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To Abandon: Claire Carter
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Mar 1, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
“How often do we, as climbers, reach out for abandonment?” Claire Carter asks. “Leave the ground to find a swinging freedom; bitter-cold, bittersweet.” In this episode, we sit down with poet, climber and creative consultant Claire Carter to discuss some of her recent projects, including her efforts to retrace some of the travels of Gwen Moffat, a legendary climber and writer who had become Britain's first female mountain guide in 1953, and which she wrote about for Issue 57 of Alpinist magazine.
Released:
Mar 1, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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