Men’s Health | Inside RoxFest Where Climbing Is More Than a Healthy Pursuit
ON A COOL, cloudless morning in November, 220 climbers congregated on Mowbray Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee, to spend the weekend scaling a cluster of turtle-shaped boulders. They humped in with foam pads and tents, but the experience is not entirely rustic. A chef cooks all the meals, DJs spin tunes from a concert stage, and there are talks on education reform, modern masculinity and other weighty topics. There was plenty of enlightenment to be found at the top of the mountain, too.