Interesting story
I hiked the Tetons in the 70s and climbed some myself
I’d like to hear more if you’d not mind elaborating
Not many of the old mountaineers not lefties
Royal Robbns maybe and that drinking blue collar climber in Yosemite who lived with his mom
The legend Reinhold Messner is a green sadly
Well, my days as a “mountaineer” were short lived, except for skiing which I’ve done all my life. But my mountain climbing days were confined to a few weeks with my brother and a few others trained by Tompkins’ outfit in the Rockies in Wyoming and Montana.
At the time, I was 16 years old, I wasn’t having much fun, but now I look back on that time with more fond memories and feel kind of proud that I actually scaled the summit of the Grand Tetons. What a view.
Doug Tompkins was kind of a tragic figure IMO. He had so much talent and was in many way, obviously, a sensible and very intelligent person. But there was definitely an angry side to him where didn’t seem to like people too much and embraced socialism - back in the 60’s. But the free market was definitely a successful vehicle for the billionaire as the article describes.
These days, I’m fascinated by the amazing talent of a seemingly much more amiable guy and free-solo climber, Alex Honnold.