicking though flowery meadows, but at the same time we know that summer alpine scrambles involve post-holing through isothermal snow,…
As I start this piece it’s that time of the year when the Animas River here in Durango looks like a chocolate milkshake, and we’re all shedding our clothes, and living closer to the sun (and the rain). by Luke Mehall, publisher of The Climbing Zine I don’t know about you, but I’m enjoying this…
To My Dearest Cascades, Thank you for some of the best four months of my life. After exploring the remotest corners of New Zealand, meeting Burmese orphans in Thailand, and skiing chest deep powder in the Wasatch mountains, I really never thought I would say something like that to you. I guess my standards have…
Dirtbag instincts suit the gear reviewer well. Which is why, for each and every day over the last two months I’ve worn the new Outdoor Reseach (OR) Goldrush jeans. by Luke Mehall, publisher of The Climbing Zine (banner photo: climbing Sig Saur, Indian Creek in the Goldrush Jeans, courtesy of James Q Martin) They’ve logged…
I have a road trip rule: when in doubt, listen to some Bob Seger. This rule stems from a trip a friend of mine, Ben Johnson, took up from the States through Canada up to Alaska one year. This was before iPods and his CD player was broken and they had but one tape: Bob…
Our vehicles make statements about our lifestyles, and in the mountain town of Crested Butte, Colorado there is quite the diversity in modes of transportation. From the high class Hummer SUVs to the old Subaru station wagon that checks in well over 200,000 miles, the car we drive can be a dead giveaway to the…
I always think I’ll write about something else, but these stories keep happening. Then I realize that is the channel for which I have been created, and there is no sense in trying to deny my life’s path. You’ve got to go with life’s flow. So here we go, back on the road, back to…
The sixth volume of The Climbing Zine is now live on Kindle and available in print. Titled “Prose and Parables From The Sharp End” this issue features a range of some of the most talented underground climbing writers including: Drew Thayer, Alexis McLean, James Lucas, Scott Borden, Brendan Leonard, David Fay and Alexa Flower. by Luke…