Vertical Life

A Million EXCUSES AND A TANKARD OF RUM.

I often find myself internally debating which would be an easier task; putting an unruly octopus back into a bottle, or pulling together VL. On the one hand, the octopus scenario would come out on top for ease, but on the other; the constant hilarity and oftentimes chaos, that comes with coordinating the stories and photos of some of the coolest (yet most unreachable) humans in climbing, makes editing Vertical Life vastly more entertaining. Plus, VL involves way fewer suckers.

It’s been a full 12 months since Jo, Sule and I stepped up to the helm

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