I'm pleased to announce that my Climbing the Fang image has been featured in the first version of Basecamp, a monthly newsletter published by Rock & Ice magazine.

Yesterday’s rock adventure took place at Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs, Colorado. My wife and I met up with Dan Dalton and four college guys from Alabama that are relatively new to climbing but simply can’t get enough of it. While their enthusiasm, cheering and hilarious comments were definitely the highlight the day, I can’t replicate the experience with words...more here.

I just got back from climbing Mt. Shavano (14,229ft- Colorado’s 17th highest peak) and descending via the Angel of Shavano, a massive ski line that starts at around 13,200ft and stops at treeline. You can read more about this adventure on my trip report.

Colorado’s ice season is officially over…almost. This past Saturday, I drove up to the Rigid Designator Amphitheater in Vail to do some late season ice climbing with a pair of Dans. To our surprise, The Fang was still climbable and I was able to come home with some solid shots of Dan Dalton leading it. More here.

My Ribbons of Gold image was recently selected by Alpinist Magazine for their wallpaper gallery. This gallery is full of some of the most spectacular climbing and mountain images around, all of which are available for free download as desktop images. If you like high quality images of climbing and/or mountains, you owe yourself a visit. If you would like to download my image for you desktop, you can do so here.

I recently returned from a twenty day trip through Utah, California and Oregon. I photographed five national parks during the first half of the trip and spent the later half hiking along the Pacific coast.

This weekend, I set out to photograph the oldest living organisms on earth, bristlecone pines. I hiked around a vast ridge in the Mosquito Range where these knotty trees grow abundantly.

Last night, I hiked to the summit of Mt. Antero (14,269 ft) near the Collegiate Peaks. With two hours until sunset, I reached a soft snowbank on the trail that could not be crossed. At that point, I still needed to hike another 1,500 vertical feet before sunset...so I decided to hike up the steep bolders and talus on the side of Antero. After an exhausting jaunt to the summit, I watched and waited as pink clouds began to form over Mt. Shavano and Tabeguache Peak. A panoramic view from Antero's summit can be seen here.

I am pleased to announce that My "Sun-kissed Dunes" image recently won awards in several photo contests. It took 2nd place at the Great Sand Dunes National Park Contest and won Photo of the Quarter at Digital Image Cafe, an online photo contest. The Great Sand Dunes national park contest was judged by members of Colorado Nature Photographers and the Digital Image Cafe contest was judged by the editors of Shutterbugs Magazine.