Date uploaded: 2022-09-14 19:40:53
Despite the risks, climbing peaks of 14,000 feet – known as "14ers "– has exploded in popularity in recent decades.
This popularity, fueled in part by social media, has given false confidence to amateur climbers, experts say.
But the recent death of a woman who fell from a summit in Colorado has renewed the question: Why do it?
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📸: Craig Brauer, Theresa Juliues Caesar and Oanh Hoang.
