Archive - Luke Mehall of The Climbing Zine

Mid Life Crisis Poem

from our upcoming 5.9+ mixtape

Jun 19 •

May 2025

On Mental Health and a Colorado Life

I rarely, if ever post my deeper thoughts in the moment.

May 29 •

April 2025

Who Will Survive in America?

“The world is changing right in front of me

Apr 30 •

February 2025

I Don't Want To Die On The Rock

Feb 21 •

I Don't Want To Die On The Rock

This poem is a follow up to a poem I wrote in 2022 called Let Me Die On The Rock, which was inspired by Bob Dylan’s song: Lie Me Die In My Footsteps…

Feb 2 •

January 2025

4.20.99 til' Infinity

It’s rare to be told by an editor that you can write whatever you want, but that’s how this essay got started.

Jan 3 •

October 2024

Unbroken Chain, A Letter for Phil Lesh

I started listening to the Grateful Dead a week before Jerry Garcia died.

Oct 28, 2024 •

July 2024

Keeping The Climbing Zine Alive, After Losing Patagonia

Long live the printed zine!

Jul 17, 2024 •

March 2024

A New Climbing Zine and the first poem from our Microdose Mixtape

I haven't been posting here but I have been creating.

Mar 20, 2024 •

December 2023

A Love Letter To The Firebrand

After 28 years the first place to ever sell The Climbing Zine closed its doors

Dec 7, 2023 •

October 2023

Resistance Climbing + Climbs That Fall Apart

A look into my most recent interview for our Dirtbag State of Mind podcast, and a piece that I'm working on for Volume 24 of The Climbing Zine

Oct 15, 2023 •

September 2023

What's in The Mix (tape)

A post about the work I'm in right now, and my vision for this Substack

Sep 16, 2023 •

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