Climbing Culture

The expenditure of energy on a trip of this sort is massive and one only has so much of this…

I love being challenged by the nature that has been sculpting the rock faces of our planet for many centuries.…

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

The reflection targets my disfigurement. If only the borders of this mirror could protect the rest of the world from…

Fifteen meters up Rutabaga, a moderate 5.9 splitter at the base of Squamish, BC’s Stawamus Chief, stretches a traverse between…

“Keep dreamin’, stay hungry, and remember that there is no finish line.” This quote by Todd Skinner in the…

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

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

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

The Climbing Zine Book 2, filled with favorite stories from Volumes 1 – 13, plus color photos. Note: this is…

TC, The OG, a conversation with Tommy Caldwell dropped this week on our DSOM podcast. We have an interesting, wide…

Me and my higher self, We often would speak Somehow we lost the connection, Might meet at Joshua Tree —Nas,…

“Keep dreamin’, stay hungry, and remember that there is no finish line.” This quote by Todd Skinner in the opening…

“I am glad / For every thought that puts my memory / On my past time.” —Michelangelo This piece…

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