Climbing Culture

And as you journey into outerspace May the angels help to lead the way May the prayers that our families…

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

I was told it must’ve been awful for a person like me to spend the large majority of days locked…

The young buck who offers to take us up Time Wave Zero instead drinks twenty-eight Tecates and keeps the hot…

Please join us for the first “Zine Thing” of 2026. Details below. Banner photo of Felipe Garcia by Ivan Iozza,…

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

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

Shop our redesigned Dirtbag State of Mind design in hoodies, shirts, and stickers. Design by Mallory Logan.

Banner photo: The author on her winter project, Crystal Dawn (5.13d), Red Rocks, Nevada by Max Barlerin Waiting for a…

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

The Dirtbag is Dead, the second version by The Dead Dirtbag, Mike Handzlik. Stickers are available to order now. Shirts,…

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

As I’ve said and written before, my favorite thing about publishing The Zine is the connections it helps create. I…

UPDATE: the paperback edition of Squeak! has been released. You can get a copy of the book here. Longtime Zine…

Dear Kurt, This is a letter I don’t want to write. Writing is often difficult to get started, but this…