The Making of Performer

Synopsis:

The climb is a kind of a sculpture, made by my passage, consisting of scratches on virgin rock and disturbed snow.

I submitted this route to the American Alpine Club for publication in its annual journal of record, The American Alpine Journal. The success of the climb was put into question by the eventual refusal of the AAC to publish it on the grounds that it did not meet their length criteria (The policy is that it must be Grade IV or higher). So, my following proposal might be this (fig. 2).

> Further reading, "Positioning"

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Viewed from the Northnorth East, the "P" route on Whitney loses its distinctive unnatural shape.

fig. 2 Proposed route