High Places

Dear Steph,
I have been following your blog for a while and it’s been a couple of
months since I wanted to write you this email. Let me say first that I
deeply admire and respect you and your accomplishments. You can’t imagine
how inspiring you are to so many anonymous people like me…You have
expanded the limits of what […]

I met Alex Fidi, a young Austrian alpinist, in the forest below Fitzroy. It was 2001, the day before Christmas. I had traveled to Patagonia alone, in hopes of finding a partner for the season, and the base camp was pretty deserted. I was setting up my tent, and organizing my home […]

BASE jumping and skydiving have totally captivated me, for a lot of reasons. For sure, the main intrigue is the intense exploration of fear, calm thought and body control. Nothing combines those more than wingsuit flight, for me.

Our second to last day at Arco was spent sport climbing in the sun, enjoying the […]

I was trying to describe the feeling to a friend, of stepping off the edge of Monte Brento. The word that comes to mind is “delicious.”

Hello Steph,
Great blog and site. Even better climbing and skydiving exploits =). I can’t wait to read your book.
I’ve been bitten by the crack bug this last year and I greatly enjoyed your advice on the topic. It’s quite a different style of climbing than the thin, edgy stuff you find at Eldo, which […]

Hi ,
Congratulations for your articles in VERTICAL magazine. It’s very very
impressive.
I wanted to ask you a few questions on base jumping. (I saw on your blog
that you base jump too).
How many skydives did you do before base jumping ?.
I have 70 plane jumps and I’m considering going in to base.
Did you start with some friends […]

Arco is as amazing as ever, even in winter. Our good friend Leo Houlding came from England, to join us for jumping at Brento and climbing in Arco. Two days ago, it was too windy to jump, but clear and sunny. We were able to climb at Massone, a beautiful sport climbing […]

Steph,
I want to start by saying thank you for putting together your book. I am just now finishing it and I have loved every moment of it. I am your average Joe, intermediate climber who loves climbing for what it is and where it takes me. It is wonderful to […]

This post should really be called “Why We Love Poland.”
I’ve never been to Poland, though Dean is a quarter Polish. I’ve also never been to Greece, though I am half Greek! (This is next on the list anyway, as I’m dying to visit Kalymnos and see Greece). But I have always wanted […]

Hi Steph,
You wrote a crack climbing article a long time ago, and I can’t find a copy of it. What magazine was it in?
I love your website and blog, thanks for all the great stories and pictures.
Sincerely,
Sarah Bowes

Dear Sarah,
That article was called “Thin To Win,” and it was in Climbing Magazine, June 15, 1998.
I […]