Archive for the Life Category

I was nine years old when I met Grandma Sal for the first time. I had just moved across the state after my parents divorced, and my mother was getting remarried. What I though at

After the wedding, Jen and I wanted to go somewhere to get away for our honeymoon. Not just from home and work and stress, but even from climbing and biking and all the other things

Today, I got to marry the love of my life. Instead of trying to explain how much I love Jen, I’ll just post up my vows…   “Even after all of the time we’ve spent

On August 21st, my friend Kyle Dempster started up the massive North Face of Ogre II in the Karakorum range of northern Pakistan with Scott Adamson. The two had a harrowing experience on the same

Yesterday, Jen and I lost one of our best friends. Our dog Jasmine was hit by a car at the end of a day of climbing in the Uintas. A group of people and dogs

After two weeks of riding in Italy and Austria, Jen and I finally had to come home. A pretty gnarly bus-and-train fiasco landed us in Munich the day before our flight, so we had a

I met Jen five years ago this month. And this weekend, on top of a tower in the San Rafael Swell, I asked her to marry me. I cannot possibly imagine coming up with something

“Hey man, can you take a look at this photo and tell me what you think?” Jim pointed me toward his laptop. It was a pretty good shot. A little soft maybe, kinda harsh mid-day

Today I heard the news that my friend John Crock finally lost his battle with cancer. He was one of the nicest people I have ever known, and anyone who has met him will tell