Los Angeles and the Wildfires: How to Breathe Easier, written 7 hours ago, I thought I was dreaming when I woke up to the faint smell of burning leaves very early yesterday morning.  Apparently, though, there was smoke in Santa Monica, brought in by the same crazy high winds that were stoking the w...

West Branch of East Scorpion Canyon, written 21 hours ago, The last canyon we hit in Escalante was East Scorpion via it's West Branch. This had a couple short rappels to get in, then stemming in the full sun for 45 minutes or more. It was REALLY hot and after the first section Dave and Pen decided t...

BAZ! 2008 the movie, written 1 week ago, When I heard that German climbing guru Udo Neumann would be at BAZ! to shoot a movie about the event I was very excited. Udo showed up with two video camera's, a crane, a kite and photo camera's and was running around with his gear for a couple of days… …...

Where are we? So Cal?, written 6 days ago, We are here…In good old Southern California! Work has taken us by storm here- so when the opportunity knocks- it's best that we open our doors! Matt and I started an After-School Youth Climbing Programs  and are currently the managers/instructors on boar...