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volume 9

Reflections in The Black by Vic Zeilman

LocationsBy LukeDecember 15, 2025Leave a comment

The black-and-white photograph is small and square, half a century old, showing my grandmother posing in front of the dark,…

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A Venture Backward, Inward, and Upward by Rhiannon Williams

Climbing CultureBy LukeJuly 14, 2025Leave a comment

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

LocationsBy LukeSeptember 30, 20232 Comments

November is closing in fast, and on this turn around the fireball, we reach a strange and interesting milestone in…

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Technology and Climbing by Cyrena Lee

UncategorizedBy LukeMay 9, 2017Leave a comment

If you are sick of new climbers coming in and ruining everything, do something about it. If you hate how…

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A Sponsorship Pitch to Sriracha by Spenser Tang-Smith

LocationsBy LukeMay 8, 2017Leave a comment

To the Tamers of the Fiery Rooster God, We three travelers attend no church, recite no prayers, read no scripture.…

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The Secret Spot by Joy Martin

Climbing CultureBy LukeMarch 1, 2017Leave a comment

If these rocks could talk, they’d tell a hell of a story: one of nature and development, of perseverance and…

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The Ask: How to Get Permission to Climb by D Scott Borden

Locations, UncategorizedBy LukeMay 6, 2016Leave a comment

“Ummm…honey, you know that nice hiking weekend we have coming up together? Well, ahhh…Dale just asked me if I…ummm…could climb…

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