(re) Introducing ourselves: The Climbing Zine

Don't post much up here anymore, but since it's been so long, I wanted to post a little something.

The Climbing Zine, out of Durango, Colorado, is the literary journal of climbing; a place for all those random stories, and a forum to take the sport back to its essence.

We are now finally offering a subscription, and there's plenty of free reading at our website.

That's all. Enjoy.

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Yo Luke!

I'm super psyched on this. I heard your enormocast episode and kinda forgot about it until now. You make it sound like a really romantic thing.

I'll be subscribing. I love the idea of the 'zine.

Your first link is fubar though.

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Wow I just got spammed, some crazy cheep$$ offer from the worlds fastest sinking climbig ship; Climbing,
Sorry I had not heard of your publication, For a Valentine's gift, my kids bought the subscription, for the wife and I, Bummer , I know.
That said. I will budget in a copy of your zine,, it will not be hard to rise above the short attention span crap that both the two old rags now spit out.
Good luck and I hope that you are the second coming of the Alpinist.!

Zane, Cleveland ??
I guess that means Foster falls? or Kentucky ? the Gunks is what? a twelve hour drive?
I feel for YA dude,
Get to Los Vegas, and hire a guide for some stellar multi pitch (more than three') it will be worth it!

post up some pics from the trip.

Bought all the back issues last year before a trip. Better read than any of the climbing magazines.

hey thanks Rob!

We like to believe we add a much needed type of story in addition to Climbing, DPM, Rock and Ice, and the Alpinist, and of course all the excellent forms of online climbing media.

Luke

Michael Schneider wrote: Zane, Cleveland ?? I guess that means Foster falls? or Kentucky ? the Gunks is what? a twelve hour drive? I feel for YA dude, Get to Los Vegas, and hire a guide for some stellar multi pitch (more than three') it will be worth it! post up some pics from the trip.

Zane, Well that s good to hear.
I loved climbing at Lumpy, I think i did a very early repeat of Colmans Complex, and a rare (back then) ascent of, what its called ?
The Crack of Doom or Gollums Arch? some wide nightmare!.in a right facing corner?

This was before any wide cams existed that flare put a kink in my belayers neck.
(I suffered up it, for what seemed like forever)

In fact there is an obscure route that I put up just inside the RMNP entrance,
(coming in from Estes park)
There is some employee housing off to the right. Up hill from the house is what I think was called Goat Hill?

I have to think back, as my note book from '86 was ruined by flooding.

Any way there is a very distinct overlap /roof with a crack going through it,above some slabby stuff, the slab below was easy not any move harder than 5.8, (probably very runout) then the overlap and four 'moves' beyond for sixty feet of mid range 5.10.(With Pro) I did a lot of bouldering/ solo stuff up there as well.

I was very fond of climbing on the C. divide, and did a half ascent of the lightning bolt feature on Mnt Alice.
I have heard that the things I climbed on Hallets have fallen down ? but that was a skate board approach, a stroll down a paved path full of summer gwakers, led to that fair and massive chunk!

Thanks Michael and Zane, yeah the Enormocast interview was fun!

Michael, we are very much inspired by the Alpinst, and strive for their high standards. Good storytelling and quality prose are what we are into!

cheers, and thanks for the subscriptions everyone!

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peace,
Luke