John Burgman

John Burgman is the author of High Drama (2020), Island Solitaire (2018), and Why We Climb: A Dirtbag’s Quest for Vertical Reason (2015). He is a former magazine editor, a Fulbright grant recipient, and a graduate of New York University’s MFA program. His work has appeared online and in print at Esquire, Trail Runner, Portland Review, Gym Climber, Boundary Waters Journal, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. He often reports on competition climbing for magazines such as Climbing and Climbing Business Journal. He is a frequent guest on the popular climbing podcast Plastic Weekly.