Climbing Culture

There are climbing partners, and there are the climbing partners. The partner you want to climb to the ends of…

I hold and turn my helmet like a classroom globe, dragging my fingers over each mark, each sign of wear.…

The teenage Federale slings his machine gun over his shoulder and bends toward my bag. Cocaine? he asks. Marijuana? I…

A black fin of sandstone protrudes from the right side of the crack. I pinch it like a tufa and…

At some point in my early to midtwenties, I came to the conclusion that life is not about rock climbing.…

It is like any other start to a day of climbing in the Black Canyon. Dave and I are up…

Acknowledging the roots and conceptualizations of the outdoor activities that we so passionately pursue enriches our participation and ties us…

To Roy McClenahan by way of The Climbing Zine, Glancing through the pages of Volume 16 of The Climbing…

The Climbing Zine creates stories for all our readers; whether you’re able to pay to read them or not. Most…

by Lucas Roman. This story is published in Volume 18. Banner photo by Hobo Greg Brad Gobright is pure of…

Have you been to the boneyard? The blank eye on the map perched above an asphalt brow there, an…

Check out our latest film from Luke Mehall and Jake Burchmore. Dedicated to Mehall’s fiancee Amber DeHerrera and all the…

Volume 19 of The Climbing Zine is now ready to preorder. Here’s a look at our cover and the lineup…

As I’ve said and written before, my favorite thing about publishing The Zine is the connections it helps create. I…

“There were no girls when I started climbing [in England],” Alan said, in a tone more serious than joking. I’d…