Steph, Last night, after seeing a photo of the back of your pickup, I cried softly to myself as tears born of happiness and relief gently rolled down my cheek. The fog had lifted so suddenly that it was a wonder how it had been there in the first place. Pursuing a simple life had, [...]

Hi Steph, I’ve been following your blog ever since I picked your book up off the shelf at a local bookstore and madly read through it over the next couple hours. I wanted to say thank you for writing it so honestly. It actually helped my family understand why I go out and do the [...]

Dear Steph, you are and have been a GREAT inspiration for me. I just watched ‘just another Moab morning’ dvd on I LOVE CLIMBING on facebook, its just soooooo relaxing…… yet scary at the same time J. YOU ROCK !!!!!!!!!!! The intent of my email is that, I am wondering if you are doing any [...]

Hey Steph, I am trying to get the word out about the toilet project that Friends of Indian Creek is undertaking for the Bridger Jack campground. I was hoping that you would be willing to throw a link on your website about the project. Here is a URL for an article which I wrote for [...]

Hi Steph, I love your blog and all the info you put in to it, especially the videos of your climbing adventures. Well, I love the wingsuit flying and base jumping too. I commented on one of your photo’s on facebook about wingsuit flying, ie., what kind of ground speed can you achieve. I’m thinking [...]

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 [...]

My friend Peewee, who has climbed most of the hard cracks around the desert, told me about a nice finger crack at the Pistol Whipped Wall. Peewee told me it was one of the harder splitters at the Creek, and he may have done the first ascent, and since I’ve been climbing finger cracks recently [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] For the last month or two, I’ve been pretty motivated for training. In fact, I was liking it so much, I wasn’t really thinking about much else. I tend to get kind of focused on whatever I’m doing, and sometimes need to be yanked out of my groove

Hello Steph, i am a huge admiror of yours. I read your book in only few days. What a inspiration. I am impress by your charisma and your talent as a women climber. I am always amazed to read about you and how strong mentally you are, i envy that. I have to say, i [...]

Hi Steph: You don’t know me, but I saw your blog on Crack climbing while looking for some good information on taping, shoes, etc. Thanks for all the good advice in there. However, I was curious about the Five Ten Moccasyms shoes. I have never been able to wear Five Ten (too narrow and low [...]