Scree

A place for updates about the print magazine and other miscellany. The name "Scree" is a callback to the original Summit's back-of-the-book section, a hodge-podge of letters to the editor, cartoons, poems, and other bits and bobs.

Scree

Meet the SJ 322 Cover Artist: Sally Deng

Meet the SJ 322 Cover Artist: Sally Deng

Sally Deng, cover artist of Summit Journal 322, creates art for magazines, newspapers, books, and more from her Los Angeles studio. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The...

Meet the SJ 322 Cover Artist: Sally Deng

Sally Deng, cover artist of Summit Journal 322, creates art for magazines, newspapers, books, and more from her Los Angeles studio. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The...

Win a Sport Climbing Trip for 2 to Costa Blanca, Spain!

Win a Sport Climbing Trip for 2 to Costa Blanca...

Enter for a chance to win a sport-climbing trip for two people to Costa Blanca, Spain with ROCK & SUN! Also included: $1,000 worth of airfare from Summit Journal, and...

Win a Sport Climbing Trip for 2 to Costa Blanca...

Enter for a chance to win a sport-climbing trip for two people to Costa Blanca, Spain with ROCK & SUN! Also included: $1,000 worth of airfare from Summit Journal, and...

“An Easy Day for A Lady”

“An Easy Day for A Lady”

The following is excerpted from from Laura Waterman’s Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage, a Suicide, and a New Life of Self-Discovery (second edition, February 2025) from SUNY Press,...

“An Easy Day for A Lady”

The following is excerpted from from Laura Waterman’s Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage, a Suicide, and a New Life of Self-Discovery (second edition, February 2025) from SUNY Press,...

Wildfires Devastate El Bolsón, Argentina: Impact on Climbing Community and Call for Support

Wildfires Devastate El Bolsón, Argentina: Impac...

February 11, 2025 Wildfires in Patagonia Argentina, are currently ravaging thousands of hectares of native forests. In just the past two months (December 2024–January 2025), over 20,000 hectares have burned...

Wildfires Devastate El Bolsón, Argentina: Impac...

February 11, 2025 Wildfires in Patagonia Argentina, are currently ravaging thousands of hectares of native forests. In just the past two months (December 2024–January 2025), over 20,000 hectares have burned...

Q&A with The Stonemaster: John Long

Q&A with The Stonemaster: John Long

Summit Journal's editor, Michael Levy, caught up with John Long, the preeminent rock-climbing writer of our time, for a conversation about the craft of storytelling, what gets him going in climbing...

Q&A with The Stonemaster: John Long

Summit Journal's editor, Michael Levy, caught up with John Long, the preeminent rock-climbing writer of our time, for a conversation about the craft of storytelling, what gets him going in climbing...

VIDEO: A Matter of Scale — Angie Payne

VIDEO: A Matter of Scale — Angie Payne

Our print magazine will always be our first priority, but the vision has also been more. Simply, some stories are best expressed through dynamic mediums, and we’ve been thinking about what...

VIDEO: A Matter of Scale — Angie Payne

Our print magazine will always be our first priority, but the vision has also been more. Simply, some stories are best expressed through dynamic mediums, and we’ve been thinking about what...