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Joe Kelsey's Descent Into Delinquency
Joe Kelsey, the man in the mugshot above, could be considered something of a poet laureate to climbers. Having been a climber, writer, and Vulgarian who climbed all across the country between the 1960s and today, his writing on the subject captures both the antiestablishment glee of the subversive proto-climber, as well as the camaraderie and the inherent poetry of climbing. We had the privilege of interviewing Joe for the film, and awhile back he provided us with a story abo
![Gentleman John [Gill]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3a318e_46da936b0e0d4ca29f1c0de83f1d94db~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_38,h_30,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/3a318e_46da936b0e0d4ca29f1c0de83f1d94db~mv2.jpg)
