Show Me the Money – The Values of Climbing News
Pro Climbers have very different means of spreading climbing news these days, but it’s never totally straight forward to get the story right.
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Pro Climbers have very different means of spreading climbing news these days, but it’s never totally straight forward to get the story right.
Factor Two was longlisted in the International Sports Press Association’s Awards for Audio this year.
There are also 3 other climbing stories which were shortlisted in the writing categories.
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