The Future of the Mountains: Taylor Laprade

Click on the video above to hear more from Cara Modisett’s interview with Radford University student Taylor Laprade. And for more, read Cara’s July/August 2013 story about 25 Gen-X and Gen-Yers Changing the Mountains for the Better!

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