High Places

Last week was the Out Door International Trade Show in Friedrichsafen, Germany. Having been to many outdoor retailer shows in the States, I can say with conviction, those Germans know how to throw a party!

HI Steph
I was reading your website and wondering do you have any advice to live the climbing life as much as possible (ie. being a dirtbag) I am a ninth grader and my life is revolved around climbing any advice is much appreciated because you (and Steve house ) inspired me to climb.
Thanks Lucas
Dear Lucas,
Don’t […]

Hi,
first thing first, I would like to excuse my english writing hand. Im from Quebec so my first language is French.

Hi Steph,
Why on earth write an email to a woman I’ve never met? Ha. Sometimes there’s just nothing else to do.
A dear friend brought your book back home (the Netherlands…) from Yosemite. A must read he told me, so what else could I do.. I read it and found it fascinated every page. I barely […]

Climbers on the Casual Route, from Chasm View

I first climbed the Longs Peak Diamond when I was about twenty-two, with a few years of rock climbing experience, and none in the mountains. I remember hiking up the trail in the dark, with my friend Craig Luebben. The time slid by faster in […]

Hi Steph,
Hows it goin? Im 15 and im starting climbing agian. I
used to when i was real little with my uncle. Do you
have any tips for building strength and stamina
without any “special” equipment? And are there any
ways i can better my skills besides just climbing?
Whats your take on bouldering? A few people i have
talked to […]

Dear Steph,
I have just completed reading “High Infatuation” and I can’t express how much this experience has meant to me. You have written a book that is not just about climbing but it is a wonderful journal that speaks to the soul and to the adventurous spirit that lives within many of us traveling […]

Hi, Steph~

I hope you had a great day on Kiener’s (we certainly did). Here are some photos of you and Chasm Lake taken at about the same time.

I did the 2 am wakeup in Boulder on Saturday morning, and got a front row parking spot at Longs Peak in Estes Park. Hiking by 3 am, remembering all the turns and scrubby trees along the trail. God, I love the Diamond.

Hi Steph,
I am so happy to have found your website. High Infatuation is such a special book for me. The photos, climbs and stories are truly inspirational. Knowing you are one of the best climbers out there, it is striking how much of your book focuses not on grades but the experience of […]