The beauty of bouldering lies in its simplicity and physicality.

Yet the world of climbing media could not be further from this. Increasingly, our time is spent overwhelmed by fast and vast fields of content, arriving on screens and then quickly forgotten about. We are out of touch with the stories of climbing…

…yet climbing has always been about touch.

The intention of this magazine is to bring touch back into the equation. A physical thing that can be held, folded, flicked through and stacked on your shelf, somewhere where it won’t disappear. A magazine to be read and re-read and shared around. We want to bring climbers (back) in touch with their beloved practice in a truer sense; with its stories, its debates, its people and its beauty.

Spotter is an annual print publication which strives to do just this. Through a range of content - long-form interview, creative photography, reflective opinion pieces and some silly bits in between - we hope to bring something both new and old to climbing media.

Image: Severin Domela

  • Co-founder/Editor: Hamish Potokar
    Co-founder/Editor: Aidan Roberts
    Artistic Director/Editor: Francesca Rigg

    Issue 3 Contributors:
    Ashima Shiraishi
    Asia Zughaiar
    Dan Bruce
    Dean Liaw
    Erika Cann
    Jack Heath
    Jake Varker
    James O'Neil
    John Fullwood
    Lally Macbeth
    Lauren Strothard
    Malin Rollin
    Niky Ceria
    Nol Huther
    Oscar Dryden
    Pete Richards
    Sam Prior
    Sarah Barnett
    Severin Domela
    Sid Graham
    Sim Warren
    Thomas Saluz
    Tom Le Fanu
    Tyler Tadych
    Will Tapp
    Yazan Abbas

    Issue 2 Contributors:
    Alex Clow
    Andrew Emery
    Annie Martin
    Barry Vincent
    Becca Mccormack
    Carl Bowkett
    Carlos Casas
    Cecilia Hallpike
    Chatkrit Sinsomboon
    Clem Lechap
    Dan Varian
    Hamish McArthur
    Han Bolt
    Hugo Wirth
    Kyle Gregory
    Louis Eliott
    Mark Savage
    Marine Thevenet
    Michael Paul
    Micheal Cassidy
    Mina Leslie-Wujastyk
    Molly Thompson-Smith
    Pete Richards
    Sam Pratt
    Sam Prior
    Sovantzis Antonios
    Sebastien Laborie

    Issue 1 Contributors:
    Alex Kent
    Charlotte Bull
    Elias Bignold
    Eliot Stephens
    Grace T.S.P.
    Henry Henderson
    Jacob Martin
    James Squire
    John Fletcher
    Joshua Braum-Wimmer
    Lea Volpe
    Louis Parkinson
    Louis Waite
    Maisie Vollans
    Mark Davis
    Mark Savage
    Matthew Newhouse
    Mina Leslie-Wujastyk
    Moritz Ebbecke
    Pete Richards
    Phillip Hector
    Rhys Evans
    Roxanna Barry
    Sam Pratt
    Sam Prior
    Steve Blake
    Tim Blake
    Tim Wilson
    Veronica Melkonian

  • Got an idea for a submission? Or a load of photos of your local crag? Or some scans of your sketchbook from a recent climbing trip? We'd love to hear from you at thespottermag@gmail.com.

    For written submissions, send us a 200-word pitch and an example piece of writing if you have it.

    For photography, feel free to send us a single image, a couple of shots or a whole portfolio.

    For any other pitch formats, the stranger the better. Send them over.

  • We're always excited to link up with like-minded organisations, brands and creative projects. If you think we might make a good team or have an idea for collaboration, shoot us an email at thespottermag@gmail.com.

  • email: thespottermag@gmail.com
    instagram: @spotter_magazine