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May 2021
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Shark’s Fin: The Impossible Climb

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Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk became the first three climbers in history to summit a peak that experts said couldn’t be climbed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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