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Dancing on the Edge Excerpts

  • First Descent of the Mekong in Tibet
  • In Winter it’s Chile
  • Big Air
  • Peru 2014 Photos; Nevado Tocllaraju and More
  • Peru’s Infamous Colca Canyon
  • Learning How to Climb
  • Sleep When You’re Dead
  • You Might Only Live Once
  • Tips for Learning to Kayak
  • The Mute Devil and the Volcanoes of S. Chile
  • Kayaking the Classic Rivers of Nepal
  • The Totem Pole in Monument Valley
  • Climbing Ship Rock
  • Book Photos
  • The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River
  • Trying to be a Cowboy
  • Kayaking Nepal’s Humla Karnali
  • The Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone
  • Cruising Cal at 50
  • Return to the Animas
  • The Aspen Town Downhill
  • Adventure in the Andes
  • A Summer in the Needles of South Dakota
  • Divorce Boat in the Grand Canyon
  • Granite Mountain
  • The Grand Cotahuasi Canyon of Peru
  • John Mattson Design-Build
  • Radio Beacon Mountain
  • Hiking in the Back Yard
  • Modern Climbing Techniques
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