Yosemite School of Hard Knocks
A Valley first timer gets a rude awakening on the particular brand of greasy holdless granite that eats the unaccustomed for lunch.
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The Only Blasphemy. A Solo Outing With John Bachar Puts the Author Face to Face With His Mortality
Decades before John Bachar died in a solo fall, he took John Long on a ropeless "Half Dome": They'd climb 2,000 feet at Joshua Tree—without a rope.