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Cold FEET

VERTICAL LIFE FILM TOUR COLD FEET

We had the pleasure of doing a virtual chat with Peter about his heritage and coming of age into climbing as a 22-year-old Kenyan and the community that he has built amongst other climbers.

“Mt. Kenya is massive and has lots of different peaks. I remember when I went to do this first high school trip to the mountain all the way to the top, and that’s when I learned that there are these gigantic, intimidating towering peaks. It was just fascinating to look at them and picture people being there but it was very hard to see myself climbing them. It’s almost like I could feel some sort of a pull, almost like destiny, this very funny feeling that

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