In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first route at Cave Wall, a story read by Luke Mehall
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Photo of Tim Foulkes in Microdose, Cave Wall West by Luke Mehall

Part 1 of our conversation with Sonnie Trotter, author of the new book “Uplifted”.
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Photo of Sonnie on Cobra Crack by Paul Bride

A preview of our upcoming two part episode with Sonnie Trotter.
Plus a poem “Climbing Romeo and Juliet” by Cliff Cash.
Photo of Sonnie on Cobra Crack, Squamish by Paul Bride

A rerun of our conversation with Jimmie Dunn from 2022.
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A rerun of our conversation with Tommy Caldwell from 2022, recorded in his van in Estes Park, Colorado. Big thanks to Shaun Matusewicz for joining on the adventure and helping with the interview!

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Luke’s conversation with Sam MacIlwaine, who contributed the poem “Dirtbag” to Volume 25 of The Climbing Zine, and is also featured on the back cover of that issue.
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photo by Jordi Llauradó

To kick off Luke’s summer climbing road trip, he stopped in Moab, Utah for this conversation with Mary Eden, also known as the Trad Princess.
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photo by Luke Mehall

Another conversation where Luke is the guest. This episode is from the “Dirtbag Rich” podcast, hosted by Blake Boles.
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photo by Jake Burchmore

The tables are turned on our host, Luke Mehall, as we share this episode of his appearance on The Struggle Climbing Show, hosted by Ryan Devlin.
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Our premiere for Season 7: a conversation with Andy Vo.
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A second preseason episode before we kick off Season 7. A letter and poem for our dear friend Kurt Blair, who passed away last year.
Poem read by Marcus Garcia, and letter read by host Luke Mehall.

A preseason episode before we launch Season 7. Originally aired in 2020 near the end of Season 1.
Season 7 kicks off later this month.
 

Luke Mehall reads “The Dirtbags Aren’t Dead, They’re Just In Mexico” published in the new issue of The Climbing Zine, Volume 25, now available. Photo by Ivan Ioza
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“I climb my best 4,000 feet off the ground” – Alex Honnold.
Luke Mehall + Alex Honnold in a dirtbag state of mind.
 

We finally get to sit down with Mallory Logan, the Art Director for The Climbing Zine, to have a conversation about the history of The Zine and Dirtbag State of Mind. Plus the crux of becoming a Mom at 21 years old. Co-hosted by Shaun Matusewicz, our Publisher Emeritus.
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The last in our series of conversations recorded in Lander, Wyoming this summer, with Kris Hampton of Power Company Climbing. Kris is our first repeat guest, and we discuss climbing friendships, the Olympics, hip-hop and much more.
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The second conversation from our series of interviews in Lander, Wyoming. Steve Bechtel is a local legend in Lander, and runs two successful businesses: Climb Strong and Elemental Fitness. We have a really fun conversation ranging from old climbing stories of his with Todd Skinner, to the modern world of work, business, publishing, and climbing.
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The first of our series of conversations recorded this summer in Lander, Wyoming. Shara Zaia wrote a beautiful piece is Volume 24, our current issue, and we discuss that essay and much more.

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Introducing our first ever mixtape from The Climbing Zine. The Microdose Mixtape pairs Luke Mehall’s spoken word poetry, with the music of Devin Dabney.
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A conversation with Taylor Luneau. Taylor discovered climbing after an injury derailed his ice hockey career. Taylor and Luke have a wide ranging conversation from local climbing organizations to the relationship of climate change and ice climbing, and much more.
Plus in the outro is the premiere of the poem 5.6+ from the upcoming Microdose Mixtape.
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Photo of Taylor on Separate Reality in Yosemite by Luke Mehall