Wait, a Bouldering Area Was Recently Protected by… the Zoo?
The Asheboro Boulders could have been destroyed by a mining company. Instead they were saved by the North Carolina Zoo.
Author
Alex Wittenberg
Alex Wittenberg is a writer and reporter. He’s been accidentally cutting feet since 2020 and, before that, spent 20 years practicing gymnastics. He holds a master’s degree in magazine writing from New York University.
My Stories
Upper Chaos Canyon Is Open Again! Has the 2022 Landslide Left Us New Boulders?
A 2022 landslide destroyed dozens of boulder problems in Rocky Mountain National Park’s Upper Upper Chaos Canyon. After a two-year closure, Chaos is open again, giving climbers a chance to explore the numerous “house-sized” boulders deposited by the slide.
How a Dead French Philosopher Taught Me to Put Body Over Mind
Michel Serres, mountaineer and philosopher, wrote that inhabiting the body and finding flow can serve as antidotes to our increasingly immaterial digital world. It worked for me.