

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...


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...


Climbing Fashion in the Stoned Age: Those 1970s Rock Climbing Clothes
The 1970s were a momentous time in not only American history but also rock climbing fashion. It was a time of sweeping out the stogy fashion


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


Watermelon after the 6th Ascent of Castleton Tower in 1971
After Jimmie Dunn and I did the sixth ascent of Castleton Tower near Moab on Labor Day weekend in 1971, we trundled down the gravel slopes t


Jimmie Dunn Climbs Anaconda at Garden of the Gods in 1976
I've been scanning some of my black-and-white photographs and found this portrait I took of Jimmie Dunn in 1976 at the base of Anaconda...