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Flying into the Red Rock Rendezvous

Flying into the Red Rock Rendezvous

With Beaver (the founder of prAna) flying the Skydive Moab Hot Rod, and the crew from Skydive Moab along for the adventure (Keith and Mario), this was a really fun day! And the best way I could think of to get to the Red Rock Rendezvous and put some mileage on my new prAna wings….

XLife Magazine

Darn it, I can’t read Chinese ! But thanks for the nice interview

Hot Air Ballooning

Hot Air Ballooning

If you haven’t ridden in a hot air balloon, you should do so immediately if not sooner. As a kid, I was fascinated with balloons after reading Jules Vernes “Five Weeks in a Balloon.” I mean, who wasn’t?? Sometime after that, I saw that movie where Baron von Munchausen escapes in a balloon made out [...]

Normal Girl Activities

Normal Girl Activities

Steph, I just wanted to drop you a quick note of thanks. We don’t know each other, and I’ll probably never have the privilege of ever actually meeting you. But on behalf of my 6 year old little girl, thanks for showing that girls can do “cool stuff” too. My 6 year old, Haleigh, is [...]

Cortina

Cortina

I’ve been in Europe for a month, base jumping and climbing, a trip partly inspired by an invitation to the Cortina inCroda climbing festival in Italy. We started in Switzerland, jumping in Lauterbrunnen, Kandersteg Valley and Walenstadt and then moved over to Chamonix (where we saw Mont Blanc for about two minutes in a four [...]

Jungfrau

Jungfrau

The Jungfrau jump in Lauterbrunnen is one I have always dreamed of doing. In past visits, I didn’t think I was ready for it. It is known for having a short start, 190 meters. This means that you have to exit correctly and get your suit flying immediately because it’s less than 600 feet to [...]

Utah Skydiving Questions

Utah Skydiving Questions

Hello, I have always thought of wingsuit dives. I would like to ask you, Are you an instructor at any skydiving school? What are the initial steps for me who has never skydived before Is wingsuit dive from the airplane more exciting than a wingsuit basejump? I live in Utah, It was very nice to [...]

Wingsuiting

Wingsuiting

Just saw your awesome video on the gopro site and was wondering how many years of skydiving you did before you started base jumping and THEN, how long were you base jumping until you were getting into the wing suits? My dream would be to base off of a tandem paraglider someday and MAYBE get [...]

Questions from Russia

Questions from Russia

Hello Steph! My name is Oleg; I’m 21, live in Novosibirsk city (Russia) and have some questions which might be interesting for other people as well. Not long ago I started to do skydiving and made 28 jumps till now (I know you don’t like to count the jumps, but it’s the only apparent way [...]

Hi From Belgium

Hi Steph, My name is Roy Janssen from Belgium. By coincidence I met you through facebook. Obviously you have (too) many friends otherwise I could have send a friend request Thats why I now use your email address… Your climbing adventures are great, it shows true spirits and its a joy for the eye! I [...]

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