Hey Steph, My name is Jordon, I live in a small town in Texas where there are no mountains so, naturally, I didnt start rock climbing until the age of 18 at “Stone Moves Gym.” Ive been climbing a year now and Im absolutely in love with it; I sleep eat and climb now! I [...]

Hi Steph, How are you? Before anything, let me say that I admire your ability and am perhaps your craziest fan. I watch your videos almost every day … Especially the one where you solo the Diamond. Much the same mass! I always watch the THE SHARP END. I sit with my wife and I [...]

I got a new ACL 5 and a half months ago. I was pretty intimidated about the surgery and recovery time, because most things I read about it made it sound like the end of life as we know it….well, it wasn’t! Actually, it was a great winter Having been without the ACL for 2 [...]

Hey Steph, I am not sure if you have had an experience like this, but you seem like you would be a likely source for some helpful advice. I took a 70 foot fall on Teewinot in the Teton Range 2 months ago, and luckily came away with only a concussion and a torn hamstring, [...]

Steph, Just saw Sharp End tonight. Wow. Your segment was pretty rad and utterly inspiring! My friend mentioned you made that climb twice because you wanted to conquer the fear you experienced the first time. Have you always been of that sort of mindset? If you have, how does it translate to other areas of [...]

So I have this chimney route that I climb whenever I’m having an off climbing day since it makes me feel a little less frustrated to know that I can still climb a 5.10 when my forearms are totally pumped, but about two sessions ago my shoulder started getting really grindy and sore. What do [...]

Hi Steph, I’ve had a bad tendon injury in my right hand ring finger for the past two months. I injured it by pulling really hard on a finger lock with no feet. I’ve had previous injuries but none have been as bad as this. I went to the rock gym to climb last evening [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Kryptonite “3 Doors Down” A friend of mine says that skydiving is all about emotion. It serves no practical purpose. When an airplane hanger is quiet and empty, it’s as though nothing ever happened there. But in the height of a jumping day, the air is filled with [...]

Goddurnit, I crashed my parachute again. I will say this, I appear to be an extra durable person. So that’s good There’s nothing like pounding it in at a remote landing area to make helicopters seem like the best thing in the world. And nothing like a few weeks of lap swimming, weight lifting and [...]