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    STEVE BATE

    Sep 02, 2021 3 minutes
    INTERVIEW: SACHA SCOGING

    You’re the first visually impaired person to have solo climbed El Capitan, in California’s Yosemite National Park. What inspired you to do this?

    I’ve always been fascinated with mountains and the outdoors, but I didn’t get into professional rock climbing until I moved to the UK from New Zealand and started working my way through the challenging process of becoming an alpine guide. However, in 2011 I received a

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