I grew up in New Hampshire but started climbing in 1966 in the Garden of The Gods, Colorado Springs. While studying botany at Western State College near the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado the 2000 foot vertical walls became an inspiration for what has became a life of climbing. In the 1970's I was director of Eastern Mountain Sports Climbing School in North Conway, New Hampshire for a while. Now I live Colorado Springs with my wife Hellen and son CharlieJoe.