<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/fall-2024/climbing-paradise.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Climbing in Paradise</title><excerpt>A longtime, passionate rock climber, Noah Bañez ’18 pursues his sport in an unlikely location: the isolated island of Guam. The co-founder and managing director of Guam Sports Climbing Center (Climbing Guam) in Barrigada, he also coaches the Guam National Climbing Team.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
        </image><caption/><description>ALUMNI STORIESA longtime, passionate rock climber, Noah Bañez ’18 pursues his sport in an unlikely location: the isolated island...</description></item>