High Places

Hi Steph,
Just a note to say thanks for sharing your story in the Alpinist. Your adventures on the Diamond were incredible and very inspirational. I used your story to encourage a close friend that is facing some serious challenges. I thought you might be interested to know what I shared:

Saturday marked my 100th skydive, a jump I made with Jacob and Chris (a tracking jump, of course!). Chris and I flew close enough together to grab hands in the air.

I can’t stay off of the Diamond right now. Last Wednesday, Jacob and I hiked to the summit with Brendan (the friend who taught me to skydive). Friday after skydiving, Jacob and I went back up to bivy and climb Pervertical Sanctuary in the morning. There had been a light snow, […]

My watch alarm rang at 3:30, and I was too sleepy to wake up. Seems like I had reverse jetlag from Europe, for a few days. So I just didn’t wake up! How about that!

Climbers on the Casual Route, from Chasm View

I first climbed the Longs Peak Diamond when I was about twenty-two, with a few years of rock climbing experience, and none in the mountains. I remember hiking up the trail in the dark, with my friend Craig Luebben. The time slid by faster in […]

Hi, Steph~

I hope you had a great day on Kiener’s (we certainly did). Here are some photos of you and Chasm Lake taken at about the same time.

I did the 2 am wakeup in Boulder on Saturday morning, and got a front row parking spot at Longs Peak in Estes Park. Hiking by 3 am, remembering all the turns and scrubby trees along the trail. God, I love the Diamond.

Mile Hi Dropzone, Longmont Colorado

See, one of the best things about Davises is this: if they say they are going to do something, they do it. Immediately. If not sooner. (We won’t go into the worst things about Davises right now.)
You may recall that part of my motivation for learning to skydive […]