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The Mountain Monks of Montserrat - Exploring History, Legends, and Great Climbing

The Mountain Monks of Montserrat - Exploring History, Legends, and Great Climbing

Apoorva Prasad, The Outdoor Journal Editor-in-Chief, recounts a climbing trip to Montserrat in 2009, where he followed in the footsteps of the mountain monks of Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey. A small boy scrambled up the rough rocks, yanking at tough brown shrubs and grabbing the pebbled conglomerate of the

India’s ace climber grabs silver at Paraclimbing World Championship

India’s ace climber grabs silver at Paraclimbing World Championship

Manikandan Kumar has just won silver at the 2014 IFSC Paraclimbing World Championship, in Gijon, Spain. This is his fifth medal in an international event in three years despite almost no support from the Indian government. The Bangalore-based climber made India proud by winning a silver medal at the International