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Archive Home > 2012 > July > 15 > For climbers, new climate, new danger

For climbers, new climate, new danger

By Kirk Johnson / The Bulletin
July 15, 2012

TALKEETNA, Alaska — At 16,400 feet on Mount McKinley, Eric Roche looked toward the summit, still 4,000 feet distant through perilous snow. Then he looked at the picture of his wife and son, mounted on his ice ax and carried through two weeks of climbing. And he changed his mind: He would go....

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