“During these Uncertain Times…”
Originally, this issue of Climbing (No. 373) was going to be the Olympics Issue. Our sport had been building up to this high note for years—anticipation, psyche, and energy were high. We were even sending our digital editor, Kevin Corrigan, to Tokyo to cover the Games. Then the coronavirus happened. Perhaps the closures, tragedy, economic uncertainty, and postponement of life as we know it were not a surprise to epidemiologists, virologists, historians, and anyone who’d been following the increasingly grim news out of China, Iran, and Europe. But in any event, events cascaded so rapidly that we were all left reeling. One day, there we were, getting up early to go to the gym, making climbing plans for the weekend, and figuring out summer travel. And then the next day, the…