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Going It Alone by Vic Zeilman

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At some point in my early to midtwenties, I came to the conclusion that life is not about rock climbing. There’s just too much other crazy shit happening every day on this beautiful clump of space dust. The older I get, however, the more I realize that climbing is most certainly about life. At the…

Going It Alone by Vic Zeilman

Vic Zeilman’s essay about soloing Lurking Fear on El Capitan. Published in The Climbing Zine Book, now available in hardcover.

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