Write On, A Life of Writing
My mother tells me the first words I ever read were those of the sports section of our local paper. Like many American youth, I was obsessed with spor…
The Climbing Zine Book
For 10 years we've been publishing The Climbing Zine. We started off with print runs of 100, then 500, then 1,000, and now these days we are at 10,000…
Write for your Rights (The Desert, book tour closer)
At the end of this week I’m finishing up what has been the most successful book tour of my career. This Fri., Nov. 15, I’m headed down to a place I’ve…
Hammer’s Time. A Halloween Tale.
When you’re young and filled with energy, Halloween is the greatest of opportunities to act out some fantasies, and live close to that line that separ…
Fare Thee Well
My life was changed at 16 by a single song. At first I never saw it coming. I was introduced to the 1990s version of hippies on a trip to visit a chil…
The Dish Pit In The Sky
In another lifetime, I was a dishwasher. There’s this quote that I’ll have to paraphrase because I can’t recall it exactly but it went something like …
Walking In Someone Else’s Shoes
“They lied to me,” the man said in a Texas drawl. “They said Engineer was easier than Snowden. This is hard.” “Yeah, they may have misled you,” I s…
The Desert Presentation w/ Mehall and Friends
From Townie Books in Crested Butte, Luke Mehall and friends tell stories from his books American Climber and The Desert, and a few out of the box tale…
Just A Climber, For Bears Ears (a short film)
Just A Climber (For Bears Ears) is the result of 20 years of thinking and recreating in Indian Creek. When the new protections are threatened by the T…
Interview with Chad Reich
Chad Reich interviews Luke Mehall, author of The Desert, and publisher of The Climbing Zine. You can listen to the interview on Soundcloud. Mehall …