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Step Off or Fall Off

The first step off a peak is down.

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Steve Bechtel
Apr 01, 2026
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“The first step off a peak is down.”

I remember long seasons of chaining together send after send. It sometimes felt like I’d work a route one day, send the next, and just repeat. When I was in my early 20s, I spent a winter in Railay and it seemed like I redpointed hard routes for weeks on end. I then flew home, started working 2 days a week at a climbi…

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