Locations

“This book is a gift…Karl’s gift to you,” writes Fred Knapp from Sharp End Publishing, in the foreword for the…

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…

Note: this article was originally published in The Durango Telegraph. Last week my monthly contribution to the Durango Telegraph was…

“Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right”…

“Never pass up an opportunity to shut the hell up” I don’t have to squint to read the bumper sticker;…

Every sport has a Michael Jordan, the athlete whose fame stretches well beyond the playing field, and for climbing that…

My hands gripped a small undercling in the alcove I had been resting in. I looked up at the move…

Morning light reflects bright off the white granite ledge as my pal Patrick is slowly pushing our rope up pitch…

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 on…

True climbing encourages bravery and induces suffering. It’s at the heart of the endeavor, and all seasoned climbers recognize this.…

As of last weekend there’s a brand new wall in Indian Creek: The Dove Creek Wall. The best part is…

It was sunny, warm and beautiful. There was no wind, and we were walking across the glacier to the base…

As climbers we all have that place, that favorite place where we’ve pushed ourselves to the limit and back, the place…