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Texas Tower Redux by Josh Smith

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Think back over your climbing career. I bet you’ll find a climb—or two—that define you. These won’t be your hardest sends necessarily. They will be the beautiful ones, the scary ones, the ones that came into your life at just the right time. The ones that tested you, that possessed you, that shaped your character…

Texas Tower Redux by Josh Smith

Josh Smith reflects on a long journey to the top of Texas Tower, in Bears Ears National Monument. From Volume 19 of The Zine.

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