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The First Ascent Of ‘Fear Is Life’

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[leadin]Sending “The Fear is Life” route (5.13+ R, M8, W16) on Boulder’s second Flatiron was surely no walk in the park for climbers Atty Phleger and Ben Crawford.[/leadin]

But when they talk about the hazards of weather and avalanches, as well as crawl into a bivy to spend the night, we suspect they are exaggerating the barriers to climbing the iconic slabs to Boulder’s west — or poking fun at the drama inherent in innumerable big-climb films.

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Enjoy this mini “mockumentary” detailing their planning, initial failures, and ultimate prevailing atop “Fear is Life.”

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