Hey, Steph – Good finally meeting you this weekend. Enjoyed the jumps! (Sorry I bailed mid-day – the big way crowd roped me in.) Anyway, Todd sent over some pics – thought I’d forward them along. Hope to see you again sometime over Longmont, Moab, or…? Later, Kipp

Dear Ms. Davis; I climbed alot in Boulder in the late 60s and 70s. My buddy and I did the East Face of Longs when we were in High School. I am just awed at your fine performance in the Diamond Free Solo video and your other fine works of art. You are just fantastic [...]

Hi Steph, I just have to say I was blown away seeing a video of your free solo climb up diamond. Ive seen a bunch of climbing videos and I climb myself, but Ive never seen anything like what you are doing. Its amazing to think that you really put yourself out there and just [...]

Thanks Sender Films for this great video clip! By pure luck, Pete Mortimer and Nick Rosen were in position when I sent Concepcion–so they captured some full-on yelling and screaming. Dean made the first ascent of Concepcion and did not rate it. I also have no idea of difficulty–for me, it was just really hard

I’m taking a trip to Boulder this week! I’ll be giving a slide show called “High Places” this Thursday night at Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder. The show is about free soloing (the Diamond and Castleton), learning to skydive, wingsuit and BASE jump, and what all these things have in common–namely, dealing with fear.

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] I haven’t been back to Boulder since I lived here last summer, so it was time to come and check in with everyone. Make sure the Diamond is still there (it is, and look at all that snow!), do a few skydives with my friends at the Mile [...]