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Going It Alone by Vic Zeilman

DirtbaggingBy LukeMay 17, 2022Leave a comment

At some point in my early to midtwenties, I came to the conclusion that life is not about rock climbing.…

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Adventures With Two Tent Timmy by Luke Mehall

LocationsBy LukeApril 26, 2022Leave a comment

“If Jesus can’t save you, life starts when the church ends.” Empire State of Mind by Jay Z Some call…

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Brooke Sandahl on the beginnings of freeing The Nose

LocationsBy LukeFebruary 6, 2022Leave a comment

Man what a route! As a child, I remember looking at photos of it in my Dad’s climbing books thinking,…

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The Light and Dark Sides of Free Soloing by Alexa Flower

LocationsBy LukeJanuary 18, 2022Leave a comment

I’ve heard some describe Yosemite as a vortex, and so is the culture that comes with it. I am sucked…

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Our Climbing Children’s Book: Squeak Goes Climbing in Yosemite National Park

Climbing CultureBy LukeJanuary 5, 2022Leave a comment

UPDATE: the second edition of Squeak! has been released. Same great story, with a couple updates, including The Climbers Pact…

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The Joy Pendulum, Swinging High and Low in Yosemite Valley by Lauren DeLaunay

LocationsBy LukeDecember 6, 2021Leave a comment

As I listened to my boyfriend make his tenth phone call of the hour, I absentmindedly stirred vegetables and reflected…

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The Long Run, a profile of Alan Carne by Luke Mehall

Climbing CultureBy LukeAugust 11, 20211 Comment

“There were no girls when I started climbing [in England],” Alan said, in a tone more serious than joking. I’d…

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Flirting with The Nose In A Day in The Valley of Stone

Climbing CultureBy LukeApril 19, 20212 Comments

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” Goerte I…

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The Old Lady of Tuolumne by Alexa Flower

Climbing CultureBy LukeApril 14, 2021Leave a comment

I guess you could call it a town. It’s open three or four months per year. Driving east, hues of…

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A Venture Backward, Inward, and Upward by Rhiannon Williams

Climbing CultureBy LukeApril 12, 2021Leave 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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22 – Wide Eyes, High Times, and Hard Times, A Story of Climbing With Mark Grundon

PodcastBy LukeNovember 8, 2020Leave a comment

Adventures with Mark Grundon, a climber with an infinite amount of energy, who endures an avalanche and cancer all while…

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Where The Winds Hit Heavy by Matt Spohn

LocationsBy LukeNovember 1, 2020Leave a comment

The granite escarpments of Castle Crags silhouetted the western skyway, massive gargoyles hunched and staring. I thought of my mother’s…

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Jim Bridwell’s Memorial in Yosemite (a photo essay)

Climbing CultureBy LukeSeptember 22, 2020Leave a comment

When I heard that Jim Bridwell had died, my first thought was, I bet even he didn’t think he’d live…

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Part 2: Chuck Pratt, Liquid Sunshine by Pat Ament

LocationsBy LukeFebruary 3, 2020Leave a comment

This is part 2 of Pat Ament’s essay, published in Volume 17. If you missed part 1, you can read…

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Reflections on Dad by Tamara Robbins

LocationsBy LukeDecember 18, 20191 Comment

Since November, I’ve been in Modesto, California, with my family and, while here, digitally archiving the multitude of slides, negatives,…

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