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Dirtbag State of Mind podcast, from The Climbing Zine Luke Mehall
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4.7 • 53 Ratings
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The Dirtbag State of Mind podcast from The Climbing Zine is here to bring the stories of our publisher Luke Mehall to the audio format. For our first season we will be reading and offering commentary on American Climber, the memoir by Mehall.
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So You Got Your Knee Stuck by Kaya Lindsay
Our final episode for Season 4 is a story read by Kaya Lindsay. This story was published in Volume 22 of The Zine. We never publish “how-to” material, but after hearing so many stories about climbers getting knees stuck in cracks, we figured this would be a good “zine-style” piece on the subject matter.
Visit Kaya’s site: https://www.onechicktravels.com
Kaya’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@KayaLindsay
KEEP THE ZINE ALIVE: https://climbingzine.com/keep-the-zine-alive-in-2023
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Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theclimbingzine
Our sponsors:
Kilter: http://settercloset.com
(email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information)
Scarpa: www.scarpa.com
Patagonia: www.patagonia.com/cleanclimbing
Sterling: www.sterlingrope.com (use the code DIRTBAG) for 15% off
Art by Madison Brandt, published in Volume 22 of The Zine
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Finding Nuggets in The Climbing World, A Conversation with Steven Dimmitt
Two podcasts at once! I chat with Steven Dimmitt of the popular Nugget Climbing Podcast.
We take turns interviewing each other, and really get into the history of what we do, and the challenging side of a “dream job”.
Visit The Nugget: www.thenuggetclimbing.com
Check out some more stories/content: www.climbingzine.com
Discount link for 15% off any product (except subscriptions) in our online store: https://shop.climbingzine.com/discount/DIRTBAGPODCAST15
Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theclimbingzine
Our sponsors:
Kilter: http://settercloset.com
(email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information)
Scarpa: www.scarpa.com
Patagonia: www.patagonia.com/cleanclimbing
Sterling: www.sterlingrope.com (use the code DIRTBAG) for 15% off
Photo of Steven by Rachel Galipo -
Creeksgiving
Mehall reads the essay “Creeksgiving”. A tale of the old school celebration in the Super Bowl campground.
Check out some more stories/content: www.climbingzine.com
Discount link for 15% off any product (except subscriptions) in our online store: https://shop.climbingzine.com/discount/DIRTBAGPODCAST15
Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theclimbingzine
Our sponsors:
Kilter: http://settercloset.com
(email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information)
Scarpa: www.scarpa.com
Patagonia: www.patagonia.com/cleanclimbing
Sterling: www.sterlingrope.com (use the code DIRTBAG) for 15% off
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Back to The Gravity Lab, A Conversation with Sebastiaan Zuidweg
A conversation with Sebastiaan Zuidweg about building a climbing gym from scratch. Gravity Lab opens up in Durango, Colorado this month!
Gravity Lab
Check out some more stories/content: www.climbingzine.com
Discount link for 15% off any product (except subscriptions) in our online store: https://shop.climbingzine.com/discount/DIRTBAGPODCAST15
Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theclimbingzine
Our sponsors:
Kilter: http://settercloset.com
(email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information)
Scarpa: www.scarpa.com
Patagonia: www.patagonia.com/cleanclimbing
Sterling: www.sterlingrope.com (use the code DIRTBAG) for 15% off -
Adventures With Two Tent Timmy
Adventures With Two Tent Timmy is a zine classic, that will be republished in The Climbing Zine Book 2, now available to preorder.
Read and written by Luke Mehall.
Check out some more stories/content: www.climbingzine.com
Discount link for 15% off any product (except subscriptions) in our online store: https://shop.climbingzine.com/discount/DIRTBAGPODCAST15
Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theclimbingzine
Our sponsors:
Kilter: http://settercloset.com
(email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information)
Scarpa: www.scarpa.com
Patagonia: www.patagonia.com/cleanclimbing
Sterling: www.sterlingrope.com (use the code DIRTBAG) for 15% off
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Women's Stories at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing, A Conversation with Lauren DeLaunay Miller
Our second episode from the El Cap Meadow with Lauren DeLaunay Miller.
Lauren was a contributor to Volume 12 of The Zine, and she’s the author of Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing
Check out some more stories/content: www.climbingzine.com
Discount link for 15% off any product (except subscriptions) in our online store: https://shop.climbingzine.com/discount/DIRTBAGPODCAST15
Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theclimbingzine
Our sponsors:
Kilter: http://settercloset.com
(email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information)
Scarpa: www.scarpa.com
Patagonia: www.patagonia.com/cleanclimbing
Sterling: www.sterlingrope.com (use the code DIRTBAG) for 15% off
Photo: Pato Berra
Customer Reviews
Free audiobooks!
I listen to a lot of audiobooks and a lot of podcasts. I’m not sure I would’ve gotten around to reading American Climber by Luke Mehall if he hadn’t read it out loud chapter by chapter in the first season of this podcast. I’m really glad I listened to it. It’s an introspective memoir that also captures something larger about middle class American Millennial experience. I think the most interesting thing to me is that Mehall is very honest and introspective about the dirt bag and Vanlife lifestyles. There’s nothing glamorized about them and you realize that there’s a lot of loneliness and aimlessness built into much of those lifestyles. I definitely experienced that when I was younger and the process of growing up that Mehall describes rings true to me. He comes to realize that freedom without love is empty and both freedom and love in their highest forms require a lot of commitment, which requires vision and goals. I got more than I bargained for. Looking forward to The Desert now.
Sooo...Good
This is more than just a climbing podcast. The way Luke writes, he creates an appreciation of the smaller things in life and how climbing puts the things we do (outside of climbing) into a better perspective! His zines and books bring the reader into the same mindset as the listeners of this podcast. Keep it coming!
I like your writing
I like your writing. You are a great writer with good insights. But this new format, where you are just interviewing people is less engaging and less interesting. I’m so tired of listening to two people “chat” forever. It’s why I can’t listen to the Enormocast or Mark Maron anymore. I appreciate your writing because so much more thought goes into it than an unrehearsed (and often meandering) conversation.