“Zine Thing” at the Gravity Lab in Durango May 23rd
We are psyched to announce our next “Zine Thing” for Thursday, May 23rd at the Gravity Lab in Durango. We’ll…
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Ropeless by Matt Spohn
We meet in the parking lot at dusk. Cold winds curl the sandstone cliffs whose strange shapes speak of time …
Volume 24 is Printed and Available to Order (with story list)
Volume 24 is now available to order The issue is printed and has started shipping. Here’s a look at the…
Microdose Mixtape Videos Released
The Microdose Mixtape is our first ever mixtape from The Climbing Zine. With music by Devin Dabney and poetry by…
Finding Inspiration with Tom Randall by Luke Mehall
I don’t have climbing heroes, because, to paraphrase The Big Lebowski, what’s a hero, anyway? There are a few…
22 Twos (a poem) by Luke Mehall
Seems to me like it was just 2002 And me and Two Tent Timmy Were high And soloing 5.5 He…
For Vedauwoo (a poem) by Birch Malotky
Have you been to the boneyard? The blank eye on the map perched above an asphalt brow there, an…
From Midas’s Touch to A Green Thumb: Remembering Doug Tompkins by Joy Martin
Doug Tompkins opens the door to a South American summer evening. At seventy-one—stooped and shuffling, a button-down shirt tucked into…
Escape From The Hand Brain by Luke Mehall
Note: this piece is published in Volume 17, and it is an excerpt from his book, The Desert. Both are…
Five Rings by Alex Johnson (a poem)
Five hundred words… A blip, a blurb, Of every send and every slip And every crimp and every clip That…
Luke Mehall is on Substack
My dear friend Gregory Pettys insisted I check out Substack, and though I’ve only been dabbling for a week, I…
New Potrero State of Mind design
Our new Potrero State of Mind design is now available in stickers and shirts. Designed by Mallory Logan of RoShamBo,…
“Zine Thing” in Telluride, Colorado
We are hosting a “Climbing Zine Thing” on Thursday, August 10th at Jagged Edge Mountain Gear. Stories, poetry, and a…