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Fall on Rock by George Perkins

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I clipped her to the anchor, untied her knot, and pulled the rope through the gear. “I need more time.” Jessica whispered so weakly that I had to lean close to hear her. “We don’t have more time. We have to get help,” I replied. “What happened?” “You fell. You broke your arm and leg.”…

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Fall on Rock by George Perkins

George Perkins reflects on a climbing accident in the Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque, New Mexico for The Climbing Zine Volume 12. #readthezine

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