When Cason Crane, now 28, was about 18 years old, he was climbing Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. There, he encountered an obstacle he had never met before while ascending: homophobia.Denali is already “the most physically rigorous” of the world’s tallest mountains, attests the gay mountaineer, who recalled the arduous task of dragging a sled across a glacier with an 80-pound backpack while also avoiding the lethal risks of crevasses and avalanches.During this climb, he encountered a group of “wounded warriors,” military veterans who had been injured in service of their country.
He was “so excited to see them” due to their life experiences. But as the saying goes, “never meet your heroes.”“I was really, really crushed when.