Dear Steph why you did not travel to Iran. my country so beautiful for climbing, hiking, Desert, high mountain , etc. i hope see you in Iran. if you like get information about Iran I will be happy send information to you.what do you think abut Harness which one is better Betzel, Bel,etc? What advice [...]

Greetings, this is in no way meant for any bad intent! Anybody trapped in a high rise would love another option. If this is a re-hashed subject please disregard. Someone in your field I’m sure has already thought of this, to sell base jumping (alternate escape) chutes or some kind of modified gear to anyone [...]

Hi Steph, I’m emailing from Alabama that just got wrecked by tornadoes last week. We need help getting tents and rain gear here. At places where the photos were taken, people are sleeping outside, on the ground, and in houses with trees though them. We have rain (plus a cool front) hitting the area again. [...]

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 [...]

Last month Dave Furman, Mammut USA’s hardgood expert, answered my question about sheath thickness of ropes. Usually when leading with two thin ropes, I just call them double or twin ropes. This is a good idea when alpine climbing, since you want a second rope anyway for descending, so you may as well reduce the [...]

I’m very particular about ropes, and several years ago I started using Mammut ropes. I wasn’t sponsored by Mammut, I just thought they had the best ropes and I was literally crazy about those ultralight dyneema slings they make. So I bought a bunch, and became a permanent fan. A few years later Mammut became [...]

Hi Steph, I’m sure your tired of asking gear questions? You said you size all your shoes half size down accept long all day easier, in which you size the same size as your street shoe. My only question to you is the use and sizing of moccasyns for crack climbing. I assume you want [...]

Hey Steph, I saw a photo on your Facebook page recently and it looked like you were wearing the Five Ten Projects on a desert crack climb (I think on Castleton). I thought that was interesting- a soft bouldering shoe for crack climbs. Do you wear those often in the desert? Samuel Hi Samuel, The [...]

Although I live in the desert (and yes, throw my gear in the sand sometimes!), I don’t have to clean my cams very often. When they get sticky and don’t re-cam after you let go of the trigger, it’s time to fix them up, for obvious reasons… I am a huge fan of Aliens. From [...]

I have been climbing at Rifle for years. In fact, I think I can safely say it is my favorite climbing area. Some of my friends think I’m joking when I say that, since it’s a sport climbing area and I do very little sport climbing, for the most part. Rifle was the first place [...]