Rock Prodigy Survey – Last Call

Please take the survey. In February we launched the first-of-its-kind survey to collect data on the effectiveness of the Rock Prodigy Training Method and the Rock Prodigy Training Center. So far, 118 folks have responded to the survey (from 13 countries), which is well above what I expected…THANK YOU! I’m furiously writing my research paper…

Desert Spring – Part 2: Zion Canyon

Last week I described my exciting return to the desert (more specifically, the legendary sandstone climbing of the Colorado Plateau – a large region spanning 4-5 states). Here is part 2…. In the mid 2000’s, I was tearing through Zion National Park, obsessed with the idea of free climbing big walls, or long multi-pitch routes.…

Desert Spring: Part 1 – Escalante Canyon, CO

Around the mid-2000’s, I was quite the “desert rat”. I fell in love with the big sandstone walls of Zion National Park, and did a lot of pioneering climbing there; either first free ascents of former aid climbs, or first ascents. Last fall I recounted the first free ascent of the Lowe Route in a…