Author: Outdoor Access Solutions
A Night Amongst The Stars
Judging by my title you might think I am writing about another adventure sleeping outside on a portaledge somewhere away from it all and staring up at the stars. Not this time, this time I am writing about the stars of climbing. I recently had the opportunity, thanks to Google Maps and Sandy Russell, to… Read more
Livin’ on a Ledge
It’s been almost a couple of weeks since I was in Yosemite National Park making an attempt to sit climb Zodiac on El Capitan. I have had some time to process and think about the whole experience. I have also been traveling with Sandy for the last week and have been very tired when we… Read more
My First El Capitan Route
Tomorrow the climbing team Craig Muderlak, Gary Dunn, Christian Catell and I will embark on my first El Capitan route named Zodiac. We will be in the El Cap Meadow at 6 am and meet the carry team to head into the base. The team has been working hard all day fixing ropes on the… Read more
Heroes and Friends Part 3
So in my final installment of Heroes and Friends I am going to get to the friend part. The whole reason this weekend even happened was because an old friend from way back, Jonathan Parker, invited me to stay at his house. I decided to buy us tickets to the Reno Air Races because I… Read more
Heroes and Friends Part 2
On my way to visit my friend Jonathan Parker, I met another hero of mine from Childhood. Mark Wellman is the first wheelchair user to climb El Capitan. He completed this feat in 1989 with just the help of one friend Mike Corbett. Another good book for you to check out would be his autobiography… Read more
Heroes and Friends
Growing up and to this day I listen to country music and as I am writing this post I can’t help but think of the lyrics of a Randy Travis song. The song Heroes and Friends has a chorus that goes like this: Your heroes will help you find good in yourself Your friends won’t… Read more
Training for El Capitan
When I decided to embark on this journey of trying to climb El Capitan, I knew I needed to train hard. Two years ago before I made my first trek to the valley I trained with my friend and mentor Sean O’ Neill. Unfortunately I couldn’t just bring him to California with me this time… Read more
Paradox Sports Yosemite 9/11 Event 2016
Sorry, this is so long but I had a lot to say haha. This weekend I had another amazing opportunity provided by Paradox Sports to join old friends and new in Yosemite National Park. We were there for a weekend of learning, climbing and hanging out. We spent two days pushing ourselves to new limits and… Read more
My First Sit Ski
Since I was in junior high I have been involved in various sports off and on. One of those sports that I came to love early on is downhill skiing. I was encouraged to learn to ski by my physical education teacher, Bob Dyer. He would take me to Maine Adaptive Sports and Recreation for one… Read more
Ardenwood Farm State Park
Yesterday I went to Ardenwood Farm in Fremont California to record some 360 videos and test out a new device we are working with at work. Oh, and I hit my 50th video on YouTube yesterday after uploading my recordings. This is a description of Ardenwood Farm taken from their website: George Washington Patterson came… Read more