My buddy Mac McConnell and I linked up for a week in Red Rock Canyon. Last summer we met in El Cap Meadow as Mac was coming off Half Dome…
As the first few days of spring tick by this post looks back on some winter action. I’ll hit the highlights and let the pictures tell the story. November The…
Autumn has been a mixed bag. Since returning from Squamish in August, the gears have been shifting more towards work than climbing. Getting situated as an environmental contractor and zipping…
In early August, 10+ of us pulled together to climb the gritty granite of Squamish. Thick afternoons drove us happily into green lakes. Cool evenings drove us to the hot…
“When I rise up, let me rise up joyful, like a bird. When I fall, let me fall without regret, like a leaf.” -Wendell Berry August has come and is…
It’s summertime proper in California! Been bouncing around a few different crags for the last month. First to the Needles, with Christina, for some steep, immaculate granite cracks. The Needles…
The Nose of El Capitan. 5.10 c2, 31 pitches. 2900′. Yosemite National Park. Dominic and I headed up to fix and haul the first 4 pitches to Sickle Ledge on…
South Face of Charlotte Dome. 5.8, 12 pitches. Kings Canyon National Park. “Best rock climb of its grade in the range, probably in California, and perhaps the West.” – Todd…
Zion makes for a fine segue from the splitter madness of Indian Creek back into the ‘real’ climbing world. Keep the sandstone. Toss in the occasional lazer-cut crack. Stack on…
Simply spending time in the desert is an inspiration. Rising with the sun. Watching the hearty, ephemeral plant community spring to life. Listening to the breeze. Feeling the rip of…
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