15 On Belay

Posted on: January 14, 2013


Bored with Salt Lake City life, Jonathan Thesenga became entranced by a description of a desert tower in an old French guidebook. In February 2011, he and his wife traveled to Algeria to climb a new route on the spire—only to find themselves on the edge of vast, historic change.

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