Always Upwards

Grapes, rocks, and ice. The simplicity of my recent life has left me with little blogging content and even less time to jot notes about what...

Splitters! My burning heart skips a beat. It's a small bear, but in the sunset I was startled. I keep running, powering up the hill unti...

Cumbre! Splitter cracks, good natural pro, and juggy knobs. Challenging lines that demand fitness and technique. Spiky views of Mt. Stuart,...

Black swallows the never-ending trail in front of my weary feet. Drunk on exhaustion, I swerve all over the footpath. A bear crashes in the ...

Silent dark fades from a misty Yosemite Valley. Pine needles crackle under the tire of my cruiser as El Cap greets the rising sun. Half Dome...

Sitting out the storm...this is fun, right!? "Get out of my way!" I loudly think to myself. A green swath of steep brush pulls and...

Yesterday Mike Schaefer and I completed the "short" version of a larger project I have been contemplating the last few weeks. Orig...