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A Hair-Raising Ascent – Free Soloing the Grand Teton

Posted on May 3, 2021 by ahcadmin

Today’s mountain climbers would call it free soloing, but in August 1923 it was simply three college students who were short on equipment. Brashly, they believed they could summit the Grand Teton. David DeLap had taken up mountain climbing on … Continue reading →

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