Cochamó Valley

309 hectares of old growth forest protected in perpetuity in “The Yosemite of South America”

There’s a price tag on “The Yosemite of South America.” Is there anything we can do about it?

Climbing caught up with Chris Kalman, whose latest novel charts the grey zone between conservation, tourism, and extractive industry, while exploring the way that the climbing community's passion for wild new zones and first ascents can end up taming the places we love.

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