Nearly seven years ago, climbers Mark and Janelle Smiley set out to climb a long list of difficult routes made famous by a 1979 guidebook aptly titled “Fifty Classic Climbs of North America”. Their goal was to document their journey up more than 150K vertical feet of rock, ice, and glaciated technical terrain from New Mexico to Alaska. They have had Goal Zeroproducts with them almost since the beginning and we have been proud to power their journey. Follow their journey HERE
Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching the video :
·You look like you’re going to make it
·I want to get this thing over with
·I don’t want to come back
·I hear you
·50 Classic climbs in North America
·It has been one hell of a journey
·Remote and wild places
·Where you are the only one around is the whole reason why I love this project
Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching the video :
Climb another first descent
Raising goats and sheep
Living in their yurts
Their kindness and hospitality is at a level that I’ve never seen before
A huge thank you
Solar generators, solar panels
Flash lights
It’s really exciting to be able to give these gifts to these families
And they were so appreciative, so happy
You can just feel the joy
We get to share the sun
Charge from the sun anytime
Loving life
During the summer of 2013, Mike Libecki, Ethan Pringle, Liv Sansoz, and photographer Keith Ladzinski headed for the Tian Shan Mountains. The remote range sits on the border of Kyrgyzstan and China and is home to several nomadic families. The Kyrgyz live and work in the high alpine herding animals during the summer months, then moving their herds back down to lower elevations for the winter.
The group was lured to the region by the massive untouched walls, and while there they were fortunate enough to experience the hospitality and culture of the Kyrgyz people. Mike had visited the area 13 years prior, so the region and its people held a special place in his heart. He brought with him gifts of power, solar panels and lights, thanking each villager for their kindness and generosity by Sharing the Sun. Read more about their efforts @Share The Sun
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