Remembering Ed Webster: Climber, Adventurer, Historian, Writer, and Photographer
Ed Webster, desert rat, rock climber, and pioneer of a bold new route on Everest's Kangshung Face, has passed away at age 66.
Satyabrata Dam: India's Greatest Mountaineer
A visit with Satyabrata Dam, India's foremost mountaineer, climber, and world traveler.
The Black Canyon: Colorado's Deepest Gorge
One of my favorite places is the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in western Colorado. It's a forbidding, elemental place of raw nature, a...
Remembering Mark Hesse: Climber and Trailbuilder
I've been thinking about my friend Mark Hesse, a long-time Colorado climber, who passed away after a freak fall and accident at the...
Rock Climbing at Acadia National Park
I spent almost four months in 1999 working on the first edition of my book Rock Climbing New England, a select guide to 20 or so areas...
Penitente Canyon: Magic and Mystery in Southern Colorado
Penitente Canyon, on the western edge of the San Luis Valley, a Connecticut-sized basin in southern Colorado, has long been a sacred...
Give the Gift of Books This Year: Check Out My New Adventure Books
Once again, it’s the annual holiday season, the giving time of the year. Most of us are trying to figure out what kind of gifts to give...
Renaming Mount Evans: Thoughts on the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864
A few days ago, a formal petition was filed by the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes and The Wilderness Society with the Board...
John Gill: The Master of Rock Speaks
The other day I ferreted out my article notes from a detailed interview I did with John Gill, who was 41 years old at the time, in July...
Time Stands Still at Indian Creek Canyon
Here's a short essay that I wrote In September 2003 about Indian Creek Canyon for an Indian Creek climbing guidebook that...
