No. 758 Clay Watson, 2010

File — Box: 73, Folder: 1

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Scope and Contents

Climber and physical therapist Clay Watson (b. 1971), born in Florida, grew up mostly in Georgia and Florida in an Army family. He got into climbing and river guiding while an undergraduate student at Brigham Young University, working for Worldwide Rivers among others, and fondly remembers intellectual conversations with his rafting passengers. He started climbing at Rock Canyon, and worked with Mark Kehoe and Dallin Ward. Mr. Watson continued climbing during graduate school in Georgia before returning to Utah and working as a physical therapist. His favorite Utah climbing locations are Little Cottonwood Canyon and Red Rocks. He talks about the climbing mentality, his use of climbing as a way to organize his thoughts, and the struggle to balance climbing with family life.
Project: Outdoor Recreation Project.
Interviewer: Matt Driscoll

Dates

2010

Conditions Governing Access

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