Climbing Culture

Doug Tompkins opens the door to a South American summer evening. At seventy-one—stooped and shuffling, a button-down shirt tucked into…

Note: this piece is published in Volume 17, and it is an excerpt from his book, The Desert. Both are…

Five hundred words… A blip, a blurb, Of every send and every slip And every crimp and every clip That…

My dear friend Gregory Pettys insisted I check out Substack, and though I’ve only been dabbling for a week, I…

Our new Potrero State of Mind design is now available in stickers and shirts. Designed by Mallory Logan of RoShamBo,…

We are hosting a “Climbing Zine Thing” on Thursday, August 10th at Jagged Edge Mountain Gear. Stories, poetry, and a…

We’re trying out something new today, with the release of our new Be The Goat shirt, designed by Mike Handzlik,…

Volume 23 is now available to order! Order/ subscribe here Cover photo of Kaya Lindsay on Whipping Boy by Mary…

These days the publication of each and every zine is a small miracle. And, for the publication of Volume 23…

My phone was blowing up before I even read the editorial. Last week the Dana Johnson of the group Wilderness…

The Squeak Goes Adventuring package. Children’s books for ages 2 and up. Written by D. Scott Borden and illustrated by…

The original Climbing Zine Book is now available in paperback! The Climbing Zine began as a modest, stapled together, black…

Just over seven months ago I got a vasectomy, and I promised myself I’d document the process. Surprisingly, I received…

As we are embarking on our “keep the zine alive” campaign to add 2,000 new subscribers, many of our current…

Exactly 24 years ago today is when I mark my official start as a climber: 4-20-99. I finally mastered the…