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Climbing Pitcairn Island: Extreme Exposure

Once home to the notorious Bounty mutineers and now to a shocking scandal, lonely Pitcairn Island is hoping to shake its dark legacy. Can a rock-climbing expedition help forge a better future? Photographs by Jimmy Chin
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Nineteen-year-old Andrew Christian is the youngest person on Pitcairn. He was also our guide on several adventures while we toured the island. I took this image of him hanging out at St. Paul's Pool, our favorite swimming hole on Pitcairn.
—Photographer Jimmy Chin

Find out about Pitcairn's peculiar history, present scandal,
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