WebDec 4, 2007 · For years, Chongo sat, cemented in front of a lab top in the Yosemite Lodge, working on the definitive guide to big wall climbing, a, and then later on a graphic children’s story of murderous monkeys. We’d met five maybe six years ago when I’d first showed up in the Valley. We talked a fair amount. http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=106510&tn=20
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