Still Rockin'

July, 2000

Still Rockin'Does Al Gore rock climb? If he did, he wouldn't need lessons in being an alpha male. With climbing, it goes with the territory. Climbers have a certain confidence. A feral grace that's developed as you move fluidly from hold to hold. A viselike grip you get from clinging to small crevices. And less tangible, but unmistakable, is what climbers call the North Wall look, a cast to one's eyes that says, Don't mess with me, I've been there and I'm back. But climbing is different from oth...