September 15, 2011
Morris Brown had never gone rock climbing prior to the Tetons. As a volunteer with Tonto Rim Search and Rescue, he knew how to get down a rope quickly, but it took some time to learn how to climb up. Brown’s guide, Jim Williams, took this photograph of Brown near the peak.
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Climbing the Tetons
Climbing with fear-based confidence
Gripping the knife-like edge tightly some 13,000 feet above the valley of Jackson Hole, Morris Brown was in a predicament he had promised himself 15 years earlier he would never be in again. His slick shoes scraping at the sheer face, Morris knew any misstep would likely cause him to plummet to his death. The words “a moderate, enjoyable climb on largely excellent rock” from a Grand Teton guidebook he had picked up sometime earlier rang through his mind — what did they know?
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