I begin typing Pierre an email and can’t believe what it says. “Dude don’t stress I know you’re in Islamabad already, but we still don’t have Pakistan visas or plane tickets.” Its days before we are scheduled to leave and the Pakistan embassy in LA is being a real pain in my side! Suddenly the phone rings, “hello [...]
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Great Trango Tower 2011
December 2, 2011
Nose in a day
December 9, 2009
Eric and I prepping for the NOSE Eric stopped me at the construction zone. He was working as the flager that day. “I’m in” he said. My heart raced the instant the words came out of his mouth. Both excitement and fear super charged me. It was only the year before that Eric and I [...]
On the Water Front
November 2, 2009
“So we gonna climb a route” Ammon asked me. My mind freshly awakened from the skydive we had just completed suddenly registered what had just been asked. “Hell ya I wanna do a climb” I said in response. The route would be On the Water Front . It had been a dream of mine [...]
Reticent Wall
November 2, 2009
My mind obsessed with one climb for over a year. The Reticent wall. A route on El Cap that navigates the New Dawn wall. Just saying the word Reticent not only evokes fear in me, but also raises the question why, why risk so much for so little. Does Neil Armstrong feel his risk to [...]
Adventure in the desert
November 2, 2009
On the first of March 2009 Kyle Dempster and myself headed out on a three week climbing road trip. We made our first stop in Dinosaur National Monument to do some bouldering. From here we slowly made our way to Zion via Castleton tower and Indian creek. With our free climbing thirst quenched we decided [...]
