Free Soloing Mount Moran – Brandon Garvey
Channel: Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Date: 2023-01-27

Free Soloing Mount Moran – Brandon Garvey

My terrifying 36-hour long journey free soloing Mount Moran in Grand Teton National Park, using a combination of the Skillet Glacier and Northeast Ridge routes. We got lost in the pitch black for 6 hours of the descent. With dangerously exposed climbing, constantly sliding rocks, and thick foliage we had to bushwhack through, they were some of the scariest, most intense hours of my life. Our journey ended with a 1.5-hour long kayak ride at 4:30 am, after more than 19 hours straight of hiking and climbing. 

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