There are specific things in our world that are incredibly dangerous. Wingsuit BASE jumping is the very, very top of that. Big alpine climbing objectives are maybe right below that. I've probably had 20 friends die - people who were pretty close to me. I would say about 18 of them were because of snow.
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The types of climbing that I choose to do I'm good at justifying. I do really try and pick things tTommy Caldwell:
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My wife always says that I function better up on a big wall than I do anywhere else in life.