Writings

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)

TC blurb

Push cover

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

AJ spread

AJ cover

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

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

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

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Crash Test Dummy, Patagonia, Feb 2020 (link)

Short Guy Chooses Night Skiing Over Cyanide Pill, Patagonia, Fall 2017 (pdf)

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)

CannonballAlpinist, 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)

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