22 – Wide Eyes, High Times, and Hard Times, A Story of Climbing With Mark Grundon
Adventures with Mark Grundon, a climber with an infinite amount of energy, who endures an avalanche and cancer all while…
Wearing our heart on our chalk bags.
Adventures with Mark Grundon, a climber with an infinite amount of energy, who endures an avalanche and cancer all while…
When I heard that Jim Bridwell had died, my first thought was, I bet even he didn’t think he’d live…
Since November, I’ve been in Modesto, California, with my family and, while here, digitally archiving the multitude of slides, negatives,…
I wasn’t sure if I should start this piece with being three thousand feet off the ground on El Capitan,…
The single most important choice you’ll make before any big (or little) climb is your partner. The right partner hopefully…
Awake. Alone. It’s 3 am. Only two more hours to sleep, the clock is ticking. The world is silent. Maybe…
Climbing with a pack on is the worst. It’s heavy, it’s awkward, and you don’t even use half its contents…
I figured that it would be just a regular outing on the rock that would pose only minor difficulties given…
The story of climbing in Yosemite is one that is well known and well told, and at times it seems…
Books often inspire me more than the imagery or dialogue in a movie and I think it has to do…
We pull into the Supercrack parking lot in a rusty, mud smothered Subaru, named Shelly. The lot is dotted with…
I woke up before dawn in the parking lot of an apartment complex. My girlfriend and I had been living…
There is something to be said about reading books written by rock climbers – they seem to consistently capture the…
As I start this piece it’s that time of the year when the Animas River here in Durango looks like…
I knew this whole Dawn Wall climb was big when President Obama started tweeting about it. In case you’ve been living…