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Ridge of Madness I Part One

The Firn Line by Pod Peak

Aug 27, 202400:57:48Sports & Recreation

In 1978, an iconoclastic climber named Johnny Waterman spent 145 days soloing (and traversing) Mount Hunter. It was one of the boldest and strangest mountaineering feats of all time. But what could have been a launch pad...

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