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Story summary
- Gabriel Tallent, the author of Crux, follows two 17-year-olds, Dan and Tamma, in the Joshua Tree area.
- They are passionate climbers who lack equipment, reflecting their tough circumstances.
- Tamma aims to break into professional climbing, and Dan seeks a college scholarship.
- They face family struggles, including medical costs and strained relationships.
- The story portrays survival and individual resolve against a changing landscape of encroaching development, with Tallent's lyrical climbing descriptions.
