Artist: Jer Collins

Almost a year after the passing of two of climbing’s most charismatic personalities, Jonny Copp and Micah Dash, friends and fellow climbers are still producing tributes in honor of the duo. While their death was tragic, the overwhelming reaction to the loss of the climbers has been positive and has inspired many to share their stories creatively, which says a lot about the legacy of Copp and Dash.

A few weeks ago we posted a story about Tres Altman’s musical adaptation of  Copp’s final poem, Border Country, and we here at Wend were even so inspired by Copp’s final words that we couldn’t help but include it in the new issue of the mag (which you can read for free, by the way.)

Now, fresh from the Patagonia Tin Shed, is a short film by climber and close friend of Copp, Jeremy Collins, chronicling the first ascent of he and Mikey Schaefer’s Yosemite ode to Micah and Jonny, Border Country. The film is an aesthetic blend of video, photo and paintings that reflects the mantra of the two climbers: never forget to laugh and enjoy. This is not the first route named in honor of alpine oddballs; at the end of last year, Cedar Wright and Nick Martino sent a new route in Indian Creek, Utah they deemed the Micah Dash Memorial Choss Pile.

With the establishment of the Copp-Dash Inspire Award, there seems to be no end in sight for the creative projects set forth by the to “Colorado Cowboys.”

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