I’m pregnant! Wowza! Big adventures lie ahead, along with exhaustion I’m sure 🙂 We’ve got a little boy coming end of Ap...

The scared light-brown dog, all skin and bones, hopped out of the rescue lady’s van in the parking lot of this non-descript strip mall. On...

  For some years now climbing has been more than the actual act of climbing for me, it’s been about the people in the community. ...

”Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”—Dr. Seuss   I wish it were as easy as Dr. Seuss put it. But griev...

I first met Melissa when I started living in Estes Park in 2000 . I’d see her hiking to and from the bouldering in Chaos Canyon, a ...

Maya Angelou once said, “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, so...

There are two types of people: those who do their homework, and those who fly by the seat of their pants. It’ll come as no shock to any ...

Hilaree O’Neill is one of the most well rounded mountain athletes out there. She is the first woman to climb two 8000 meter peaks in...

I am extremely honored to share Janet’s story on this blog. She has an incredible climbing resume from alpine, to big walls to bould...