Crushfest At The Red River Gorge

I was fortunate enough to be able to get out to Kentucky this past week for a quick visit to The Red River Gorge. It was just a quick trip to surprise Audrey on her birthday, say hi to old friends and to sample some of the newer routes that are going up. Normally when [...]

Surfing San Diego

This past weekend Pat Olson and I made the five hour drive from Las Vegas to San Diego for a little surfing and beach time. All in all it was a great weekend with lots of little stories. Unfortunately I was unable to get out from work early so we left with a flurry of other [...]

Olympics – Vancouver 2010

I think it’s safe to say that the Winter Olympics this year were a pretty special event for me and most of my friends up in Vancouver. I was fortunate enough to get up to Vancouver this past weekend and just soak in some of the festive atmosphere and the craziness! I was blown away [...]

What’s one extra ‘U’??

This story cracked me up. Obviously I am not offended by it but I can understand people that are. Here’s a little geography/spelling lesson for people. Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories. The Nortwest Territories was split in 1999 to form two territories; Northwest Territories and Nunavut. For those of you that don’t know, [...]

Work Life (Climbing) Balance

Everyone has a different idea of what “Work Life Balance” means. To me it’s really “Work Climbing Balance”. I have been working an insane amount of hours the last two months but I have also been able to get to the climbing gym occasionally and put in a few days up at Mt Charleston. To [...]