Closer to the Edge: Climbing to the Ends of the Earth

Closer to the Edge: Climbing to the Ends of the Earth

Leo Houlding started climbing at ten years of age in the Lake District and was the youngest person (and first Briton) to free climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in the United States at eightee…

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