ENTOURAGE - #26 > DECEMBER 2008/JANUARY 2009

Andrew Burr

The beginnings: Born on a planet far, far away, Kal-El was rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father, Jor-El, moments before the planet’s destruction. Discovered and adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife, the child was raised as Andrew Burr and was imbued with a strong moral compass. Very early he started to display superhuman abilities of strength, speed, stamina, durability, senses, intelligence, regeneration and longevity, super breath, heat vision, xray vision and flight. Upon reaching maturity he resolved to use these abilities for the benefit of humanity. Andrew lives among humans as a “mild-mannered photographer” for the Metropolis magazine, Urban Climber. There he works alongside Nurse Laurel, with whom he is romantically linked. Their relationship, which has been the center of mainstream media attention, is now firmly established as one union. Only time will tell if their first offspring, baby Kaia, develops superhuman powers.

Mike Brumbaugh

Mike lives in Vail, CO with his wife Jennifer where he owns a ski and bike shop, Venture Sports. He can usually be found hanging on every route he tries in Rifle, Indian Creek, The Black Canyon, and Zion. His key to climbing success is to always find a partner who is much stronger than he is (not hard to do) and then have that partner drag him up whatever route they’re doing. If you’re ever in Vail looking to ski or bike or head to Rifle for the afternoon, give him a call – he’s always looking for an excuse to take a few hours off from work.

Phillip Benningfield

Phillip is the author of four bouldering guides to the “best damn state in the union, Colorado!” He enjoys sharing first ascents in areas with boulderers who appreciate obscurity and are, above all, simply out to have a good time with friends. If you ever find your way down to the San Luis and Arkansas River Valleys, Phillip will happily show you dozens of two-scoop problems not highlighted in this issue. All he asks is a small donation of cold micro-brews for him, his fine fiancé, and his creeky old friends.

Seth Robinson

Seth has been living in the urban sprawl of Las Vegas for nine years now. A good portion of those early years were spent dangling from the end of a rope on god-awfully painful sport routes littered across the desert southwest of Sin City. A chance for a career in the restaurant wine industry finally stumbled onto his doorstep and altered the course a bit. Numerous sabbaticals from climbing and traveling left a void that could only be filled by a female companion, two Italian Greyhounds, and a refocused addiction to bouldering. Most days, including those of work skipped, are spent at one of the many bouldering locales around Red Rocks or in Bishop. Dreams of travel and adventure still linger. A Mallorca fund has been set up, and donations can be sent via vegasbouldering.blogspot.com.

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