High Places

Dean and friend, LaSal Mountains, Utah

Hi Steph,
“Drop me an e-mail”…. Ok, then.
Greetings from Poland (the country in Central Europe where the people to tell “polish jokes” about come from!) from a 29 year old physicist who began to climb a little bit too late (2.5 years ago) and weighs a little too much. Well, I’m […]

Hi Steph
Before moving to CO this summer, I spent most of my life in the Midwest, so I had way too much time to read about climbing rather than actually doing it.
For the past year or so my lead head has been a complete mess. If I feel comfortable on a climb, I […]

1. Jumping off things is fun.
2. You “HAVE” to go skydiving to learn.
3. No one ever gets mad at you for asking questions (e.g., “why, exactly, did that person’s parachute not open?”).
4. Hiking uphill is involved.
5. Fingertip one-arm pullup workouts are not.
6. You can do it when it’s raining.
7. Hours of additional fun obsessive-compulsively packing […]

I met Fletcher eleven years ago in Moab, when I was living in my friend Lisa’s driveway.

Sport climbing and BASE jumping have a lot in common…..they both involve lots of falling and nylon equipment. So Dean and I made a quick trip to Rifle to get warmed up for my BASE course at the Perrine Bridge in Idaho.

I’m home! Every time I drive into the Moab desert, I fall in love all over again. This time I drove into Moab knowing I was coming into a whole new world in this place I love so much. I arrived for the first day of the big skydiving gathering, the Moab […]