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...
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...
1971: The Third Ascent of Standing Rock at Canyonlands National Park
I'm writing a book of climbing stories right now. One of the chapters is called "Tale of Three Towers." It's about a climb
Discovery of Supercrack in 1971
Here are a couple paragraphs excerpted from "The Perfect Crack: The First Ascent of Supercrack," a chapter from a book I'm wor
Flag Day 1911: John Otto Climbs Indy
Flag Day. June 14, 1911. We salute you, John Otto, pathfinder, patriot, trail-builder, first superintendent of Colorado National Monument, c
Ed Webster: Desert Travels with Climbing Buddy
Ed Webster--climber extraordinaire, Everest mountaineer, and prolific first ascensionist--was out here in Colorado from his Maine homestead
1971: First Ascent of Castleton Tower's West Face
In late November 1971, I made the first ascent of the West Face of Castleton Tower near Moab with Jimmie Dunn and Billy Westbay. We had alre
