The Alpine Start
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep* “Fuck” I mumble under my breath as I reach to silence the alarm on my phone. The time reads 12:30am, I put the phone down and begin…
The Travel Life
Airports… They have their own personalities, much like we the people who frequent them. In this line of work I spend many hours in airports. I am currently sitting at…
Joshua Tree
This past week I had the pleasure of spending my time with friends in an amazing place, Joshua Tree National Park, climbing, relaxing, joking, and freezing our asses off. At…
FEAR: Combat and Climbing
I spent fifteen months in the Al Dora district of Baghdad, Iraq in 2006 and 2007. For those who don't know what was happening there at the time let me…
The Transition
Leaving the Army was Challenging. I set my plans the last few months I was in Iraq, I was going to be an auto mechanic; I would go to tech…