Steph! Last Friday, three friends and I made the 4 1/2 hour commute from our college town in Ashland, Oregon to Portland to camp out on the side walk of P-Town for the REI Garage sale… otherwise referred to as “Christmas in October”. For the first half hour of the drive I was so consumed [...]

Yes, it is that most awesome time of year, crack season!!! Most of us have a preferred racking style, even down to which way we clip the draws on gear loops (I always clip mine with gate facing out). When climbing cracks, having a consistent, good racking system can make the difference between cruising and [...]

Buenos dias No se si habla españool, pero bueno yo le pregunto. Llevo 20 años escalando y a dia de hoy mi máximo reto es conseguir escalar fluido y sin pensar en la caída. Mi visión es focalizada hacia la caída en todo momento, llegando incluso a impedir que siga escalando. He probado de todo [...]

Hello Steph, I just read your book and I like it a lot. I am not a climber myself yet, but will treat myself with this new hobby when I quit my job in October. Anyway, I wonder how you can climb for 24-30 hours? Are you resting anything during such monster-climbs? Kind regards Caroline [...]

Hi Steph, I’m a girl from italy who started climbing a year ago. I really enjoy climbing, and one of my dreams is to improve my style, so I decided to write your a letter: maybe you could give me some advices, maybe just some words..I do not know!… Now I’m able to climb in [...]

Hi Steph– Just looking for a little advice. I’ve been climbing quite a bit lately, a lot indoors, though I’d rather be outdoors more and I’m hoping to work through a flat spot in my climbing, at least in terms of numbers. I learned to climb many years ago on granite slabs and faces, and [...]

Hi Steph, I want to pick your brain about training techniques, if I may. I started climbing about 6 months ago in Minnesota and recently moved to Turkey, so while most of my climbing experience has been indoors due to snow overload, it won’t be for long. I’m so new at climbing but I really [...]

Steph, is it too late for a 52 year old guy, in good shape, to begin to climb? What are the limitations? Charles Hi Charles, My friend Lee Sheftel is one of my greatest climbing inspirations. He’s over 60, and he has been climbing at Rifle for over twenty years. Lee redpointed his first 14a [...]

Hey Steph. Three weeks ago I was riding my bike home from school and my left foot slipped off the pedal, which continued to rotate around and came down behind my achilles tendon and partially severed it (about 50% of it is still intact, so no surgery!). This caused me to front flip over the [...]

Ever since I discovered you through the internet and your blog, I have been completely hooked on all that is Steph Davis (in the least stalker-ish ways). Haha. I go to the University of North Carolina in Asheville, and it is home to a lot of outdoorsy people. I have always had a love for [...]