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July 10, 2007, 6:23 pm
Climber’s Death Stirs Debate in Sport
The death last year of Todd Skinner, one of rock climbing’s greatest showmen, has forced the climbing world to face up to limits that Mr. Skinner made a career of denying.
In October, Mr. Skinner’s harness broke while he was climbing in Yosemite National Park, shocking a sport that presupposes that harnesses never break (some climbers routinely mock the opening scene of the Sylvester Stallone movie “Cliffhangerâ€