When I planned my trip to the American Southwest, I only briefly considered coming here, but after actually arriving, I am so glad I did. Much like the Grand Canyon a bit further down the river, the magnitude of this place cannot be properly represented in a photograph. I arrived at the parking lot for
Originally, Mesa Verde National Park had not been on my list of places to visit while I was exploring the American Southwest for ten days, but after a few minor changes in my trip, I found myself Camping there for a night and spending nearly a day and a half exploring the sites of the
Látrabjarg felt otherworldly to me, like something out of a fantasy realm of dragons and elves. Steep rocky cliffs climbed out of the ocean, barbed amalgamations of soil and stone abruptly ended thousands of feet off the surface of the water and appeared as if another section of the earth had simply broken off and
Last June, after a disappointing shutdown by Mount Hood, we departed Government Camp Oregon, and headed south into California. We figured if Hood was going to shut us down, we still had to climb a mountain, it was in our blood, it was what we came so many miles to do. Shasta had been an
My friend Heather and I went for a short morning hike just outside of Golden Colorado a few weeks ago. We hiked to the top of Table mountain before the heat of the day caught up with us. The view of the surrounding area was quire beautiful, and it was nice to see so many
Vedauwoo is one of those lesser visited climbing areas that many people either over look, or may not even know about. Since it is located only about 2 hours from the Boulder area, I feel a lot of climbers just head there instead. Last week, the Main Wall Collective team and I headed to Vedauwoo
Yesterday we were exploring deep reaching parts of Vedauwoo, Wyoming. The road was rough, and unforgiving but Heather's Subaru pulled through and we made it in and out of our destination. The rest of this week I will be exploring the Denver area some more as well as heading back to Vedauwoo for a video
Liz launches herself off the high dive and rotates before hitting the water. This shot was taken with a burst from a GoPro Hero 3, then put together in Photoshop using layer masks.
This makes the second item checked off my 30 Before 30 list. I have been traveling pretty heavily the past few years, and one place that has been quite close to home, yet somewhere I had never visited was the state of Rhode Island. Well last month, while on my way home from Acadia National
Two years ago, I took on the challenge of Mount Rainier, the most glaciated mountain in the lower 48 states. I always wanted to climb that mountain, and my dream was about to be realized. Since not everyone is fortunate enough to achieve their dreams, I decided that I would climb this for charity, thus