A selection of somewhat recent published writings.

• See Book page for The Tower

• Co-writer, The Push (Tommy Caldwell’s memoir; Special Jury Mention at Banff, NY Times Bestseller )

 

 

 

 

Between Two Worlds, Adventure Journal Quarterly, Issue 15, Winter 2019 (available in print only

 

 

 

 

Next to National Parks, a Winter of Worry. The New York Times, Jan 2019 (pdf) (link)

 

 

 

 

The Pleasure and Pain of the Climbing Life, The New York Times, Oct 2016 (Finalist, Mountaineering Article category, Banff) (pdf) (link)

 

 

 

 

Mountaineering’s Greatest Climb Unravels, The New York Times, Feb 2015 (pdf) (link)

 

 

 

 

Crash Test Dummy, Patagonia, Feb 2020 (link)

The Best Adventure Films of 2019 (So Far), Outside, Feb 2019 (link)

Vision Matters More Than Sight in ‘The Weight of Water’, Outside, Nov 2018 (link)

Even Tommy Caldwell Questioned the Nose Speed Record, Outside, June 2018 (link)

Cannonball, Alpinist, Nov 2018 (link)

Some random writings from the archive:

The Dark Hours, Patagonia, Fall 2013

Souvenirs (Shingu Charpa trip, Pakistan), Apr 2007, Rock & Ice #159 (feature)

Confessions of a Serial Troller, Apr 2005, Rock and Ice #141

Unclimbed (Intro to series), Alpinist #49

Full Value (“Sketchy Kelly”), Alpinist #28

Symphony in Siyeh, Alpinist #27 (feature)