Dirtbag State of Mind podcast, from The Climbing Zine
Episodes
22 – Wide Eyes, High Times, and Hard Times, A Story of Climbing With Mark Grundon
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adventures with Mark Grundon, a climber with an infinite amount of energy, who endures an avalanche and cancer all while going through his senior year...
21 – The Painted Wall
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Luke and Dave cruise The Cruise in The Black Canyon, and then on the Painted Wall, Colorado’s tallest wall, well, let’s just say they don’t crui...
20 – Everybody Poops in Indian Creek with Tim Foulkes
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody poops, including us in Indian Creek. Luke and Tim Foulkes discuss a variety of Indian Creek issues: first ascents, replacing anchors, good l...
19 – Climbing, All The Way To The Moon
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Season Finale. Mehall goes all in on new routes in Indian Creek, Bears Ears National Monument; following the adventure all the way “to the moon”…...
18 – Love, Passion, and New Routes in Indian Creek / Bears Ears
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Mehall explores Indian Creek, Utah for new routes; the land now part of Bears Ears National Monument. In the midst of the search he finds his pas...
17 – Remembering Adam Lawton / Sending the Salathe Wall on El Capitan
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Remembering our friend Adam Lawton. Finally getting a job in Durango. Getting The Zine going, and eventually having success on the Salathe Wall on El ...
16 – Fighting to Write, The Creek in Winter, and The Big Wall Blues
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mehall moves to Durango, Colorado, and fights for his soul by writing and climbing. Big wall adventures take him back to Yosemite, where him, Two Tent...
15 – The Freedom Mobile Goes To Yosemite
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Luke and Gene take The Freedom Mobile to Yosemite, to get a taste of failure and success on big walls. Pooping in a poop tube, hauling, jumaring, lowe...
14 – In Love For The First Time, On A Stoner’s Highway in Yosemite
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In love for the first time at 30 years old. Venturing out onto Stoner’s Highway in Yosemite. And a dream job turns into a nightmare. The road leads ...
13 – Writing Zines, Dish Diving, and Moonlight Dreamchasing
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The dirtbag climbing life has highs and lows. Eventually I got to a point where I was tired of it, and I wanted to pursue a career in writing. Thus, M...
12 – Living The Dream in J-Tree, California
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A dollar and a dream in Joshua Tree, Califorinia. Easy solos and hard climbs. Living amongst the dirtbags and legend like Michael Reardon. Washing dis...
11 – Benighted in Zion with Tim and Dave
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Luke and Dave’s first big walls in Zion. Benighted too. High on life and surviving in the vertical. Being a delivery boy for the Mountain Gazette. T...
10 – All I Wanted To Be Was A Climbing Bum
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“All I wanted to be after graduating college was a climbing bum”…Working in a paper factory in Illinois for dough to go to Mexico with. A rappel...
9 – Two Gringos in Nicaragua and Benighted in The Black Canyon
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A nibble from a fox of the Western Colorado University campus. Costa Rica and Nicaragua with Amber (Mom) and Greg. Benighted in the Black Canyon of th...
8 – For The Love of Dirtbagging
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing on with American Climber, Luke Mehall’s memoir. To subscribe to The Zine visit our site: https://the-climbing-zine.myshopify.com/ To supp...
7 – The End Of The Rope
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7 of the Dirtbag State of Mind podcast. Mehall and friends have misadventures from Indian Creek to Yosemite National Park and many places in b...
6 – Living In A Tent, and 9-11
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are rolling along with Luke Mehall reading from his 2016 memoir American Climber. Here we get into yet another near death experience of his, and ho...
5 – In Love With Gunny
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with episode 5 of our first season! This is our first episode that I’ve recorded from my home studio, and we are psyched to continue to ...
4 – An Interview with Shaun Matusewicz
18 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is our first interview with Shaun Matusewicz. We originally intended to have a series of interviews with characters in the book at the en...
3 – Runaway, On The Road
29 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While we originally planned to drop an episode a week, we are continuing to post these episodes as quickly as possible. Here Luke Mehall continues the...
2 – The Knot of Eternity
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Friends of The Zine: we are continuing the expediting of this new podcast. We know everyone is looking for more stories and content and we are here fo...
1 – Our Premier: A Story To Start Off With
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This first episode features a story I told at the Raven Narratives, a storytelling event held here in Durango. The story covers my deepest darkest d...