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URBAN CLIMBER MAGAZINE - ENTOURAGE
Each issue we feature some of the important contributors to UCMAG. Without you guys – we'd have nothing!
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 ENTOURAGE - #26 > DECEMBER 2008/JANUARY 2009
Andy Mann - Andy’s a Colorado boy. “What makes Colorado so special is that the climbing here is endless. Andrew Burr - The beginnings: Born on a planet far, far away, Kal-El was rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father. Seth Robinson - Seth has been living in the urban sprawl of Las Vegas for nine years now. Phillip Benningfield - Phillip is the author of four bouldering guides to the “best damn state in the union, Colorado!” Mike Brumbaugh - Mike lives in Vail, CO with his wife Jennifer where he owns a ski and bike shop, Venture Sports.  ENTOURAGE - #25 > October/November 2008
John Evans - John Evans’ (a.k.a. J.E.) 18-year career in the climbing industry has given him great insight into photographing and protecting the vertical environment; Nathan Cando - Nathan lives in Canmore, Alberta (Boulder North, or the “real” center of the universe), where he works as a landscape contractor for six months of the year; Andy Outis - Andy was once a promising young sport climber who subsisted on a diet of brown rice and raw oats (back when that type of thing was acceptable)  ENTOURAGE - #24 > August/September 2008
Brian Solano - You know Brian, THE Brian, our Brian, this Brian who lives out in the field more than children of the corn; Emmanuel Aguirre - He says he got the “photo virus” when he was 17, after meeting photographer Robert Doisneau; Damon Corso - Damo wants to set things straight: “Aren’t ya’ll sick of me YET? Well, just so you know, I do other things besides take sick photos — I rock climb"; Ryan Wedemeyer - A fan of other photographers, Ryan has worked with Tim Kemple, Keith Ladinski, Corey Rich and Snow photographer Will Wissman.  ENTOURAGE - #11 - June/July 2006
Robert Thoren - Sometimes Robert picks up a camera and points it. Every once in a while Robert climbs a rock. Though rarely does he reach the top; Aaron Black - He enjoys running the gamut of climbing styles from boulders to big wall free routes; Jared McMillen - Contributor Jared McMillen's nomadic nature lead him to write about and photograph some of the most remote areas of the West and those who frequent them; Abbey Smith - Abbey grew up on the plains. Abbey hates the smell of cow poop. Abbey's powers come from ice cream. In some states Abbey is illegal.  ENTOURAGE - #23 > JUNE/JULY 2008
Zach Orenczak - When not ducking the law with impromptu tours of Camp Four on a commandeered golf cart; Abbey Smith - These days, Contributing Editor Abbey Smith seems to be lost in a perpetual fantasy world. Since the turn of the year, she has spent no more than two weeks in her bed in Boulder, CO; Mike Moelter - A fixture on the Boulder climbing scene, He has lived there for 11 years, having grown up on the South Side of Chicago and battling routinely with MC’s such as Common.  ENTOURAGE - #22 > APRIL/MAY 2008
Shannon Moore - Though not to be confused with the professional wrestler, Shannon Moore still lays the smack down on anything she puts her mind to; John Vallejo was the first and only lawyer to be sworn in by Justice William M. Wunderlich, the U.S. District Court Magistrate in Yosemite National Park; Craig Copelin - Craig has been climbing longer than most UCMAG readers have been alive. Back in the 80s, Craig was a part of the climbing generation that was ready to pull on anything at anytime; Matt Burbach - Matt has been involved in the climbing community for over a decade, and not just as a climber; Andy Mann - In April of 2006, Chuck Fryberger called me and said that a guy by the name of Andy Mann was interested in coming to South Africa with us to assist  ENTOURAGE - #20 > FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008
Kevin Lange - He spends as much time as possible chasing sunsets and partaking of the world outside concrete walls; Luke Laeser - Most days, "Laeserguns" is balancing responsibilities as the Online Editor for Climbing.com in Chattanooga, TN, with making snacks before a bouldering session with his seventeen-month-old son; Melissa Strong - Like her subjects in this issue of UC, she is also becoming a “Woman of Hueco”; Robert Miramontes - Rob has been a So Cal “local” boulderer for nearly 20 years and is responsible for putting up hundreds of problems in the region; Russ Clune - He has pulled in the Gunks and surrounding environs since he was 18 years old — trad climbing, bouldering, soloing, and generally going up.  ENTOURAGE - #21 > FEBRUARY/MARCH
Sonnie Trotter - A professional climbing dirtbag, strings together a small income through freelance writing and photography, as well “under the table” Thai massage; John Dickey - He likes rocks, big and small, waves just overhead, sharks with big teeth, and kittens; Cody Roth - He says that meeting Lance Hadfield (world class climber, routesetter and trainer) was a major turning point in his life  ENTOURAGE - #19 > OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2007
