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