Essays

"Essay" is a pretty loose term. The pieces here are mostly stories of things i've done with my friends, personal essay-style.

powerscream- an essay on one of my favorite parts of rock climbing culture.

Time was here- an essay on change, new mexico, and the inevitable adaptations my generation will have to make in a changing world.

How not to kill a grouse- a short piece on grouse hunting I wrote for The Silverton Standard.

Texture of light- a longform essay chronicling my first international rock climbing trip, and the most important lesson I learned therein: failure is necesary.

The Only Thing That Matters -an essay on what really matters in life, composed while finishing a rim-to-rim-to-rim run in the Grand Canyon

A Dream of flying-waxing poetic on the beauty of snowboarding.

The Popes Nose -an essay on the power of dreams and a Long overdue attempt to freeclimb a remote granite wall in southwest Colorado.