EP 150: Luke Mehall — How Climbing Gave Him His Life, Creating The Climbing Zine, and Sustaining Creative Work

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

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🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Luke Mehall is the creator of The Climbing Zine and The Dirtbag State of Mind podcast. In this episode, we take turns interviewing each other. I ask Luke why he started The Climbing Zine, what lessons climbing has taught him, what themes connect the stories he selects, and how to sustain creative work. He asks me about my origin story with The Nugget, what all of these interviews have brought to my life, and the difficulties I’ve faced along the way.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Grasshopper Climbing. One of the best things I ever did for my own
0:07.2	climbing was to build a climbing wall in my garage. This is when I lived in Bend, Oregon. It was just so
0:14.0	easy to stick to a consistent training schedule, and I always had really high-quality sessions on my
0:19.9	own wall without any distractions.
0:22.1	And I got super strong, the two winners that I climbed on that home wall.
0:26.3	But it's a ton of work to build your own home wall.
0:29.8	First, you have to design the thing, then you have to build it.
0:32.2	Then you have to decide which holds you want to buy, order tons of holds and bolts.
0:37.0	And then you have to set all of
0:38.1	the bolder problems and routes. I'm guessing that most of you listening don't have time to do all
0:43.6	that. Luckily, the folks at Grasshopper climbing designed the perfect solution. The Grasshopper
0:48.8	board was designed to give you an entire climbing gym experience right in your home. And the best part, they did such a good
0:56.9	job with the hold shaping and layout that the grasshopper board will be right for you, whether you
1:01.1	are a beginner, an expert, or anywhere in between. It's so good for training, and most importantly,
1:07.2	it's so much fun to climb on. But don't take my word for it because the folks at
1:12.1	Grasshopper climbing just want you to try out the Grasshopper board for yourself. If you want to learn
1:17.0	more, head over to grasshopper climbing.com or check them out on Instagram at Grasshopper
1:22.3	Climbing. Check out their boards and reach out to their sales team to see which board solution
1:26.5	is right for you.
1:28.0	And if you do definitely tell them I sent you because the folks at Grasshopper are offering you guys,
1:33.2	listeners to this podcast, $500 off when you order a fully kidded out 8 by 10 foot Grasshopper board.
1:40.7	$500.
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