Entourage #45 - December/January 2011

The most memorable thing about Adam Peters, as he’ll tell you, isn’t anything about him. In fact, most people are quicker to remember his pigeon-footed “Chilean alpine rescue dog,” Samantha.The most memorable thing about Adam Peters, as he’ll tell you, isn’t anything about him. In fact, most people are quicker to remember his pigeon-footed “Chilean alpine rescue dog,” Samantha. The short but sure-footed Corgi/German shepherd/otter mix has drawn many perplexed gazes over the years at crags across the country. Currently touring with Peters and his girlfriend on their yearlong road trip all over North America, little Sam has become one well-traveled mutt. Before embarking on his epic road trip, Peters, 30, worked as an arborist for a company out of Longmont, Colorado, making the 45-minute commute from his home in Golden nearly every day. Having climbed for 10 years, Peters is well-versed in nearly every discipline, giving him the ultimate open road for his trip. Having already ticked classics at Ten Sleep, Squamish, Smith Rock, Maple Canyon, Arkansas, the Red River Gorge, and the New River Gorge, with plenty more on the horizon, he and his crew will spend the next six months motoring around in the Viking, the popup camper haphazardly attached to the bed of his truck. Over the course of a few rest days, he penned this issue’s Homage on page 60, recounting the story of his humorous and terrifying first ice climbing excursion, an experience similar to ones others likely have shared.