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Jan Conn: Catching Pinecones

Climbing Gold by Duct Tape Then Beer

Aug 21, 202647:48Sports & Recreation

Who was the first dirtbag? In collaboration with filmmakers Chad Heddleston and Parker Michels-Boyce, we go back in time to meet Jan Conn. Jan and Herb Conn took what might have been the first climbing road trip, created...

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