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A Knot Like Infinity by North Bennett

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Fifteen meters up Rutabaga, a moderate 5.9 splitter at the base of Squamish, BC’s Stawamus Chief, stretches a traverse between cracks. The move crosses jugs and offers fine, slabby feet, but still, I find it exhilarating. In fact, for reasons related only slantwise to climbing, it is exactly the sort of move that I seek…

A Knot Like Infinity by North Bennett

North Bennett writes about the intersection of Tinder and rock climbing, in this essay for The Climbing Zine, Volume 20.

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