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Jugs on Jugs by Gaelen Engler

Climbing CultureBy LukeAugust 17, 202222 Comments

Pulling into The Chief campground in Squamish for my first time, I had to double-check the sign to make sure…

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Keep The Zine Alive: Things You Can Do To Help

Climbing CultureBy LukeJuly 30, 2022Leave a comment

We are in the middle of our KEEP THE ZINE alive campaign, well, at the beginning really. The goal is…

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Sugar Daddy by Steve “Crusher” Bartlett

Climbing CultureBy LukeJuly 20, 2022Leave a comment

I’d been driving past this rock, near Hanksville, for years. It’s just begging to be climbed but looked impossible without…

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Get Sends or Die Tryin’ by Devin Dabney

Climbing CultureBy LukeJuly 19, 2022Leave a comment

The distinction between a “climber” and “someone who climbs” has always fascinated me; it’s a nuance I’ve observed throughout a…

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Bat Hang (a poem) by Lex Abbruscato

Climbing CultureBy LukeJune 10, 2022Leave a comment

open jug filled by authentic rubber and stretched leather laces of Velcro rooted in gravity toward the edge of rock…

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Keep The Zine Alive (We Need Your Help) **with update**

Climbing CultureBy LukeJune 7, 2022Leave a comment

***UPDATED on 6/7 WITH NEW NUMBERS**** This year has started off a bit rocky for our print publication. Our print…

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Show Up As You Are: The Rise of a Routesetter by Devin Dabney

Climbing CultureBy LukeJune 6, 2022Leave a comment

The Factory Bouldering Gym in Orange, California, was by no means small, but it felt small that day. In addition…

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Powders of Persuasion by Luke Mehall (from The Desert)

DirtbaggingBy LukeJune 3, 2022Leave a comment

My college years in The Desert were adventurous and crazy, a complete immersion in the unknown. After I graduated, I…

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I Got 99 Problems and a Bitch Is One by Kathy Karlo

Climbing CultureBy LukeMay 26, 2022Leave a comment

I started seeing it sometime last year, and it got a small chuckle out of me then: #bitchesonpitches. But the…

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The Zine on the End of Climbing Magazine in Print

Climbing CultureBy LukeMay 24, 2022Leave a comment

Last weekend I learned of the demise of Climbing magazine in print, as everyone else did: on the internet. I…

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Write or Die by Luke Mehall

Climbing CultureBy LukeMay 19, 20222 Comments

Note: this piece was originally published in the Durango Telegraph newspaper. After a decade plus of writing for The Telegraph,…

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Going It Alone by Vic Zeilman

DirtbaggingBy LukeMay 17, 2022Leave a comment

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

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Spring Cracks by Luke Mehall

Climbing CultureBy LukeMay 8, 2022Leave a comment

My friends are gettin’ older, So I guess I must be too. Without their loving kindness, I don’t know what…

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The Dirtbag Is Dead + Doomed (new stickers and shirts)

Climbing CultureBy LukeMay 2, 2022Leave a comment

Remember when, a while back, some prominent climbers were proclaiming, “the dirtbag is dead”? Well, they were right, it is.…

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The Desert and The Dog by Luke Mehall

Climbing CultureBy LukeApril 21, 2022Leave a comment

This is the most beautiful place on Earth, but of course, like Cactus Ed Abbey said, every person carries in…

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