Two White Guys, Caldwell and Jorgeson, Conquer El Capitan
Extreme sports is a context for implicit Whiteness: Extreme athletes exist in an implicitly White world where they associate only with other White men—“a racially and gender exclusive place” where White men “can un-apologetically perform an ideal masculinity which they cover by taking death-defying risks, enduring the pain of participation and displaying an unwavering confidence […]