Category: the great outdoors

a climber in need

Marty Karabin is a local climbing legend and a really nice guy to boot. He’s put up hundreds of routes and published lots of guidebooks [...]
my frosty mug

Let the snowboarding season begin!
queen creek mining

A couple of months ago Erin and I put together a couple of videos on the topic of the mining in Queen Creek for the [...]

helmet hair?

This would be what my mop looks like after two days sweating beneath a climbing helmet. Here’s the rest of the pics from my weekend [...]
i know it was a good weekend when…

…my car is covered in mud. Check out the rest of the pics from my trip to Paradise Forks a couple weekends ago.
red rocks: community pillar

The past two weekend I’ve spent climbing in Red Rocks, Nevada. In these four short days I’ve climbed some of the most amazing, long, and [...]

funny trad climbing shirt

Here’s my latest climbing shirt creation. A little flavor or trad with some sexual innuendo… front: …and the back: You can get your own via [...]
access to the mine area of queen creek

Sunday before last I spent an afternoon bouldering and sport climbing over at the Mine Area of Queen Creek. Over the past few months RCC [...]
favorite rainy day hike: peralta trail

The the past few weekends have been filled with deary rain for me. Three weeks ago we were rained out in Cochise Stronghold. The week [...]

tips for fishing the bright angel creek in the grand canyon

During the last weekend of July Gina, Justin and I hiked the Grand Canyon and stayed the weekend at Phantom Ranch. All day Saturday was [...]