...in the still shivering silence I find my soul
12/29/2020- As the temperatures dropped into the single digits, my wet ropes began sticking to the surface of the rocks it touched. When I would finally pull my anchors free, the entire rope would come down in one stiff and frozen icicle that I would have to work loose. The rapidly freezing temperatures first truly grabbed my attention when I lost my grip on the frozen rope and it began to slip through my brake hand while I descended a near vertical 60' rappel. I lost control instantly and I pl......
2022-07-10
Zion Pine Creek Duel-athelon 2021
I went down south from SLC to help my wife for a work trip. She was part of the many cogs in the wheel that produced Redbull Rampage on Friday 15 Oct 2021. She is way cooler than me and i am always happy to be a part of her adventures.She needed the truck so I rode my mountain bike the 17+ miles into Zion from the Fairfield Inn in Virgin, UT to the Pine Creek exit trail and stashed my bike in some trees. There were some cool college kids from Dixie State just finishing the canyon that gave me a......
2021-10-20