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Climbing Culture

A Journey Through Time by Adam Ferro

Climbing CultureBy LukeJanuary 29, 2023Leave a comment

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

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To Chip or Not to Chip by Adam Ondra

Climbing CultureBy LukeJanuary 23, 2023Leave a comment

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

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Traumzeit: Sandstone Dreamtime by Tanager

Climbing CultureBy LukeJanuary 23, 2023Leave a comment

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

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Fill The Void by Shay Skinner

Climbing CultureBy LukeJanuary 22, 2023Leave a comment

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

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A Knot Like Infinity by North Bennett

Climbing CultureBy LukeJanuary 17, 2023Leave a comment

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

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Staying Hungry on the Salathe by Brittany Goris (Full Story)

Climbing CultureBy LukeJanuary 13, 2023Leave a comment

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

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The Long Run, a profile of Alan Carne by Luke Mehall

Climbing CultureBy LukeJanuary 11, 20231 Comment

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

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Replacing The Seamstress Corner with Dave Marcinowski by Luke Mehall

Climbing CultureBy LukeJanuary 6, 20231 Comment

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

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Brad Gobright, Pure of Heart by Lucas Roman (Full Story)

Climbing CultureBy LukeJanuary 4, 2023Leave a comment

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

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The Climbing Zine Book 2, Now Available to Order

Climbing CultureBy LukeJanuary 3, 2023Leave a comment

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

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TC, The OG, our conversation with Tommy Caldwell

Climbing CultureBy LukeDecember 23, 2022Leave a comment

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

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The Art of Being Crusty by Luke Mehall

Climbing CultureBy LukeDecember 22, 20222 Comments

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

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Staying Hungry on The Salathe by Brittany Goris (an excerpt)

Climbing CultureBy LukeDecember 19, 2022Leave a comment

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

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Not for Me to Wonder Why: An Early Ascent of The Naked Edge with Layton Kor by Pat Ament

Climbing CultureBy LukeDecember 15, 2022Leave a comment

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

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Basaseachi by Matt Spohn

DirtbaggingBy LukeDecember 10, 2022Leave a comment

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

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