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Remembering Ed Webster: Climber, Adventurer, Historian, Writer, and Photographer
Ed Webster, desert rat, rock climber, and pioneer of a bold new route on Everest's Kangshung Face, has passed away at age 66.
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Time Stands Still at Indian Creek Canyon
Here's a short essay that I wrote In September 2003 about Indian Creek Canyon for an Indian Creek climbing guidebook that...
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Essay on Indian Creek and Supercrack
Indian Creek. To me, there has always been magic in that name. That sinuous canyon, lined with soaring walls of ruddy Wingate sandstone...
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Ed Webster: Desert Travels with Climbing Buddy
Ed Webster--climber extraordinaire, Everest mountaineer, and prolific first ascensionist--was out here in Colorado from his Maine homestead
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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
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The All-American Men Discover The All-American Man
Ed Webster and I chill out next to The All-American Man, a famous pictograph in Canyonlands National Park. Photo @ Stewart M. Green In...