Taylor McNeill

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"The South is full of these quiet figures in the climbing community—people who have put up some hard, scary, beautiful, hard-to-find routes and problems. I think there is something special about recognizing these folks."

McNeill devoted nearly 50 days to the climb before linking the six-move crux and taking it to the top.

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