Vertical Life

On Looking Back & Moving Forward

ooking back, I remember the first time I picked up a Vertical Life mag. My hands were chalky and bloody, dirt and grime firmly lodged under my nails. I’d only been climbing for less than a year, I was in my early 20’s and freshly addicted to a sport that would become a lifestyle, which would

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