Old Ben had always been a man of the mountains. He’d spent his life climbing their rocky peaks, feeling a deep connection to the wild, untamed nature. But there was one mountain, a particularly imposing one, that had always been a thorn in his side. Known locally as “The Beast,” it was a sheer, forbidding wall of rock that had defeated countless climbers. Ben had tried to summit The Beast many times, but always turned back, defeated by its sheer … Continue reading →