Blind and Naked - Erik Climbs the Legendary "Naked Edge" in Eldorado Canyon,...
Rock ClimbingIn November, Erik succeeded on one of his most difficult climbs yet! Sure, climbing Everest and the rest of the Seven Summits wasn't easy. And the Nose on Yosemite's El Capitan wasn't a...
View ArticleAccess Fundraiser at Neptunes - April 8th
EventsIce ClimbingNewsRock ClimbingI hope everyone in the Front Range will come see my show at Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder on Thursday, April 8th. Tickets are $7 and 100% of the proceeds go to...
View ArticleGreat Achievement on El Cap!
NewsRock ClimbingCongrats to Steve Wampler! Last week, he became the first person with cerebral palsy to climb El Capitan in Yosemite. Until he began is six-day ascent, Steve had never spent more than...
View ArticleNo Barriers in Eldorado!
NewsRock ClimbingWhile I was away in Nepal this October climbing with our soldiers, the team at No Barriers USA held an exciting event near Boulder, Colorado. No Barriers is the non-profit organization...
View Article1st International Blind Climbing Comp
NewsRock ClimbingThis weekend, my friend Koichiro Kobayashi (better known as Koba) will be running the 1st International Blind Climbing Competition, which is being held in the Chiba Prefecture (about...
View ArticleBrainPort on BBC
NewsRock ClimbingHere's a short video of my climbing Castleton Tower, near Moab Utah, while using the BrainPort vision device. This is an excerpt from a TV special on BBC. It has shown in the UK but...
View ArticleHong Kong Adventure
BoatingRock ClimbingRecently I was asked to speak in Hong Kong and had a few extra days to play. So my friend Rob Raker traveled with me for some truly exotic climbing. We met another friend, Stuart...
View ArticleClimb on Binning Family Foundation!
EventsNewsRock ClimbingLast week, the Touch the Top Team and I spent a morning climbing with some local youth from the Redirection Center in Littleton, Colorado, which helps kids work through some of...
View ArticleChildren of the Revolution
EventsRock ClimbingI’m now back from our memorable trip to Kazakhstan hosted by Eurasian Bank. When I fly halfway around the world for a speaking engagement, especially to a place with some of the most...
View ArticleAdventure and Tragedy in the Alps
Ice ClimbingMountaineeringRock ClimbingTrainingI'm now home safely in Colorado after a big summer climb that turned out to be full of adventure and fun, but also some challenge, uncertainty, and...
View ArticleReflections From a Rainy Fall
Rock ClimbingTrainingWith a busted finger and bruised ribs from my excursion to the Alps in August, I haven’t been doing much climbing. In fact, my post-summer training has been a whole lot of my...
View ArticleEast Coast Visit - Retracing Steps
EventsNon ProfitRock ClimbingTrainingLast week I flew to the East Coast for a sensational meeting with Paychex in Rochester, NY. My friend and America’s Got Talent finalist, Mandy Harvey, joined me...
View ArticleWhite Rim 2018: "My Soul, Made Stone"
MountaineeringRock ClimbingTrainingPart 1 – White Rim – Setting the Stage“We climbed it not because it’s there, but because it won’t be there much longer”So said famous climbing pioneer, Layton Kor, of...
View ArticleRevisiting the Fisher Towers
MountaineeringRock ClimbingTrainingIt's been 20 years since I last touched the crumbly sandstone of the classic desert route, "Ancient Art," in the Fisher Towers near Moab, Utah. It is a favorite...
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