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Dates: during 1993-1993
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That's now. But George Bracksieck, editor of Rock & Ice magazine in Boulder, estimates that 100,000 new climbers are entering the sport each year. Gear sales and Interior Department figures suggest that 4.1 million people across the nation do some variety of mountaineering each year. Many of the newcomers arrive, wearing Lycra, by way of the local indoor climbing walls. Some won't get far from their cars, but others will sniff the wind blowing from the back country. Accident figures and rescue costs will rise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adventure: Mountaineering: No Room at the Top | 6/14/1993 | See Source »

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