Roskelley was named one of the world's 'most adventurous' people by Men's Journal last year.
But in between climbs, he would work long hours away from home and his wife, Allison Roskelley, on welding jobs, the Spokesman-Review“I don’t think it’s a question of if it’s possible,” he told the paper about making a career out of climbing. “It’s a question of when it’s gonna happen, because in my mind I don’t have a choice. I have to try and make that my goal, because it's my dream, my passion. So that’s the only option I have: to continue going until I make it.
As an adult, when he wasn't climbing, Roskelley would crack his family and friends up with puns and was"so damn funny," she said.
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