Levente Pinter - Based out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he spends most of the year rock climbing and honing his photography skills full time; Adi Carter - She is a yoga & Pilates instructor who draws from her background in climbing, surfing, snowboarding and biking to constantly take the practice of yoga to new and unusual places; Abbey Smith - As an editor for elephant journal, she moonlights as a full time climber, insomniac, Americano addict, cruiser bike rider, and eco-warrior; Jason Kehl - When he isn't out fighting the noble cause of disproving the idea that only the bad guy wears black, he is usually found climbing on really, really tall boulders around the world or working on new designs for his clothing company CryptoChild  ENTOURAGE - #18 > AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2007
Timothy Kemple - To have images of someone posing on a route they have not completed, no matter the difficulty, does nothing to support first ascentionists, the general climbing community, or motivate others to share in the adventure of getting to the top –the tops of boulders, cliffs, and mountains; Andrew Zalewski - After serving a long traditional climbing apprenticeship (which included a few first ascents in the long-thought climbed-out Gunks), Andrew turned his attention toward bouldering and the multitude of stellar unclimbed lines the Gunks has to offer; Justin Roth - From his first moves on plastic in the Lycra days, to last weekend at the Red River Gorge, climbing has been a part of Justin Roth’s life for over 15 years; Jackie Hueftle - She is motivated and dedicated female routesetter. she tries hard to climb all the time.  ENTOURAGE - #17 > JUNE/JULY 2007
Adrien Robert [sAne.] - Adrien's creativity stems from an innate love for traveling, an obsessive curiosity, and a drive to attain fluency in communicating his fascinations; Mick Ryan - He works as the Editor at the online climbing magazine, UKClimbing.com and is involved with several guidebook projects with both Wolverine Publishing in the US and Rockfax in the UK; Matt Samet - Sometimes dreams of V16 crimp caves, 5.14+ death solos, and 20,000-foot ice walls reify at the hands of one quietly inspired rock god  ENTOURAGE - #16 >APRIL/MAY 2007
Mike von Wahlde - If he had spare time, he'd paint you several new paintings, develop some more photos, cook you dinner, write you a story and bring you to his favorite skate and surf spots, all on the way back from the crag he just showed you for the first time; Michael Reardon - Finding Michael Reardon is easy, following him and surviving is near impossible; Sasha Turrentine - What we need is to slow down - to reconnect ourselves with nature and pay close attention to our roots and our evolution, as individuals and as human beings; CS Danielson - Traversing across the US and a few other continents for the last decade has meant being a Caarhart clad contractor, thesis-writing on 19th Century philosophy and religion, falling off surfboards, ski slopes, and boulders, and forever fiddling with the idea of being an academic or journalist or political researcher  ENTOURAGE - #15 > FEBRUARY/MARCH 2007
John Roark - John likes long walks on the beach, starry nights, and mostly making fun of 'boulderer'...though he probably has more hours a few feet off the ground than anywhere else; Jacquelyn Chiddo - She has been climbing and training looking forward to her forthcoming migration to El Paso, Texas to enjoy the best that Hueco Tanks has to offer; Chris Brown - Equally adept behind the camera or on the sharp end, Chris always keeps busy at the crag; Clark Shelk - Aside from his part time gig ranting about the NBA, Clark is the man behind Revolution  ENTOURAGE - #14 > DECEMBER 2006/JANUARY 2007
Dan Brayack - Four years ago, he purchased his first "real" camera, and began to extend his creative sense toward climbing and bouldering photography; Chris Sexton - Chris taught high school math in Los Angeles for five years, spending seasons off at J- Tree, Tuolumne Meadows and Smith Rock; Andrew Mann - Writing music and establishing boulder problems are the driving forces in Andy's life; Brian Solano - An accomplished freelance photographer and film producer based in Boulder, Colorado; Dawn Kish - photography is all about the people, the emotions and the honor of the photographic moment; Chuck Fryberger - He's a member of the Scarpa, Cloudveil, and Black Diamond athlete teams, and gets out whenever his train-wreck of a schedule lets him  ENTOURAGE - #13 > OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2006
The Access Fund - Conceived on a barstool in the late 1980s over whiskey, cocktail napkins, and pleather imprints on the back of thighs; Bennett Barthelemy - Bennett describes himself as a 'Cat Herder-Climber'; Zach Orenczak and Rachael Lynn - These two outlaws run Extreme Angles Publishing from the remote outpost of Laramie, Wyoming; Michael Reardon - With enough energy to make the Energizer Bunny cringe, Michael regularly solos up to 10,000 feet per day; Phillip Benningfield - An author of two Colorado statewide bouldering guides, a mountain biking guide, as well as the author of a novel on teenage suicide; Damon Corso - We don't have much to say about "Damo" except that he's the man |
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