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Above the Tree Line, Beneath the Surface Sometimes the view that changes you isn’t the one from the top. Before we jump into the guide, let me tell you how this all started. Years ago, I was deep into climbing — the kind of obsession that starts with 5.11 routes and ends with your entire lifestyle orbiting around granite and gear. I cut my teeth on Utah's world-class crags: Big Cottonwood, American Fork, Maple Canyon, Indian Creek. They sound like playgrounds but feel more li