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About Me

I love rock climbing, mountaineering, yoga, skiing, lifting weights, running and all outdoor sports. I could not live without the outdoors and it is where I can escape from everything.This last summer, my best rock climbing friend and I found a rock formation 20 minutes from the Palisades Ranger Station on Mt Lemmon. We spent the last 8 months developing the area for rock climbing. The area is called the Outcroppings and it has 3 separate walls - Cave Crag wall, Incinerated Ridge Wall and the Tall wall. There are 35 climbs from 5.6 to 5.10 that go from 35' long to 195' long. Most of the climbs are moderate and all are bolted except one. It has been incredibly fun and one heck of a lot of work. Send me a message and I will send a map as well as route listings if you are interested in climbing there.My best friend and I went to the Alps last summer and climbed the Matterhorn, Mt Blanc, the Monch, Breithorn half traverse as well as some spectacular lesser known peaks and traverses. My travels have been lucky enough to take me to Aconcagua in Argentina, Pico de Orizaba and Ixtacihuatel in Mexico, Mt Rainier, Mt Hood, the Grand Teton, Mt Whitney, Mt Conness, North Peak in the Sierra, Mt Shasta, Mt Elbert, Humphreys Peak and numerous peaks in Arizona and New Mexico. Luckily I have summitted all of them except Mt Shasta due to horrible weather 3 times!! This summer I'm planning amother attempt of Shasta.I am going back to Switzerland in July this year to climb for 2 weeks in the Bregaglia - Engadine area to climb Piz Bernina and some other peaks. I am really excited about it and training has begun in earnest. Did I mention that I love rock climbing and mountaineering!!!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Joe Satriani, Steve Morse, John Petrucci, Edmund Hillary (RIP), Reinhold Messner and Neil Boortz.

My Blog

Grand Traverse of the Tetons

I'm off to Jackson hole for the Grand Traverse - 10 peaks over 12,000 including the north side of the Grand in 3 days. I'm excited and ready to go. Hopefully good weather and conditions wi...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:58:00 GMT

The Outcroppings is Done!!

On Friday, my best climbing friend Tony and I basically finished our climbing area. I have said this to myself on numerous times, but I feel good because I finally led my last route named Hornas...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:29:00 GMT

Cochise Stronghold and the Outcroppings

Two weekends ago I got invited to climb with some old time Tucson hard guy climbers. I was nervous because I didn’t know any of them except one guy who I climbed with on one occasion. ...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:56:00 GMT

Skiing in Vail

On a whim I went to Vail to ski last weekend. I left Thursday night and when I got to Denver, I70 was snowy and had high winds up to 90 mph. I decided to stay in Denver. When I got u...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:32:00 GMT

Climbing in Tucson

My friend Tony and I went climbing last weekend and this weekend. Last weekend I tried to do the first ascent of a climb named Hornass Nest and I had to hang on the rope. The upper moves w...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:25:00 GMT

Ski Season is on!!

This last week I spent in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with my climbing friend Andy. We arrived on Saturday, 1/5/08 to 16" of fresh, dry, light powder. Our first day skiing was supposed to be an ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:16:00 GMT

Merry Christmas!!

What a month!! I became a grandfather again. Isaiah was born 2 weeks ago and he is the best grandson ever!! The last 2 weekends have been incredible for me. It has been rainin...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:08:00 GMT

Exciting news for Tucson climbers

Please excuse the shameless self promotion, but I can't help myself!! I have been working with two climbing buddies on a new area for rock climbing. This is the first time that I have done...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:38:00 GMT

Saturday climbing

Typical Saturday climbing day. The weather is better than great right now - 65 degrees at 7500' on Mt Lemmon, crystal clear skies with slight breeze. We climbed on a couple of interesting...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:32:00 GMT

Great Weekend

Last week was the most stressful that I have had in the last couple of years. My business is undergoing a transformation that should help us expand. Anyhow, I took Friday off and went clim...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:45:00 GMT