I got the invite in January. I got it because I was a few beers deep and blabbering gibberish in Spanish. 4 months later, I find myself on an all expenses paid, sponsored trip to Venezuela with Gibbon Slacklines!


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I first met the Fruitbowl in the fall of 2008. It was love at first site. Seven bombproof highlines just a hop and a jump from my tent? Yes please! And in a most beautiful, majestic and secluded location! Is this place for real ( Read more... )

Back from the DR and and done with my shifts at the Hospital, I went back to the homeland (Yosemite) and took the weeklong rigging for rescue course ( Read more... )

So I sent my dad this pic of me skydiving...


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I've arrived in the Dominican Republic and the news is a bit bleak. We're gonna have some really tough cases this week ( Read more... )

Back from Australia and the awesomeness continues ( Read more... )

After Ethiopia, I came homeand worked the Thanksgiving holiday. Like last year, I spent actual Thanksgiving eve with Molly from the NICU and her family, staying in their lovely Los Altos home. Thanks Mols!

After a very busy 4 days at work I again was off on a jet plane! First stop…Sydney, Australia!

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Beloved roommate and co-founder of the 731 Fillmore Street flat, Jonathan Michael Losey has been living and serving in the Peace Corps of Ethiopia since last December. With my Yosemite SAR season over till next April and a work requirement of only four days per month at Stanford Children’s Hospital, I bought my ticket and off I was for Ethiopia, ( Read more... )

Just got back from a 3 hour tour of Dubai and my mouth is on fire from the delicious Indian food I am eating ( Read more... )

Holy cow - what a summer !!

I don't even know where to start or how to begin...hmmm......

SAR (Search and Rescue) workWhile this season was unusual in that there was no "big wall" rescues (aka no crazy rescues of climbers thousands of feet up) there was still plenty of action. One of the most difficult SAR's that I took part in was a search for a ( Read more... )