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…
Wearing our heart on our chalk bags.
In Memory of Towyn Williams (1926 – 2016) I associate much of my childhood with a little white farmhouse in…
As I listened to my boyfriend make his tenth phone call of the hour, I absentmindedly stirred vegetables and reflected…
Man what a route! As a child, I remember looking at photos of it in my Dad’s climbing books thinking,…
“If Jesus can’t save you, life starts when the church ends.” Empire State of Mind by Jay Z Some call…
Adventures with Mark Grundon, a climber with an infinite amount of energy, who endures an avalanche and cancer all while…
The granite escarpments of Castle Crags silhouetted the western skyway, massive gargoyles hunched and staring. I thought of my mother’s…
“There were no girls when I started climbing [in England],” Alan said, in a tone more serious than joking. I’d…
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” Goerte I…
I’ve heard some describe Yosemite as a vortex, and so is the culture that comes with it. I am sucked…
When I heard that Jim Bridwell had died, my first thought was, I bet even he didn’t think he’d live…
At some point in my early to midtwenties, I came to the conclusion that life is not about rock climbing.…
UPDATE: the second edition of Squeak! has been released. Same great story, with a couple updates, including The Climbers Pact…
This is part 2 of Pat Ament’s essay, published in Volume 17. If you missed part 1, you can read…
Since November, I’ve been in Modesto, California, with my family and, while here, digitally archiving the multitude of slides, negatives,…
I wasn’t sure if I should start this piece with being three thousand feet off the ground on El Capitan,…