Penitente Canyon: A Climbing Ghost Story
What is our pagan holiday Samhain without a good spook story? This is the time of year, after the harvest...
Support Climbing Magazines and Publishers During the Pandemic
I received my new issue of Alpinist 71 today and flipped it open to page 3. On that full-page are the photos and names of 56 contributors...
Dateline 1911: John Otto Climbs Independence Monument
One of the chapters in the book of climbing stories that I've been writing is about John Otto and the first ascent of Independence...
Essay on Indian Creek and Supercrack
Indian Creek. To me, there has always been magic in that name. That sinuous canyon, lined with soaring walls of ruddy Wingate sandstone...
Bullet the Blue Sky: Climbing Photo Perfection
This perfect climbing photograph that I shot in late 1995 depicts a climber on the perfect arete of Bullet the Blue Sky, a mega-classic...
10 Reasons to be Thankful You're a Climber: Hallelujah! I'm a Climbing Bum!
Climbing is different from many other sports. The dangers of climbing make us acutely aware of our own life and mortality. Climbing helps yo
Climbing in the 1970s: Winter Days at the Garden of the Gods
I was thinking this morning about climbing in the 1970s. A couple days ago I was talking with my friend and climbing partner Brian Shelton a
Dateline 1978: Climbers at The Cobbler in Colorado Springs
Back in the late 1970s, the local climbers in Colorado Springs would congregate every day at the Cobbler Mountain Shop at 10 South 25th Stre
Garden of the Gods with a New View: Gazette Newpaper Article
Here's an article by Seth Boster that appears in this morning's Gazette newspaper about climbing at the Garden of the Gods, one of m
Finally Met Legendary Climber Jim McCarthy
Jim McCarthy and I visit at a roadside cafe in Ridgway in mid-July. I finally met legendary climber Jim McCarthy a couple days ago in Ridgwa
