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Adrift In The Alpine

Enchaining The Peaks of Wyoming's Bighorn Range

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Steve Bechtel
Mar 10, 2026
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We had been in the range a few times. In fact, Mike Lilygren and I had probably put in more time rock climbing on the alpine granite there than we had anywhere, which was somewhat unheard of in that era. We had climbed the East Face of Cloud Peak in 1990, Tried to establish Superfortress on The Merlon in 1992, 1993, 1994, and finally sent in 1996. We ha…

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