Michelle Wallace has written for Alpinist, Vice, Narratively, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Rumpus, and The Tico Times, among others. She has an MFA and is a recipient of a SF Writers’ Grotto Fellowship and SF Arts Commission Individual Artist grant. She runs the Borderlands Lectura and writes about borders, art and the environment.
Good skin—tough and durable yet resilient—is crucial to climbing success. It doesn’t matter if you have Sharma-strength or Margo-technique, you won’t get far if...
Potrero Chico gets all the attention, but this alluring monolith outside of sleepy Bernal has bolted moderates for days
I looked up at the rock that bulge...
