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A Narrow Escape on Mt. Kenya by Jason Haas

LocationsBy LukeMay 30, 20231 Comment

“Hey, wake up. Wake up!” Brian whispered harshly. “There’s someone out there.” I half opened an eye and begrudgingly listened…

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More To Give, The First Solo-Free Single-Day Ascent of El Capitan by Pete Whittaker

LocationsBy LukeMay 29, 2023Leave a comment

Walking up to the base of Freerider, I felt rested, light, but increasingly nervous. Two years ago, I’d never climbed…

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Climbing En Plein Air by Birch Malotky

LocationsBy LukeMay 11, 20231 Comment

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

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Upside Down and Unconscious by Shay Skinner

LocationsBy LukeMay 2, 2023Leave a comment

I remember arguing with my partner about wearing his helmet before starting a climb for the day. “It’s only 5.9,”…

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On Fear, Climbing, and Depression by Sonya Pevzner

LocationsBy LukeApril 28, 20231 Comment

Trigger warning: This article discusses topics of depression, suicidal thoughts, and anxiety. For some, the content may be triggering. Please…

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Reflections in The Black by Vic Zeilman

LocationsBy LukeApril 10, 2023Leave 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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A Climber Who Cries (a poem) by Luke Mehall

LocationsBy LukeApril 9, 2023Leave a comment

Do only writers cry when a writer dies? Do only musicians cry when a guitar player dies? Do only climbers…

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Do Not Go Outside To Cry by Kathy Karlo

LocationsBy LukeApril 8, 2023Leave 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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Wide Is Love by Chris Schulte

LocationsBy LukeApril 6, 2023Leave a comment

Gray and white clouds rack up in billowed folds like the belly scales of a snake and curl widely across…

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Shane in the Clouds

Hypoxic Dreams by Vic Zeilman

LocationsBy LukeApril 2, 2023Leave 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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Close Calls, Core Shots, and Space Shots by Amanda Kiessel

LocationsBy LukeMarch 22, 2023Leave a comment

It was getting dark, and I was wedged hot dog–style in a two-man tent between two college boys who hadn’t…

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We Didn’t Have Much Time by Joanna Spindler (a poem)

LocationsBy LukeMarch 15, 2023Leave a comment

by Joanna Spindler, published in Volume 16, now available. Banner art by Rhiannon Williams We didn’t have much time Because…

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Hidden Dragons by Chris Schulte

LocationsBy LukeFebruary 25, 2023Leave a comment

I started climbing in Durango, Colorado, a small and isolated burg on the edge of the desert and the mountains,…

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Monster Cracks by Pete Whittaker

LocationsBy LukeFebruary 21, 2023Leave a comment

Over hundreds of thousands of years, water has trickled, raged, and poured down cracks and creases, winding and weaving through…

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Approach As Pilgrimage by Tim Rogers

LocationsBy LukeFebruary 19, 2023Leave a comment

Journal entry from 10/15/2014 Zion is the word. Despite all of our differences, to so many people the meaning of…

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