Dope Lake Chapter 3: The Black Book

Climbing Gold

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

By early April, the rumors of Dope Lake began to spread far beyond the Valley. What was once an under-the-radar get rich mission had spiraled out of control. When the rangers get a tip, they decide it’s time to take back the lake, but not before one of the legendary Stonemasters escapes with a kilo of cocaine and the black book. The party has to end.

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0:00.0	Previously, on climbing gold. Camp four was the center for climbing. I showed up in 70 with a
0:07.6	two-man tent, sleeping bag, no rack, a pair of shoes, and a chalk bag. Nobody survived if they
0:14.4	weren't a big personality, I think. It wasn't a place for meek people. Plain crashed on December 9th, 1976.
0:23.6	So it really did feel like the gold rush or something.
0:25.8	Like it felt like this incredible life opportunity to strike it rich in the mountains.
0:29.7	Exactly.
0:30.7	And back then, you know, that was the war on drugs.
0:33.3	That was Nixon's war on drugs.
0:35.1	Like a flame like a blowtorch would leap off the stuff.
0:38.5	It was like, what the hell's in that stuff, right?
0:42.3	I mean, Billow drove up in a XJ12, Jaguar.
0:46.5	There was always an underlying tension that they could always stop the fun.
0:51.3	There was nobody in a group as any kind of drug dealer, not even.
0:56.0	Holy shit.
0:58.0	There's an airplane, and it's full of marijuana.
1:01.2	Next question.
1:02.5	This is part three of Dope Lake.
1:04.7	A four-part series
1:05.7	on one of Climbing's most
1:06.8	unbelievable true stories.
1:09.0	Sometimes life is stranger than fiction.
1:11.5	I'm Alex Arnold.
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