The Rope That Never Slips
In Yosemite Valley, rock climbers attempting El Capitan's 3,000-foot granite face depend on one thing more than their own strength: their belayer. The belayer stands...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Hebrews 13:5-6.
In Yosemite Valley, rock climbers attempting El Capitan's 3,000-foot granite face depend on one thing more than their own strength: their belayer. The belayer stands below, rope threaded through a friction device, hands locked, eyes fixed on the climber above. Every move the climber makes — every lunge for a distant hold, every moment of trembling exhaustion — the belayer absorbs.…
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