Last month The Climbing Zine hosted “Climbers’ Beer Night” at Carver Brewing Company in Durango, Colorado and had a Haiku contest. These are some of the finest. Enjoy. (and, yes, these were written on real typewriters) Enjoy these? Feel free to leave a haiku yourself in the comment section below!
The Climbing Zine Volume 5, The Dirtbag Issue, is available in print and on Kindle. The all-color print version is $10.00 with free shipping and the Kindle version is $3.99. This volume is “The Dirtbag Issue” and features work from the finest writers and photographers in the climbing community today. Stories range from “Jugs on…
[photo of Ben Johnson climbing Blunt Boy (5.10a) Joint Rock] The Skyland Boulders in Crested Butte have been called “The best in Colorado”. However with the remote location, they are a quiet refuge in the tranquil mountain town. People go to Crested Butte to bike and ski, but rarely to climb. Zack Alberts spent a…
Let’s be honest: while mixed climbing, when most of us get to the next gear placement, we really really want it. In those delicate moments while maintaining a stance and reaching for pro, nothing can be more frustrating or terrifying than floppy glove material fumbling in your harness loop and getting caught in carabiner gates.…
Love it or hate it the crags are filled with tunes these days. Portable speakers are blowing up, and we got our hands on one of the best in the biz from Outdoor Tech. This little guy, the Turtle Shell Rugged Wireless Boombox, packs the perfect punch for a day at the crag. It’s clear,…
17.9 oz/ 508 g Suede upper, full rubber rand, Vibram sole Retail: $160.00 Back in the day there were running shoes that sucked to hike in, hiking boots that sucked to climb in and mountaineering boots that sucked to hike in (and still somehow sucked to climb in) but they were warm. In recent decades…
Publisher of The Climbing Zine, Luke Mehall, follows his dreams, no matter how absurd. Recently the Dirtbag Diaries podcast asked him to tell a story about a unique trip to Yosemite, which involved climbing El Cap, and one other unusual adventure. Visit The Dirtbag Diaries to listen to the podcast.
The first book from Benighted Publications, Climbing Out of Bed by Luke Mehall, will be on sale on Kindle until the release of his second book, The Great American Dirtbags. The Kindle version is only $4.99, or check out the print version. Climbing Out of Bed is a collection of rock climbing and mountain town stories,…