For two decades, Conrad Anker has been at the forefront of聽climbing, evolving into聽America鈥檚 best all-around alpinist. With聽skills on rock, ice, and big peaks, he’s now something of an elder聽statesmen and聽mentor to a new generation of elite athletes. Though perhaps best known for聽finding the聽body of legendary British mountaineer George Mallory on Mount聽Everest in 1999, he is celebrated among聽climbers for scaling a variety of difficult聽and dangerous routes on technical peaks around the world. 国产吃瓜黑料聽editor聽Chris Keyes talks to Anker about his long journey from dirtbag to rock star, the聽critical importance of聽choosing the right climbing partners, and why some聽consider bottled oxygen a performance-enhancing聽drug.
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