A Piece of Unbent Iron--Shiprock v2
Draft for Tools for the Wild Vertical by John Middendorf, Mechanical Advantage series.
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Volume 1: (mostly) European Tools and Techniques to the 1930s
Volume 2: (mostly) North American Climbing Tools and Techniques to the 1950s
Notes for this chapter;
“This is really great John, and the best thing written about Shiprock yet.” —David Smart
John, You write faster than I can read, interesting stuff. —Jerry Gallwas
Fantastic read. Keep up the good work. Cheers. —Chris Wilson
Hi Deucey, really enjoyed that. :)
Front and center: Right where acknowledgement and discussion of indigenous rights and interests belong. A few months ago I learned important points about these issues listening to the 2021 Honnold-Wright interview on Solid Gold, and today I learned more reading what you wrote here. Good work, John. And I'm glad you and Walt survived your adventures up there!