Posts Tagged ‘dirtbags’

  • Last Thoughts on The Dirtbag, A Short Film

    Dec 6, 17 • 5295 Views • Locations • • No Comments

    Two years ago I pitched an idea about a film I really had nothing more than a spark of an idea for to Greg Cairns. I’d seen Cedar Wright and James Lucas’s “The Last Dirtbag” and felt compelled to offer something of my own to this...

  • Freedom (a poem) by Luke Mehall

    Jul 1, 16 • 2663 Views • Locations • • No Comments

    Freedom, where are you? I found you briefly, growing up in the flatlands And then, you were flattened By growing up, taking tests Who would have known to fail was the best? I failed so many times I failed at failure Wailing with the prospect that I had...

  • Modern Climbers: The Ever Evolving and Expansive Climbing Scene by Cyrena Lee

    Jun 24, 16 • 11088 Views • Uncategorized • • 5 Comments

    I’ve been climbing for a just over a year now. The first time I pulled on real rock was only a few months ago. Before that, I only gripped plastic simulations of the ‘real thing’ climbing indoors. Even in an urban climbing community, I was quickly...

  • Modern Dirtbags: The Workbag

    Sep 14, 15 • 7195 Views • Locations • • No Comments

    Note: this is a new column for the Zine, Modern Dirtbags The dirtbag in us never dies, but we do grow up. I lived as a hardcore dirtbag for many years, from Gunnison, Colorado to Potrero Chico, Mexico, but these days at 36 years old I’m more of a...

  • Is The Dirtbag Dead?

    Jul 24, 15 • 12009 Views • Locations • • 1 Comment

    “I was crazy and I was wild and I have seen the tiger smile.” Drive On by Johnny Cash This zine has come a long way from our humble roots of a stapled together black and white publication with a skate, punk rock feel. The latest result is Volume 7:...

  • The Dirtbag Dictionary

    Jul 23, 15 • 35818 Views • Locations • • 7 Comments

    Ever wondered what kind of dirtbag you are? Or have you spotted a hipster that kind of looked like a dirtbag? After years of research The Climbing Zine, with help from Erica Lineberry aka Cragmama, have brought you The Dirtbag Dictionary, an excerpt from...

  • The Dirtbag Manifesto

    Feb 8, 15 • 2856 Views • Locations • • No Comments

    “The world has enough for man’s need, but not enough for man’s greed.” Gandhi Where do we look for hope, for America, the planet, for the human race? The dirtbags. They usually descend from the middle class, where they had enough, materially speaking,...

  • Female Dirtbags, The Missing Link

    Sep 5, 14 • 7312 Views • Locations • • No Comments

      There are many sacrifices and struggles to live the dirtbag life, but my most major gripe has always been women; there are not enough of them within the dirtbag culture. Many nights spent at campfires within various climbing areas, where the men...