Conrad Anker Instagram – As climbers we are storytellers. It’s part of the experience, from dreaming to planning to sending to remembering. Each aspect is as important as the other.
When climbing found me in the 70s it was through word of mouth and the venerated magazines. The written word, coupled with images of faraway places were the first step in dreaming up an adventure.
Magazines and books printed on paper hold a special place in how I understand and appreciate the arcane pastime of struggling with gravity on nature’s anomalies.
@theclimbingzine brought to us by @lukemehall_writer brings us back to the future with the expertly crafted and edited ClimbingZine. Between the zine and the book there is the rainbow of climbing experiences. @stacyabare with “Climbing Past War” chronicles the good we have from gettin’ humbled by gravity. @semi_rad keeps humor in our lexicon while @beccaskinner shares the generational weave of family in climbing.
So here’s our ask – from Luke and myself: spruce up your living and work area with fine climbing literature that isn’t algorithmically delivered through this thing in your hands. Subscribe to @theclimbingzine for the insight into climbing that offers us motivation, acceptance and healing. Heck – for the price of a pizza you’ll have a connection to climbing that is, like the final cinch on you figure 8, super real. | Posted on 01/Aug/2023 23:55:36
