Roger Strong
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2012 Michigan Ice Fest Recap
Read more: 2012 Michigan Ice Fest RecapThe 2012 Michigan Ice Fest is in the books and 337 participants were greeted with extremely mild temperatures and what turned out to be a lean ice year. Eight different states were represented this year with participants traveling as far as Kentucky and Colorado- coming to Munising to enjoy the camaraderie of Midwest climbers and…
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Gold Level Sponsor Steps Up- Arc’teryx Roger Strong And The M280 Harness
Read more: Gold Level Sponsor Steps Up- Arc’teryx Roger Strong And The M280 HarnessOne of our gold level sponsors Arc’teryx is really stepping up to the plate this year by sending one of their team athletes, Roger Strong to instruct and present a slide show Friday night. Roj’s former career was a captain of a commercial crab fishing vessel in the Bering Sea of Alaska: a job he…
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Roger Strong
Read more: Roger StrongThe closest approximation to king-crab fishing, Roger Strong says, is single-push alpine climbing. “Only you can’t take rest days in the Bering Sea,” he says. “You basically get your ass kicked for four months straight.” Strong is an accomplished all-around climber who is best known as the captain on the first two seasons of the…