Archive for the Rock Category

I used to climb at Smith Rocks quite a bit. Living in Eastern Washington during the early years of my climbing, it was the closest destination area at seven hours away. In those early years

Weather in the west has been a mess this year, and it’s changed a lot of climbers’ plans. Only four days before Jen and I were supposed to roll into Yosemite Valley it re-opened after

I’ve read stories about the OG’s of climbing doing amazing things at Joshua Tree since I started in 1998. Super-sketchy, ultra-hard climbs, high-end boulder problems, giant solo linkups, and on and on. We didn’t originally

After a short stop over in Moab for Jen to ride with some friends before we took off for good, we headed for Red Rocks. The drive was a complete nightmare, starting off with a

A year after my last Yosemite trip, where I basically did nothing but lay in ElCap Meadow with a spotting scope because of a back injury, I made it back in one of the most

After biking and beekeeping on the North Shore, Jen and I headed straight up to Squamish. I’m not actually sure how many times I’ve been here. Certainly more than eight. Maybe double digits. Either way,

Well, after a few weeks of training for a big goal in Yosemite, I managed to seriously injure my back only a few days before I left. My physical therapist Amy and my massage therapist

Jen and I have been doing our Squamish/Whistler trip for about ten years now, only missing a few—once because we went to Europe, once because we went to Banff, and last year because the whole

Thirteen years ago, Kevin Nibir and I hiked to the bottom of Liberty Bell and started climbing. Our chosen route, Liberty Crack (V 5.11 A2) was the biggest, hardest, and scariest thing I had ever