Chris Weidner
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Paradox in Ukraine — Climbing toward a future beyond the war (Wicked Gravity) (opens the original)
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Alex Kosseff expected Ukraine to look like a country at war. What surprised him were the bustling restaurants, the people going out to bars — it all seemed so normal. “But then you look around and realize there are almost no men,” he said. That is, except for the young men who had returned from the war with devastating injuries. Beneath that veneer of normalcy, Kosseff saw people missing legs, arms and, in some cases, multiple limbs. Recent estimates suggest the country now has at least 100,000
The new psychology of risk — When help is just a button away (Wicked Gravity) (opens the original)
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In January 1993 my friend Tim and I climbed the south face of The Tooth, an attractive peak that’s accessible from Seattle. Back then neither of us knew much about winter climbing so our pace proved painfully slow, especially on the face itself: a 350-foot rock climb that’s popular in summer but a whole different beast when coated with snow, its cracks filled with ice. My dad had recently acquired an early iteration of a cellular phone — an unwieldy, brick-like gadget that, at the time, seemed a
Twenty-nine years later: A climber’s measure of time (Wicked Gravity) (opens the original)
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Finally, beneath the start of the climb after a circuitous, three-hour hike, I put Bruce on belay. I feed out rope as he navigates the infamous “Poop Pitch,” a nasty intro to an otherwise brilliant climb. While he works his way up the steep, leaning crack (where rats apparently hang out in droves), I look around, searching the landscape for something familiar, some trigger to remind me of the last time I was here, 29 years ago. Back then I stood right where I’m at, prepared to launch up this 2,0
The unwritten rules of climbing (Wicked Gravity) (opens the original)
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Some of the most important rules in life are never written down. We learn them through experience, observation and, occasionally, embarrassment. Climbers have plenty of these rules, governing everything from where you put your climbing shoes to when you’re allowed to pull onto a bouldering wall. Some are passed down from mentors and climbing partners, while others are learned the hard way. So, in the interest of saving everyone some time and awkwardness, here’s a partial guide to climbing’s invi
Triumph and tribulation — Heavy weather on a North Cascades classic (Wicked Gravity) (opens the original)
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I can’t tell where we are on the ridge — thick fog obscures the views below and above. The photocopied route description in my pocket proves almost useless without visual reference. We near the top of one of several towers along the ridge, when another reveals itself like an apparition. Its daunting presence, more felt than seen, rises and disappears into the clouds. Eric and I forge onward, not knowing how far we’ve come or how far we have to go. At one belay the clouds break and I look north a
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