A vertical realm: Hidden granite towers could draw a gold rush of Alaska big wall climbing
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Chris Moore, another member of the team, climbs virgin terrain on Rapa Nui. Will Wacker photo.
Just past the northern skyline near the headwaters of the Chilkat River, a six-mile-long section of granite spires juts toward the sky from a bowl shaped, steep walled mountain basin.
Local alpinist Will Wacker named the area Rapa Nui because of...
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