This oddly-named route is on a historic tower in Utah’s Echo Canyon. [Click for the rest…]
This is a quick trip report of one of the classic Wasatch ridge climbs. [Click for the rest…]
I’d been wanting to climb this thing for years. [Click for the rest…]
I saw this route added to Mountain Project and climbed it a few weeks later. [Click for the rest…]
This was my second trip up Stolen Chimney (II 5.9 C0, 250′) on Ancient Art in Moab’s Fisher Towers. [Click for the rest…]
This is one of the more unique southern Utah desert climbs I’ve done. [Click for the rest…]
U-Turn Canyon is a short technical adventure in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. [Click for the rest…]
So I saw a cougar while I was out hiking today and I just about had a heart attack. [Click for the rest…]
Here’s what went in in February. [Click for the rest…]
Here are a couple maps I made of Rock Canyon’s climbing areas. [Click for the rest…]
This is a technical rock climb up the side of the tallest mountain in the lower 48. [Click for the rest…]
I lived in Kazakhstan in 2001. Here are some pics from then. [Click for the rest…]
This is a spectacular route on a spectacular formation. [Click for the rest…]
This was the first climb I remember putting on my to-do list when I first started climbing. [Click for the rest…]
This was one of the least pleasant experiences I’ve had in the mountains. [Click for the rest…]
Me, Crisco, and Adam took a quick-but-successful trip to Idaho’s City of Rocks a few years ago. [Click for the rest…]
I’ve been using my car less and less recently, and I love it. [Click for the rest…]
I lived in L’viv — the most beautiful city in Ukraine — for several months in 2006-2007. [Click for the rest…]
Here’s some info about my route that’s the second longest bolted climb in America. [Click for the rest…]
It was the best month I’ve had in a long time. [Click for the rest…]
My new Kindle ebook is the #1 bestseller in its category. [Click for the rest…]
I just redesigned one of my websites. [Click for the rest…]
I was going through some of my old notes and found an experiment I conducted last year. [Click for the rest…]
I made this list a few years ago but just updated it to be current. [Click for the rest…]
This climb is justifiably famous and was just featured in in a CitiBank commercial. [Click for the rest…]
The plan was to climb the tallest mountain in Utah’s 2nd tallest mountain range. [Click for the rest…]
Here’s what I’d like to get done this upcoming year. [Click for the rest…]
This was one of the more eventful years for me. [Click for the rest…]
After climbing Mt. Rainier, we spent a day exploring the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. [Click for the rest…]
And these are some of the most beautiful photos I’ve ever taken. [Click for the rest…]
A couple years ago Crisco, Matt, and I put up some new crack climbs in Price Caynon. [Click for the rest…]
Here are some pics from a trip I took with some friends to Datong, China in October 2003. [Click for the rest…]
These are 2 separate summits of the same mountain that form one of Utah Valley’s big “7 Peaks.” [Click for the rest…]
This is one of the only mountains I’ve attempted and not summited. [Click for the rest…]
I saw this sign at the Greyhound Station in Houston, Texas. [Click for the rest…]
This is a neat, out-of-place mountain that doesn’t get much attention. It should, though. [Click for the rest…]
I’ve been to Arches probably a dozen times and finally got around to climbing this thing. [Click for the rest…]
I’ve wanted to climb this thing for a decade. [Click for the rest…]
This is kind of a crappy climb in and of itself, but the whole experience is fun and worth doing. [Click for the rest…]
It snowed the night before I climbed this one, making it my first summit of the 2011/2012 winter season. [Click for the rest…]
This is “extreme hiking” at its finest. [Click for the rest…]
Here are some photos from southwestern Colorado. [Click for the rest…]
This was one of the most amazing hikes I’ve ever done. [Click for the rest…]
I drove through Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park last week. Wow. [Click for the rest…]
This might be the best short hike I’ve done. [Click for the rest…]
This is THE classic desert tower in Colorado. [Click for the rest…]
This is definitely one of the desert southwest’s most iconic rock formations. [Click for the rest…]
Yosemite is Mecca for rock climbers, but this particular trip left me with mixed feelings. [Click for the rest…]
I decided to drive to Wyoming today. [Click for the rest…]
Last month I visited Portland and the Oregon coast for the first time. [Click for the rest…]