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Benighted in The Black Canyon – (excerpt from American Climber by Luke Mehall)

LocationsBy LukeDecember 31, 2025Leave a comment

My path as a climber had to face a most real enemy: pure unadulterated fear. This fear manifested itself in…

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Creeksgiving by Luke Mehall

LocationsBy LukeNovember 25, 2025Leave a comment

No place soaks up sun like the Johnny Cat enclave at the Cat Wall, Indian Creek. The maroon cliffs are…

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12 – Living The Dream in J-Tree, California

PodcastBy LukeAugust 17, 2020Leave a comment

A dollar and a dream in Joshua Tree, Califorinia. Easy solos and hard climbs. Living amongst the dirtbags and legend…

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3 – Runaway, On The Road

PodcastBy LukeMarch 29, 2020Leave a comment

While we originally planned to drop an episode a week, we are continuing to post these episodes as quickly as…

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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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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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The Next Generation, an excerpt from Graduating From College Me by Luke Mehall

LocationsBy LukeNovember 28, 2016Leave a comment

This young hippie left a bag of his groceries with my stuff after last weekend climbing in the Creek—granola, ramen,…

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The Sensitive Climber Guy

LocationsBy LukeNovember 2, 2016Leave a comment

Times are scary, and common sense decency seems to quickly be fading from day to day life. We’ve got a…

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Stoner’s Highway by Luke Mehall (an excerpt from American Climber)

Books, LocationsBy LukeJune 13, 2016Leave a comment

I figured that it would be just a regular outing on the rock that would pose only minor difficulties given…

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The Vulnerable Man — My experience writing American Climber

Books, LocationsBy LukeApril 15, 2016Leave a comment

Without climbing I’d be dead or in jail. This is not the first piece I’ve ever started off with those…

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