Category: adaptive sports
Pay It Forward Tour Highlights – Gas? I don’t need no stinking gas
When I left off last time I mentioned I would be headed back to my aunt’s house in Sonora California. I learned another hard lesson from this leg of the #payitforwardtour. Know where you are going and stop for gas. My First Mistakes On my way out of Cedar City Utah I consulted Google… Read more
Pay It Forward Tour Highlights – Utah
Before embarking on the #payitforwardtour, I made a plan to visit my friend Nerissa Dawn Cannon in Utah. She had some interesting climbing spots picked out. I also had never met her in person before. She has an undiagnosed disability that makes it so she needs to use a wheelchair some of the time. … Read more
Pay It Forward Tour Highlights – Lessons Learned
The Reason There were a lot of lessons learned on this trip. The major reason for taking on the #payitforwardtour, was to stop at different organizations around the country and raise money to help with their missions. I have done quite a few public speaking engagements since climbing El Capitan and I thought it… Read more
Pay It Forward Tour Highlights – Yosemite Facelift Presentation
Yosemite Facelift I had the honor and privilege of being asked to give a presentation at the 16th annual Yosemite Facelift as part of my #payitforwardtour. If you have never heard of Facelift,this is a massive event that was started by Ken Yager to clean up Yosemite National Park. You may wonder why would… Read more
Pay It Forward Tour Highlights – Friends and Family
Since today happens to be #givingtuesday, I wanted to tell you all about the generosity of my friends and family. My pay it forward tour would not have been possible without a lot of help from my friends and family. Sandy Martin First and foremost my significant other Sandy Martin. Without her encouragement and… Read more
Pay It Forward Tour Highlights – Barstow California Brothel?
Finally back at it I have been home from the Pay It Forward Tour for a little over a week. I did a really bad job keeping the posts going while I was on the road. I was exhausted a lot of the time and just couldn’t really think to put things into words. … Read more
Pay It Forward Tour Highlights – New Mexico and Arizona
New Mexico As I made my way through Texas into New Mexico, I posted that I was stopping in Albuquerque for the night. I had a plan to make it short day so I could get to the Grand Canyon by noon ish the next day. After I posted, I got a message on… Read more
Pay It Forward Tour Highlights – Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas
I know the title says Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas, but the first two I don’t really have much to talk about. Texas was fairly uneventful too but I have a few pictures to share and talk about. Arkansas Unfortunately the only story I have to tell about Arkansas is the major traffic backup caused… Read more
Pay It Forward Tour Highlights – Tennessee
When I first came up with this idea to do a pay it forward tour, I had grand plans of sleeping in my van to save money. Well I chose to drive the southern route along I-40 because there were some places I wanted to see. The southern part of the United States is… Read more
Pay It Forward Tour Highlights – Catching Up With Friends
After Rhode Island I made it a point to stop and see a couple of friends who I met on my first climbing trip ever. We met in “The Gunks” with Paradox Sports. Gary Dunn is a guide for Paradox and Sean O; Neill is one of the founders and also happens to be… Read more