IN HOMAGE TO CLIMBING LEGEND CHARLIE FOWLER, DURANGO DESERT RATS STEVE “DOOM” FASSBINDER AND CHICO FERRELL DESIGNED AND EXECUTED A NEXT-LEVEL AMBITIOUS (AND INSPIRED), FULLY SELF-SUPPORTED BIKE-PACKING, TRAD CLIMBING AND PACK-RAFTING EXPEDITION, TAKING THEM FROM DELORES, COLORADO THROUGH PARADOX CANYON TO MOAB, THEN SOUTH ON THE COLORADO RIVER AND BACK TO DELORES AGAIN. THE POINT: BAGGING SCORES OF CLIMBS—SOME ICONIC, SOME ESSENTIALLY UNKNOWN—PUT UP BY CHARLIE FOWLER OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CLIMBING CAREER.
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