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ENTOURAGE - #31 > AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2009
Photo by Andy Chasteen / AndyChasteen.com
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Andrew Tower
“My favorite font is called Andy . . . not many computers have it,” says Andrew Tower, 25, who wrote about the Vegas climber Heather Robinson, for Unearthed, on p. 66. “Not only does it share my name, but it also isn’t boring — neurotic writers at their finest.” An Oklahoman, Tower earned a BA in professional writing from the University of Oklahoma, logged some good days doing “that Arkansas sport climbing,” and now lives on a couch in Golden, Colorado. From his upholstered office, Tower runs his four-person blog, pimpinandcrimpin.com, which deals in the irreverence of the climbing world (Cute Climber Girl of the Week and Whiskey Wednesdays are popular departments). “Everyone’s a blogger!” he says, “A blog is what you do when you’re self-absorbed enough to talk about yourself constantly.” Tower — who has “no physical deformities” and “can carry on a conversation without making everyone feel awkward” (he says) — picks up extra cash modeling — he’s appeared shirtless in Time Out New York magazine, and recently flew to Belize for a Teva photo shoot.
