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Crowbars, anger, and new routes, from The Desert by Luke Mehall

Climbing CultureBy LukeSeptember 9, 2019Leave a comment

“I’m not saying I’m going to rule the world, or I’m going to change the world, but I guarantee you…

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The Desert by Luke Mehall, Fall Tour Kicks off in Crested Butte

UncategorizedBy LukeAugust 1, 2019Leave a comment

Fall Tour Kickoff: Thursday, August 15th 7:00 p.m. Townie Books 414 Elk Ave. Crested Butte, Colorado Dear readers, reviewers, promoters,…

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Susie and The Gnar by Joshua Smith

LocationsBy LukeMay 1, 2019Leave a comment

Some are blessed by fate With thews and spines of steel, Some work hard and fiercely fight To rise above…

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The Desert – is now officially released (plus Spring Book Tour)

UncategorizedBy LukeApril 23, 2019Leave a comment

“I’m not saying I’m going to rule the world, or I’m going to change the world, but I guarantee you…

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Just A Climber, For Bears Ears (a short film) by Luke Mehall and Greg Cairns

LocationsBy LukeJanuary 9, 2019Leave a comment

Greg Cairns and Luke Mehall have finished their second short film together, called “Just a Climber, For Bears Ears” and…

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The Desert (Mehall’s fifth book)

UncategorizedBy LukeNovember 12, 2018Leave a comment

The Desert, Luke Mehall’s fifth and final book in his “dirtbag climber series” begins a Kickstarter campaign today to fund…

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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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Time Continuum of Desert Road Tripping by Kevin Volkening

Climbing CultureBy LukeJune 5, 20182 Comments

The Pinnacle of Technology, as we called her drifted through the endless space, the time continuum that is road tripping.…

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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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Just A Climber, For Bears Ears Needs Your Footage

UncategorizedBy LukeDecember 5, 2017Leave a comment

To all our Climbing Zine friends and family: for the last year Greg Cairns and I have been working on our follow…

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Creeksgiving: Rising In Flame/Out of Darkness/With The Sun by Sara Aranda

UncategorizedBy LukeNovember 6, 2017Leave a comment

Creeksgiving, 11.24.2016 Hungry, fervent hyenas, eyeing the foil and fire, giggling with the steam and prospect of turkey. Side dishes…

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Blue Eyes Climbing In The Rain (a poem) by Luke Mehall

LocationsBy LukeOctober 11, 2017Leave a comment

In the desert in rains In the desert climber brains Can think of nothing but climbing But climbing is not…

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The Burnout by Luke Mehall

UncategorizedBy LukeAugust 9, 2017Leave a comment

It was many, many years before I realized that this environment in The Desert was the ultimate. I just didn’t…

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Stacy Bare on Bears Ears and Ryan Zinke’s Visit to Utah

UncategorizedBy LukeMay 12, 2017Leave a comment

On Sunday, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke stood in front of a small, windowless conference room in Salt Lake…

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