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![Dateline 1997: Climbing on Pikes Peak with Earl Wiggins](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/396ca8_c2bf7617514a4170990e8a27733f12e2~mv2_d_8085_5141_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/396ca8_c2bf7617514a4170990e8a27733f12e2~mv2_d_8085_5141_s_4_2.webp)
Dateline 1997: Climbing on Pikes Peak with Earl Wiggins
After I posted a photo on Facebook of Earl Wiggins at the Garden of the Gods the other day I got to thinking about a route we climbed on Pik
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Climbing Chouca: Classic Hard French Route at Buoux
Tucked into a hidden valley in Provence in southern France is Buoux, a long wall of perfect pocketed stone with over 500 sport routes. Back
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What Do You Tell Tourists at the Garden of the Gods About Climbing?
One of the chapters in a book of climbing stories I've been working on is called "Fear of Heights." It's about tourists an
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1982: Belgian Climber Jean Bourgeois Disappears on Mt. Everest
On December 30, 1982, the great Belgian mountaineer Jean Bourgeois, a 44-year-old climber, photographer, and explorer, fell off the north si
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Climbing Legend Jim Bridwell Passes to the Great Cliff Beyond
Jim Bridwell, one of the legendary hard rock greats, passed on to the great cliff in the sky on February 16, 2018, from complications of hep
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1979: Climbing the North Face of Moses at Canyonlands National Park
April 1979. Ed Webster and Buck Norden repeated the North Face of Moses, a route established from October 21 to 25, 1972 by Fred Beckey, Eri