February 10th, nearly 100 climbers descended on the Santee boulder field in East County San Diego for a major paint removal. I had managed to pull together help from Mesa Rim Climbing and Fitness Center, the Allied Climbers of San Diego, the University of San Diego, the city of Santee, and most importantly scores of community volunteers to eradicate as much graffiti as possible in a single day. More »
With the recent Thanksgiving holiday and the impending winter holidays, the time for reflection on the prior year is upon us. I’ve been wanting to write this for a few weeks now but have had mixed emotions since this has been simultaneously the most memorable and volatile year of my life. This year I bagged my dream job, met a wonderful woman, and finally graduated school before I turned 30, probably the most significant thing I will do with my life. Sadly, this year we also lost our friends Ben and Gil to their passion while in Peru. I miss them and think about them often, although I am even more saddened to say I never got to know Gil as well I could have. This year I also was diagnosed with bladder cancer. On my 30th birthday. I was rather shocked and disappointed.
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It was a story day, but our athlete seized the day as if lead into battle by Mel Gibson screaming “They can’t take our freedom!” (it was raining in the movie Braveheart and it was raining in the canyon, no Mel Gibson at the race though) More »
Hello all,
This post is an update about the forthcoming Pullharder.org marathon. As you may, or may not, know this year’s race will be held in memory of our friends Ben Horne and Gil Weiss. In this post I am including two things, first is a video of with images sampled from the internet as a tribute to Ben and Gil; Second, is all the pertinent information that you will need for this race. More »
That’s right friends, it’s time for the 3rd annual PullHarder.org Marathon! Some say, “Third time’s a charm.” Well… they are wrong. We got it right the first time, and we are simply perfecting perfection! More »
This post is inherently NOT about climbing, but it is about me finding limits I don’t even know exist yet. More »
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a thousand pictures must be worth…um…damn it man, I am a linguist. Its a lot of words. So watch this… More »
This isn’t the typical tale of an epic. While we spent the night on the summit of Tahquitz, there was no fear, shivering, hunger or thirst. Instead, we shared wine, cheese, baguettes, flasks, and smiles. We had EPIC FUN! More »
Denali has a split personality. On the one hand, it is “The High One,” the stately and lofty red and white ruler. But it is also De-gnar-li, the snow-choked, windy, frigid monster. In summer, you get to see a lot of the former in nice weather windows. But the latter rears its head even more often. And yes we got to see him up close and personal. More »
