Audio Storytelling
Amplifying Indigenous Voices
Chapter 9: Untelling the Story,
Climbing Gold with Alex Honnold
Țara Kerzhner | Aaron Mike | Len Necefer
Year
2021-2022
ShipRock. The Totem Pole. Spider Rock. Just because it’s there doesn’t mean we should climb it. We dive into the troubled relationship between climbers and tribes and take apart an inaccurate story the climbing community has been telling itself for decades. Climbers Aaron Mike, Len Necefer and Tara Kerzhner help brush away the chalk to reveal a deeper story.
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Sacred Slopes,
The Dirtbag Diaries
Len Necefer | Connor Ryan | Aaron Mike | Isaiah Branch Boyle
Year
2021
“I did the skiing thing, I did the Navajo thing, and those worlds didn’t cross,” says Len Necefer. After learning how to ski-mountaineer in the winter of 2017, Len set out on an ambitious goal: to connect the Navajo cultural traditions of the mountains he comes from with his new love– skiing.
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