He was a rock climber, a white supremacist, a Jewish neo-Nazi, a spam king, a crypto-billionaire,

and then someone killed him.

It is truly a mystery. It is truly a case of who done it.

Dirtbag Climber, the story of the murder and the many lives of Jesse James.

Available now wherever you get your podcasts.

This is a CBC podcast.

A murder victim with dozens of false identities.

A criminal on the run from his secret past.

This is the true story of Jesse James,

a dirtbag rock climber found dead in Squamish, British Columbia in June 2017. I'm Stephen Chua.

I'm an avid climber, a journalist, and the host of the brand-new season of C CBC's Uncover, Dirt Bag Climber.

In this five-part series, I dive into the Unsolved Homicide of Jesse James.

Along the way, I track a stranger-than-fiction story that criss-crosses North America

unveiling a stunning portrait of an enigmatic con artist,

a troubling victim whose twisted life story foreshadowed the darkest digital undercurrents

of our time. Now, here's the first episode of Dirtbag Climber. Have a listen.

This is the sound of a pixelated YouTube video from 2017.

In it, a young man in a red long-sleeved shirt and cowboy hat is climbing a rock face called Talking Holds.

The wind is blowing. It's an overcast day. Small cedar trees lean over the sheer rock face. He's in Squamish, BC, considered the climbing capital of Canada. To be more

specific, he's not just climbing. He's free soloing, which means he has no ropes.

He is literally taking his life in his hands because if his hands give out, he'll fall 40 feet onto hard granite.

The climber's name is Jesse James.

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