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

Do only writers cry when a writer dies? Do only musicians cry when a guitar player dies? Do only climbers…

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

Editor’s note: Longtime Climbing Zine contributor D Scott Borden wrote this piece for Volume 7, and sadly as the Zine…

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

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

I wasn’t sure if I should start this piece with being three thousand feet off the ground on El Capitan,…

The single most important choice you’ll make before any big (or little) climb is your partner. The right partner hopefully…

Awake. Alone. It’s 3 am. Only two more hours to sleep, the clock is ticking. The world is silent. Maybe…

The story of climbing in Yosemite is one that is well known and well told, and at times it seems…

Books often inspire me more than the imagery or dialogue in a movie and I think it has to do…

We pull into the Supercrack parking lot in a rusty, mud smothered Subaru, named Shelly. The lot is dotted with…

I woke up before dawn in the parking lot of an apartment complex. My girlfriend and I had been living…

There is something to be said about reading books written by rock climbers – they seem to consistently capture the…

As I start this piece it’s that time of the year when the Animas River here in Durango looks like…