Mo Beck and The Cirque of the Unsh!tables
My name is Mo Beck, and I started rock climbing just a little at the age of 12, then kind of a lot when I got to college, then pretty much obsessively since 2012. I’ve won 6 National paraclimbing championships, world championships in 2014 and 2016 – then started alpine climbing in 2018. Weird switch, right? When I agreed to head up (way, way, way) north to the Cirque of the Unclimbables, I had a hunch I’d bitten off more than I could chew. I wasn’t sure how I, as a mediocre sport climber, would do on a true remote expedition to climb an alpine big wall. I knew I would be challenged both mentally and physically, but I would never have anticipated that the part of the trip that would stick with me after would be…pooping. Read on for a full adventurous account of one of the most memorable
