Mike Cronin: A Climbing Life
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“For the last 15 years, South Dakota climber Mike Cronin has worked as a professional firefighter, a job he began because of its flexible schedule, which
allows him to climb more than 200 days a year. ‘Climbing has made me who I am today,’ he says. These days, Cronin balances his career with caring for
his young daughter and developing new routes at his local crag.
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