A Venture Backward, Inward, and Upward by Rhiannon Williams
In Memory of Towyn Williams (1926 – 2016) I associate much of my childhood with a little white farmhouse in…
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Old Becomes New in Indian Creek by Chris Schulte
November is closing in fast, and on this turn around the fireball, we reach a strange and interesting milestone in…
Reflections in The Black by Vic Zeilman
The black-and-white photograph is small and square, half a century old, showing my grandmother posing in front of the dark,…
Technology and Climbing by Cyrena Lee
If you are sick of new climbers coming in and ruining everything, do something about it. If you hate how…
A Sponsorship Pitch to Sriracha by Spenser Tang-Smith
To the Tamers of the Fiery Rooster God, We three travelers attend no church, recite no prayers, read no scripture.…
The Secret Spot by Joy Martin
If these rocks could talk, they’d tell a hell of a story: one of nature and development, of perseverance and…
The Ask: How to Get Permission to Climb by D Scott Borden
“Ummm…honey, you know that nice hiking weekend we have coming up together? Well, ahhh…Dale just asked me if I…ummm…could climb…