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The gym has gotten off to a great start. We’ve been open since Nov ’07 – just 3 months – but things have already taken off. Seems like I work twice as much and twice as hard as I did at my previous career but this is way more fun. I am reminded of a…

Hello fellow climbers. This is a not-so-formal announcement that Lisa and I along with our partners, Andrew and Nicole Hunzicker of Touchstone Youth Project are buying OKC ROCKS Climbing Gym in Oklahoma City. The official closing/change-over date is Nov 4 and our first open date will be the next day, Monday, Nov 5. The new…

On Saturday and Sunday Chris and I competed in the 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell climbing competition at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Arkansas. The competition consisted of teams of two climbing as many routes as they could in a 24 hour period – from 10 am Saturday to 10 am Sunday. Each climb was given…

I wrote an article for the September edition of Access Fund’s e-news. It is about the WMCC’s ongoing effort to protect climbing in the Wichitas pending an upcoming Comprehensive Conservation Plan(CCP) and compatibility review process. Not much has been announced publicly about this until now as the WMCC Board members have been working directly with…

For those interested in the film side of things I have a spin-off site at http://f47productions.com. I’m super into Super 8. Related Images:

The countdown for the Olympics begins in China today – it’s one year from the opening of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. This brings forth the bittersweet reality that is China. A country that is bursting at the seams with industry, growth, and opportunity but at the same time is controlled by a heavy fist…

I think this Renegade Picture Show will be our biggest yet – and if not – well, there will be a few of us having a hell-of-a-good time. The plan is for everyone to dress up as a character from The Big Lebowski. Just that should be pretty funny. On top of that we are…

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My friend Courtney is volunteering with the Peace Corps in The Gambia of West Africa. One of her projects is working with an NGO and their support group for people living with HIV/AIDS. They recently recorded their first album entitled “Terriaya”, which means “friendship” in Mandinka, one of the local languages. The CDs are available…

Last night some firends and I went to see Wolfmother at the Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa. They put on an awesome show – very loud, very, very loud. And the place was packed. The only bad thing was that we arrived on Opolis time. Meaning that we got there about 9:15 thinking that the warm-up…