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Simon Carter photo on China Crisis 8b+/14a
Simon Carter photo on China Crisis 8b+/14a
Simon Carter was kind enough to share a few photos with me he snapped while here with his wife Monique last week. These were taken when I didn't think I had a chance in hell of sending this route. Needless to say, I came a long way and was psyched to stick with the process. Hard routes are never a cake walk, and this pure projecting style of climbing isn't for everyone, but for me it's as rewarding as it gets! (more…)

La Isla Bonita

Sand Dunes in the south part of Gran Canaria Island.
Sand Dunes in the south part of Gran Canaria Island.
I love maps. I grew playing this game where I’d spin this old globe my mom and I had found in some glorified dump, and let my finger tip graze the gliding cylinder until it stopped. Where my finger landed was some exotic location I would imagine my adult self traveling to. It was like geographic fortune telling. Sometimes I would force it stop on the places I thought were the most unlikely to ever explore, like Asia, Egypt, or a chain of islands off the coast of Africa. (more…)