“You came all the way from Colorado just to shit in my bathroom?” This was the greeting we got Sunday morning before heading out for a day of burying ourselves in Vedauwoo’s burly cracks. If the shithouse was built of brick, it might have been as rugged as the man issuing our welcome. From the [continue reading]
Sep 272010
Jul 042010
I hope you’re having a great fourth of July. I’m down in Charlotte enjoying family time. I don’t often read Outside magazine, but I received the June issue as a gift (Jack Johnson is on the cover). Matt Samet (former editor of Climbing magazine) wrote a deeply personal and interesting article about his addiction to [continue reading]
Feb 202010
We woke up to a thickening layer of low, white clouds. After a bowl of Zucaritas con Tigre Toni (frosted flakes) and some instant coffee, we packed up and headed into the canyon, unsure what we’d find. The clouds lifted, and we climbed 2 separate 2 pitch routes up freestanding limestone spires(1,2). We simul-rappelled, then [continue reading]
Nov 162009
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey paints a vivid picture of the land, flora, and fauna of the canyon country surrounding Moab, UT. Thanks Jon for sending it my way. What an amazing book. Please find an excerpt and review below…Water Long enough in the desert a man like other animals can learn to smell water. [continue reading]
The first guidebooks I bought were printed on 8.5x11s and stapled together. They included a few hand sketched topos, sparse beta, and cost about $5 each. Guidebooks have seen a real transformation in the past ten years. New guides looking more like coffee table books with all color glossy pages, photos, and essays by influential [continue reading]
Malcolm Gladwell. I guarantee you will not find many more interesting people on the planet (I mean just look at that hair!). This is something I’ve learned in my recent reading history. I just finished the third and most recent book by this gentlemen. This man is quite literally obsessed with the goings-on within the [continue reading]
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