Quotes from Chris Santella

The other coach encouraged me to go for it. I took two of my kids and had one belay me. Halfway through, the rest of the team drove up and were cheering me on. It wasn't the time to do Shadow Boxing, but I was climbing well, the conditions changed in a positive direction, and I had all that support. I made it.

Climbing gyms came to be seen as a good place to hang out and get fit in an encouraging environment.

abundance of other criteria. One thing I knew when I began this project: I was not the person to assemble this list. So I followed a recipe that served me well in my first six Fifty Places books—to see the advice of some professionals. To write Fifty Places