Photographer Pat Nabong Climbed To New Heights For Our Cover Story Literally

   This week’s issue features photographer Pat Nabong’s sweeping photographs of Brooklyn Boulder’s Chicago’s annual Out to Climb event.

I’ve been climbing regularly for almost five months now. My friend introduced me to climbing and I was hooked. I had only climbed once before when I was a little kid and I was so terrified, I couldn’t even rappel down.