A Storm, 4 Days — 4 Canyons Part 1 of 2

A Storm, 4 Days — 4 Canyons Part 1 of 2

I’ve now been in Europe almost 5 months. 2 Weeks of work fol­lowed by a month of canyon­ing on and off in Spain & France. Hav­ing set­tled down in Mostar, Bosnia & Herze­gov­ina for a few weeks my mind wan­ders back to how my life was at the start of 2016....
Tatahoysa — A descent into Grand Canyon

Tatahoysa — A descent into Grand Canyon

  High above the Col­orado Riv­er on the brink of Grand Canyon winds howl with temps in the sin­gle dig­its, my face and hands go numb. Soon we are clam­ber­ing down the “trail” which is real­ly a very steep, loose, rocky slope lit­tered with cairns. Emi­nence...

Axis Mundi — Canyon Exploration in Big Tujunga

There I hung at the end of the rope, dan­gling only a foot above the water. I rap­pelled far enough down so if I stretched my foot I could dip it in. Water sprin­kled down all around me, trick­ling out of the rock and drip­ping off of the ferns, like a...

Canyon Birthday Celebration

Head­lamps glowed while gear was being shuf­fled about on an oth­er­wise calm res­i­den­tial street in Altade­na Cal­i­for­nia. It was dark and we looked for a place to park. There was a group of peo­ple on the cor­ner while oth­ers went through their trunks sort­ing...

Canyoneering Middle Yosemite Falls (Middle Earth)

“Mid­dle Earth” or “Inner Gorge” is a canyoneer­ing route in Yosemite between upper and low­er Yosemite Falls. Since I was a kid and my mom took me to Yosemite I’ve been fas­ci­nat­ed with the immen­si­ty and beau­ty of Yosemite Val­ley. I’ve been back a few times...
Canyoneering Short film

Canyoneering Short film

A short film on canyoneer­ing my friend Jason Mil­li­gan pro­duced along with the crew of Butch­er Bird Stu­dios. It’s part of a series to encour­age peo­ple to get...