The Climbing Life of Stimson Bullitt<\/p>\n
Stimson Bullitt came to climbing late in life, but with a passion that put him
\non rock well into his 80s
\nA memoir that teaches all of us something about aging with both power and
\ngrace.<\/p>\n
Stimson Bullitt was born into a privileged and influential Seattle family, a
\nposition he did not always find comfortable. He showed his black-sheep
\ntendencies when, after graduating from Yale University, he rode the rails to
\ncome back West, where he worked in Central Washington orchards and on a
\nhighway crew at Chinook Pass. Later he became a skilled lawyer, a champion of
\ncivil and environmental causes, and president of King Broadcasting, the
\ncommunications empire built by his mother, Dorothy Stimson Bullitt.<\/p>\n
While he was always drawn to the mountains, it wasn\u2019t until Bullitt reached
\nhis 50s and 60s that he sought challenges on North America\u2019s formidable peaks,
\nincluding Denali and Mount Rainier. Not until he was 70 did he take up rock
\nclimbing, but it became a match and foil for his passions and, at times, his
\ninner demons.<\/p>\n
Illusion Dweller, named after a particularly hard-earned and difficult climb
\n(5.10b) at Joshua tree, is Bullitt\u2019s climbing memoir, published posthumously
\nand based on his own detailed manuscript. He climbed until just before his
\ndeath at age 89. His achievements serve as inspiration to climbers of any age
\n\u2014 and to anyone striving to retain or acquire a spirit of adventure later in
\nlife.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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