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By Karl Gustafson (ApMath'58; Fin'58)

(Filter Press; 188 pages; 2025)

During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Karl "Gus" Gustafson and his closest friends were at the forefront of the sport of free climbing in Colorado, achieving many first ascents. Upward Bound details the adventures of ten teenage climbers who took on Colorado's fiercest rock faces and towering mountain peaks, discovering courage, character, and camaraderie in the process.Ìý

This coming-of-age memoir is filled with untold Colorado history, climbing lore, and historic climbing photographs.