Climbing Culture

Maybe the answer’s not up there Maybe it’s on the ground somewhere —A Tribe Called Quest, featuring Anderson .Paak, “Movin…

The sky above us is alive, swirling with thick smoke shielding a pinprick sun. Flames lick the horizon on all…

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Note: this poem is published in Volume 20 of The Zine. Photo by the author.  we take climbing as medicine:…

I am continually amazed and supported by the collectors of The Climbing Zine. Over 15 years of publishing there have…

A relationship with a climbing area can feel like a long-term romantic entanglement. The similarity makes sense when you think…

The Climbing Zine is now accepting stories, photography, and art for Volume 27. Below are our loose guidelines. Words The…

Note from the editor of the Valley of Giants book, Lauren DeLaunay Miller: A book about the women of Yosemite…

I’m in the back of an orange Skoda Fabia, with the white-and-green license plate that marks us as Palestinians, cruising…

This is an excerpt from Volume 26 of The Climbing Zine. Banner photo of the author by Travis Perkins   …

Note: This piece is published in Volume 26, now available  Banner photo of the author by Nikki Smith  The question…

Yeah, we are star matter from the big bang   And that love ain’t far behind you   Love ain’t…

Jimmie Dunn is perhaps the first person who envisioned single-pitch climbing in Indian Creek. In the mid-1970s, he walked up…

For our friend John Duran  John Duran was bigger than life long before I ever met him, so much so…