Freedom to Fall

He climbed, only to let goand now she must follow

Shockwaves had already reached the rock-climbing community when Carol was awakened in the night with the news of her sons death. Chris Hampsona well-known climber whose grace, warmth, commitment, and Zen-like focus inspired many friendshad fallen to his death in Yosemite National Park.

This moving memoir tells how a mother, seeking to understand her...