hi steph, im a huge fan of yours and find you very inspiring. im just getting into climbing with my boyfriend who is more advanced but i have fallen in love with it. im also trying to slowly go vegan. i have been doing a lot of research on animal cruelty and it breaks my heart [...]

Hi Steph. I have been climbing for 2 years now in northern england. I mainly boulder and have a great local wall which is huge and you can traverse on it all day long ! I haven’t rope climbed yet both indoors or out. My question is how do you build such endurance that you [...]

Steph,  I just read High Infatuation. It came to me at the perfect time. I have climbed since I was 13 and always dreamed of dropping everything else to pursue that passion, but it never seemed possible. When I moved to Flagstaff, AZ from Arkansas for college I decided that it was time time to [...]

Hi Steph, given your level of experience and ability I presume you’ve had some injuries in your climbing career. Just wondering if you’ve had any rotator cuff problems and if so, what advice you could give to fixing them (I know patience is probably the best advice but I already know!). I have tendonitis of [...]

Hi Steph! My name is Tom, I’m a Product Design student at Pasadena Art Center College of Design. I’m currently working on a project thats focus is on developing protective gear for the year 2017, in class we were told to pick a sport to design some awesome gear for. I recently got into climbing [...]

Steph! My name is Jared — hello from Connecticut!  I’m writing to you after feeling inspired by a dream, your book, and all of the people who have written to you in the past. My dream involved us climbing and flying wing-suits.  It was one of the coolest and most satisfying dreams I have ever had.  [...]

Hi Steph! First, I love your blog–you’re awesome! I admire you as both an athlete and a vegan. I’ve been climbing [indoor] since January (I live in Louisiana and there are no rocks anywhere) and I have been vegan since March. I found your blog searching for other vegan climbers… Unfortunately, courtesy of an overly [...]

Hey Steph, Was wondering if you might be able to assist me? I’m looking to write a proposal for an expedition grant and haven’t had much luck in finding templates or examples. Would you happen to know of any webpages that could provide me with this information? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Doug  [...]

A little over a year ago, just before my birthday, I was seized with the urge to free solo Jah Man on Sister Superior and base jump off it. In 2008, I free soloed the North Face of Castleton and jumped off the top, and it remains one of my favorite adventures of all time. [...]

Hey Steph!! So I’m sure that you get a million emails a day and have very little time for things like this. Anyways…Long story short, today was my first day attempting to lead certify at my local climbing gym in Utah and needless to say it did not go very well. I’ve been a member [...]