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The Best Crag in America by Eleanor Krause

LocationsBy LukeDecember 5, 2018Leave a comment

It’s the beginning of August, 2018. Two months earlier, I’d been fortunate enough to be working for a prestigious think…

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Mentors (from The Desert)

LocationsBy LukeNovember 11, 2018Leave a comment

It was just weeks into this move that I realized just how much closer I was to Indian Creek, that…

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24 Hours of Vegas

LocationsBy LukeNovember 4, 2018Leave a comment

The best thing about America is that it gives you space. I like that. I like that you buy into…

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Sanni McCandless: A Force of Nature by Joy Martin

LocationsBy LukeNovember 1, 20184 Comments

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you in better living conditions. —Hafiz I’ve…

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Portaledge Protesting In Tasmania by Joy Martin

LocationsBy LukeOctober 3, 2018Leave a comment

“They’re not like those trees,” said five-year-old Remi Middendorf, pointing at the young birches lining the hot springs. “They’re special…

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An Existence of Persistence (a poem) by Devin Dabney

LocationsBy LukeAugust 20, 2018Leave a comment

A passion that fuels Is one that burns brightly   Words by Devin Dabney. Photos by Angelique Brown. Published in…

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A Climber Who Cries (a poem) by Luke Mehall

LocationsBy LukeAugust 17, 2018Leave 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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Volume 13 Now Available

LocationsBy LukeAugust 3, 2018Leave a comment

Volume 13 of The Zine is now printed and available to order. Here’s a look at the introduction from our…

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Love Letter To Climbing by Sara Aranda

LocationsBy LukeJuly 27, 2018Leave a comment

Every once and a while I bust out my typewriters for a writing contest. This year at the International Climbers…

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The Mom Crux by Mallory Logan

LocationsBy LukeMay 10, 2018Leave a comment

Many a metaphoric parallel can be drawn between climbing and motherhood, and it’s plain to see neither activity makes the…

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The Enormocast: A Review

LocationsBy LukeApril 17, 2018Leave a comment

Note: this piece was originally written for The Gulch, a fine, free magazine out of Durango, Colorado.  Enormocast: climbing’s favorite…

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Lawton’s Wall, Wild Mexico

LocationsBy LukeFebruary 12, 20183 Comments

Again, this one starts with a crying baby. This time the baby is Isabella, and we’re deep in a wild…

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The Road and First Walls in Zion – from American Climber

LocationsBy LukeFebruary 6, 2018Leave a comment

This is an excerpt from the book, which documents Mehall’s tumultuous journey to climbing, which ultimately saved his life. You…

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Explosives and Exploring in OUR Bears Ears National Monument by Luke Mehall

LocationsBy LukeDecember 21, 2017Leave a comment

We were about thirty minutes into our adventure and five minutes away from finding the explosives. I looked back to…

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Last Thoughts on The Dirtbag, A Short Film

LocationsBy LukeDecember 6, 2017Leave a comment

Two years ago I pitched an idea about a film I really had nothing more than a spark of an…

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