Chris Van Leuven’s “Going Home” Selected for The Best American Sports Writing 2016
Chris Van Leuven’s story “Going Home,” which first appeared on the cover of Alpinist 51, has been selected for inclusion in this year’s The Best American Sports Writing anthology.
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![The ten-pitch Wetterbockwand (5.14b, 350m). [Photo] Fabian Buhl](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/wetterbock-8c-route.jpg?resize=540%2C620&ssl=1)
![The Moai Face [Photo] Keita Kurakami](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/the-moai-face-by-keita-kurakami.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
![The foreshortened line of the East Face Rock Rib (5.10b M5 AI5), Taulliraju, as seen on the first ascensionists' approach. [Photo] Steve Skelton](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/taulliraju-topo.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
