Wingsuit Dreams
- January 2012
- Hi Steph
Steph! My name is Jared — hello from Connecticut! I’m writing to you after feeling inspired by a dream, your book, and all of the people who have written to you in the past. My dream involved us climbing and flying wing-suits. It was one of the coolest and most satisfying dreams I have ever had. […]
The Perfect Circle
- January 2012
- Climb
A little over a year ago, just before my birthday, I was seized with the urge to free solo Jah Man on Sister Superior and base jump off it. In 2008, I free soloed the North Face of Castleton and jumped off the top, and it remains one of my favorite adventures of all time. […]
School of Rocks
- January 2012
- Climb
Dear Steph, Just wanted to drop a quick note to say what a true inspiration you are. In high school I went out every summer to rockclimb in Colorado and loved it. I am also a musician and have chosen to focus on the music for the last ten years but I am ready to […]
Hot Air Ballooning
- January 2012
- Climb
If you haven’t ridden in a hot air balloon, you should do so immediately if not sooner. As a kid, I was fascinated with balloons after reading Jules Vernes “Five Weeks in a Balloon.” I mean, who wasn’t?? Sometime after that, I saw that movie where Baron von Munchausen escapes in a balloon made out […]