By The Editors
Original Source: climbing.com
Depression, addiction, bipolar disorder, PTSD, eating disorders, severe grief. Climbers, as humans, can experience any and all of these things. To honor Mental Health Awareness Month we’ve de-paywalled some of our best stories on these subjects, stories about icons whose fame pushed them toward isolation, depression, and alcoholism; stories about young crushers whose drive to get strong saw them eating so little that it negatively impacted not just their climbing but their health; stories about guilt and grief and the spiral of self-hatred and abuse that these emotions can lead to; and stories about the drug- and alcohol-abuse that has all-to-often ransacked the lives of beloved members our of community.
These stories are arranged alphabetically by author.
—The Editors
By Ed Douglas
He was the first true icon of sport climbing, famous across 1980s France for his daring exploits and bohemian lifestyle. In 2012, fighting depression and the bottle, he died in a tragic accident at just 52. What happened?...click here to continue reading
