This is a rough draft of a chapter from the forthcoming guidebook that is to be published by Fixed Pin Publishing. Eph Hanks Tower Eph Hanks Tower is named for…
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“Whoa, look. People. With shovels!” I exclaim as the band of brothers that is a Wind River Mountaineering course and I wander along an absurdly snowy creek ten miles into…
We spent the overcast and wet day practicing skills. Placing snow protection, clipping through fixed pro, traveling on a rope team, ice axe use and self arresting. We were at…
Bryan Klahn isn’t a bad guy. In fact, in the time frame that I knew him, he was a really fun guy with whom to hang out. But being a…
I wake up. Sometimes it is in the back of my truck, sometimes in a tent. It is usually in a sleeping bag. I usually mutter something like “oh fuck”…
My 33rd birthday came and went without much fanfare. I climbed a bunch of fun face routes up on the Zappa Wall in Cochise Stronghold. I decided that I wanted…
I own an iPod, but I rarely use it. I can drive 15 hours without the radio in my truck being on. I don’t need music or that type of…
“Yeah, my parents still live in NH, err, I mean my mother still lives in NH” I often find myself saying when someone asks if I have family in NH. …
In the mornings, Tim, myself, perhaps Julia, or Brian, or anyone else who was there would sit around and be creative. Sometimes that would take the form of carving spoons. …
Climbing is what I do. It is a big part of who I am. It is a one word descriptor of me that I sometimes use: “I am a climber.” …
This is an excerpt from my book The Art of Spoon Making So why the heck would any one want to carve a spoon? That is a valid question. There…
Is that a zipper on your hat?” I am commonly asked that question when I am wearing my usual winter hat. You see, my hat has a built in pocket. …
I am often asked why I choose to live the life I do. Why do you spend thirty days in the mountains, away from showers, forks, beds, all the comforts…
Well, take two. Had to reinstall this again cause I screwed it up…but oh well, here’s to learning. Haven’t slept more than about 5-6 hours in the past 60… (and…