For professional climber Ines Papert and mountain guide Sarah Hueniken, 50 is just a number. “It’s just one day after 49 — and today you’re the youngest you’re ever going to be,” they remind us. What other insights can we glean from two of the most accomplished climbers of our generation?
Category: athlete profiles
The Luck Factor of Tonje Kvivik
Tonje has recently signed with Arc’teryx, so I was asked to interview her for a “Welcome to the team” profile. I have never failed to be impressed with the athletes who join this brand’s roster – and Tonje is just as personable and engaging. We bonded so hard over a mutual appreciation for Katie Burrell,…
Not Alone
Arc’teryx invited me to connect with their athlete, Sarah Hueniken, and filmmaker Heather Mosher, to write a piece about their film, Not Alone. Gripped magazine called it “one of the most important climbing films ever made. Mosher has done an exquisite thing with Not Alone, one that I hope everyone gets a chance to see….
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