βThere were no girls when I started climbing [in England],β Alan said, in a tone more serious than joking. Iβd just met Alan Carne only twenty-four hours before, on a warm September day seeking refuge in the shade of the 4Γ4 Wall at Indian Creek, and we instantly became friends, that kind of instant friendshipβ¦
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