Talk about commitment. It is continually humbling to climb in the Black Canyon. From the time you sign in at the ranger station, you are completely focused with high adrenaline from start to finish. From the moment you make the descent down the gullies, to the high exposure, burly approaches, to the run out and [...]

Durango’s climbing areas claimed a few of our Indian Creek climbing posse these last few days. Neil Kauffman, “DZ” Kevin DZekciorius, Kristin Hughes and I spent some time exploring the vertical world of the East Animas area as well as Lemon Reservoir, two beautiful locations near downtown Durango. It’s always fun to mix up it up, get on some different rock, and check [...]

Thought I’d hung up the skis for the local San Juan season, but instead I headed out with Tony Jakob yesterday am for a mid May snow fix on a couloir above the town of Telluride off of Chicago Peak. Access did not go quickly. We took Tomboy road up from town, and covered some solid vertical and [...]

Just finished up with a pretty spectacular week of learning in Ouray, Colorado. As one of 9 participants in a diverse class of rope rescue enthusiasts, I had a fantastic time absorbing the 65+ hours of knowledge put to us by the incredible Mike Gibbs, owner of “Rigging for Rescue”. Can’t really say enough good things about [...]