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The second episode of Season 3 is a conversation with Kaya Lindsay, from One Chick Travels. Kaya is a contributor to The Climbing Zine, and the creator of the Girls Gone Wide film. We sat down on a winter evening in Moab, Utah, and have a conversation ranging from women living the van life, community,…

Season 3 is here and we’re kicking it off with our conversation with Tommy Caldwell. Big thanks to Shaun Matusewicz as well for joining in on the conversation. You can now support the DSOM podcast on Patreon, starting at $3. Here’s the link: https://www.patreon.com/theclimbingzine  This link will get you 15% off anything in our store:…

Another bonus episode, Luke Mehall reads a story from Volume 21 of The Climbing Zine. (Photo of Hobo Greg by Emmie Snead) Support The Zine + the DSOM podcast by subscribing, picking up some zines, books, or other merch (this link is good for 15% off anything in the store):  https://shop.climbingzine.com/discount/DIRTBAGPODCAST15 Become a Patreon Supporter…

Luke Mehall reads a piece of his, about some winter climbing adventures and first ascents in Indian Creek. This piece was originally published in Volume 4 of The Climbing Zine. Support The Zine + the DSOM podcast by picking up some goodies in our store (this link is good for 15% off): https://shop.climbingzine.com/discount/DIRTBAGPODCAST15 Become a…

A bonus episode to wrap up 2021, about Mehall’s experience at this year’s Creeksgiving, in Indian Creek, Bears Ears National Monument. Support The Zine + the DSOM podcast by picking up some goodies in our store (this link is good for 15% off): https://shop.climbingzine.com/discount/DIRTBAGPODCAST15 Become a Patreon Supporter of the show (and get hooked up…

For our final conversation in 2021, Luke chats with Devin Dabney, who is a Senior Contributor to The Climbing Zine. Devin is a poet, rapper, essayist, and host of the American Climbing Project podcast. In this conversation Devin and Luke “nerd out” on the intersection of hip-hop and climbing, as well as the writing process,…

This fall I sat down with Peter Horgan, from The Climbing Advocate Podcast, in a camper in Indian Creek. We have a conversation ranging from poetic influences like Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead, to first ascents in Indian Creek, to starting the Durango Climbers Coalition. Check out The Climbing Advocate Podcast: https://www.accessfund.org/learn/the-climbing-advocate-podcast The Access…

Lucas Roman has emerged as one of the best climbing writers in the last couple years. Luke met up with Lucas in Moab, Utah and then the two headed out to Castle Valley for a great conversation; ranging from Brad Gobright to recovery to the climbing life. The second anniversary of Brad’s passing is this…

Chris Schulte is one of the more prolific contributors to The Zine, and we sat down in Durango for a wide ranging conversation, from The Creek to The Capitol. Photos: by Andrew Burr Support The Zine + our podcast to picking up some goodies, This link will get you 15% off anything in our store:…

The pandemic shut down live events for a long time, and it was terrible timing as we wanted to celebrate 10 years of The Zine in 2020. We also had limited events in 2021, but we did this one in Durango and we wanted to share it here. Hope you enjoy it. This link will…