ROCK STAR Words by Kevin Marr Photos by Levi Harrell
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e fell nearly 30 feet, and he made it even more interesting by clipping a tree on the way down before becoming one with the ground. And then things got really rough. Levi Harrell was suddenly in the wrong place at the wrong time. Liming, China, to be exact. Out in the middle of South Asia nowhere with a serious head wound and a bunch of ribs that ran the spectrum of cracked, dislocated and bruised. The f reelance adventurer, journalist and photographer was on assignment over 7,700 miles away f rom his Boulder, Colorado residence, and if he didn’t f ind legitimate medical assistance soon, the story of Harrell’s rock climbing fall and any tragic results could end up being someone else’s news assignment.
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SIR AND SP ORT • FALL | WINTER 2019