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Shane in the Clouds

Hypoxic Dreams by Vic Zeilman

LocationsBy LukeJanuary 21, 2021Leave a comment

It’s a dingy bar. Dark and musty. Where, I’m not exactly sure, but there is a feeling of sadness that…

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Texas Tower Redux by Josh Smith

LocationsBy LukeJanuary 17, 2021Leave a comment

Think back over your climbing career. I bet you’ll find a climb—or two—that define you. These won’t be your hardest…

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Choss by Steve “Crusher” Bartlett

LocationsBy LukeJanuary 13, 2021Leave a comment

Mudstrosity Yes, it wobbled. Three feet high, one foot wide, a foot deep, probably outweighing me, the block sat at…

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The Art of The First Ascent by Luke Mehall

LocationsBy LukeJanuary 12, 2021Leave a comment

You know you’re getting old when they start replacing the bolts you used for a first ascent. That was my…

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Do Not Go Outside To Cry by Kathy Karlo

LocationsBy LukeJanuary 10, 2021Leave a comment

I see it being used all around me to describe women, often by other women: badass. I have always considered…

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Silent Partners by Luke Mehall

LocationsBy LukeJanuary 6, 2021Leave a comment

I know he knows. Adam Lawton is proud. In every group of adventurers, there is a leader, and every great…

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Friction Season in Germany by Tanager

LocationsBy LukeJanuary 3, 2021Leave a comment

My left hand cups a full undercling while my right shades the sun from my eyes. Above me, the short…

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Pain and Perseverance: Linking Sixteen Towers in a Day by Matt Pickren

LocationsBy LukeJanuary 3, 2021Leave a comment

“If you just stop for a second, I can show you there’s no road out there!” Ben said. “I know…

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Old Becomes New in Indian Creek by Chris Schulte

LocationsBy LukeDecember 31, 2020Leave a comment

November is closing in fast, and on this turn around the fireball, we reach a strange and interesting milestone in…

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Climbing En Plein Air by Birch Malotky

LocationsBy LukeDecember 30, 2020Leave a comment

The dance of renewal, the dance that made the world,  was always danced here at the edge of things…  …

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The Zine Now Available in Europe

LocationsBy LukeDecember 24, 2020Leave a comment

As The Zine grows in popularity we have seen more and more interest from our European readers. We are psyched…

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The Joy Pendulum, Swinging High and Low in Yosemite Valley by Lauren DeLaunay

LocationsBy LukeDecember 14, 2020Leave a comment

As I listened to my boyfriend make his tenth phone call of the hour, I absentmindedly stirred vegetables and reflected…

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Brooke Sandahl on the beginnings of freeing The Nose

LocationsBy LukeNovember 25, 2020Leave a comment

Man what a route! As a child, I remember looking at photos of it in my Dad’s climbing books thinking,…

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Parallel Traditions by Angela Lee

LocationsBy LukeNovember 23, 2020Leave a comment

The Korean folklore goes: the Creator called upon all domes and boulders of Korea to gather up north, where they…

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Reflections in The Black by Vic Zeilman

LocationsBy LukeNovember 22, 2020Leave a comment

The black-and-white photograph is small and square, half a century old, showing my grandmother posing in front of the dark,…

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