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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CLIMBING PIKES PEAK Book Signing September 19 at Mountain Chalet
I'll be signing my newest book CLIMBING PIKES PEAK: A HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE PEAK in front of the Mountain Chalet in downtown Colorado...
Dateline 1970: First Ascent of a Colorado Centennial Peak
As climbers, we go out into the world to have fun, to have an adventure, to find new places, and to challenge ourselves. We usually don’t th
NEW Editions of Best Climbs Rocky Mountain National Park and Best Climbs Denver and Boulder
The new second editions of my books BEST CLIMBS ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK and BEST CLIMBS DENVER & BOULDER were released this month b
Rock Climbing Questions from Tourists at the Garden of the Gods
Tourists watch climbers on White Twin Spire in The Gateway at the Garden of the Gods on a busy summer afternoon. Photo @ Stewart M. Green...
