BRAVE NEW WILD

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