Yup, I've finally experienced my very first hiatus, my temporary separation from my rock, my girlfriend - climbing. The time spent away filled with hours and hours and hours of work stacked up like I never thought possible, with...

We call it delicious. When wind, weather, sun rock and body come together just right, I can climb beyond any of my natural means. I don’t have many climbing dreams but when I do, I’m weightless, without gravity floating....

"I got the mountains itching underneath my skin. It's been a LONG couple months away from any stone and New York didn't let me have it easy either. The winter festered and fathered my usual seasonal depression between the...