My Golden Era (a poem) by Elliot Natz
by Elliot Natz Note: This piece is published in The Climbing Zine, Volume 10 photo of towers in Canyonlands National…
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Lindsey Schauer: The Quintessential Climbing Mom
In the Last Pitch section of the new Climbing Zine, there’s a great, sentimental piece, written by Mallory Logan. Titled…
Hippies, Dirtbags, and A Gift From Grandma
When I was in my later years of being a teenager I was convinced that I was born too late.…
Seth Adams on Negotiating Rest Days and Relationship Building
I’d been reading a book on relationships. It suggests not to spring things on your partner; that if you have…
Climbing Haikus
Last month The Climbing Zine hosted “Climbers’ Beer Night” at Carver Brewing Company in Durango, Colorado and had a Haiku…
Hear Mehall On The Dirtbag Diaries
Publisher of The Climbing Zine, Luke Mehall, follows his dreams, no matter how absurd. Recently the Dirtbag Diaries podcast asked…
Book Review: Forget Me Not by Jennifer Lowe-Anker
“The best climber is the one having the most fun.” Alex Lowe This is a new column for The Climbing…
A Legend Passes On
Last month I wrote an article on bromance, which as it turns out, has been my most popular article I’ve…
Becoming A Modern Dirtbag by James Lucas
Every day 500,000 outdoor enthusiasts* put on a pair of rock shoes for the first time. But with every new…
Hip Hop and Climbing
An excerpt from Luke Mehall’s piece, Hip-Hop and Climbing, which will appear in the next volume of The Climbing Zine:…
This is Buildering Part 2
Conditions in the winter were far from ideal for buildering in Gunnison; ice and snow made climbs more difficult and…
The Spray Dictionary
spray: 1. Climbing talk. 2. A climbing conversation in which the unconscious ego enters, steering the chatter towards graceless self-aggrandizement.…
The Climbing Zine Manifesto
In an age when the power of the media has been given to the people, we are here to offer…