Being outside makes Kelly Cordes smile, and his love of climbing and the outdoors has led him on adventures around the world. He was a longtime editor for the American Alpine Journal, author of the 2014 award-winning book, The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre, and co-author of the 2017 bestseller, The Push: A Climber’s Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits. He lives in Colorado.
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