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Hot Henry

Climbing Gold

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Henry Barber: The Climbing Legend of the 1970s

In the 1970s, hot Henry reset the bar for hard-free climbing and free soloing. He was relegated into a moderate grade and ushered in the era of 5.11 and 5.12. But he never got the insider recognition of some of his contemporaries. Today we talk to East Coast climbing legend Henry Barber.

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