What’s the value of adventuring and extreme risk?

David Roberts has spent several decades climbing mountains. He’s mentored Jon Krakauer, and co-wrote free-climber Alex Honnold’s memoir. In 2015, he was diagnosed with throat cancer.

David Roberts on the then unclimbed South Ridge of the Angel, Revelation Mountains, Alaska, 1967. Photo credit: Matt Hale.

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Credits

Host:
Madeleine Brand

Producers:
Gina Pollack, Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Quinn O'Toole, Yael Even Or