Climbs Fall Apart by Luke Mehall (an excerpt)
And so castles made of sand Fall into the sea eventually —Jimi Hendrix, “Castles Made of Sand” “Did you hear…
Wearing our heart on our chalk bags.
And so castles made of sand Fall into the sea eventually —Jimi Hendrix, “Castles Made of Sand” “Did you hear…
Walking up to the base of Freerider, I felt rested, light, but increasingly nervous. Two years ago, I’d never climbed…
The black-and-white photograph is small and square, half a century old, showing my grandmother posing in front of the dark,…
I know he knows. Adam Lawton is proud. In every group of adventurers, there is a leader, and every great…
In the late 1300s, experts point to drought and other environmental stressors impacting the Puebloan people in the Southwest leading…
In 2016 at the International Climbers’ Festival in Lander, Wyoming, we held a “love letter to climbing” contest. Ana Ally was…
by Joanna Spindler, published in Volume 16, now available. Banner art by Rhiannon Williams We didn’t have much time Because…
“If Jesus can’t save you, life starts when the church ends.” Empire State of Mind by Jay Z Some call…
I. Trapped Kaiser Santa Clara Hospital, June 2018 The haul bag sits, a stuffed pig in the trunk. Cams, nuts,…
“You know there’s something special you’re needing. And you know there’s no drug that’ll do the healing, and no liquor…
It’s a dingy bar. Dark and musty. Where, I’m not exactly sure, but there is a feeling of sadness that…
Think back over your climbing career. I bet you’ll find a climb—or two—that define you. These won’t be your hardest…
I see it being used all around me to describe women, often by other women: badass. I have always considered…
Gray and white clouds rack up in billowed folds like the belly scales of a snake and curl widely across…
The uninitiated, those who don’t climb, always ask me why I do. I normally begin my response with the statement…