 |
|
 |
URBAN CLIMBER MAGAZINE - UNEARTHED
Profiles of some good people on the scene by UCMAG
|
|||
 UNEARTHED - #25 - Sheyna Rose Button
Having traveled through miles of misfortune, Sheyna Button looks only to the redeeming road ahead. Like the looking glass of an alpine lake, Sheyna’s surface appears calmer than her depths. A full-time student and over-worked-back-broken laborer, she approaches climbing like she approaches life: one sketchy piece at a time.  UNEARTHED - #24 - Joe Morgan
I heard rumors of Joe Morgan, “The Tram God”, prior to my first visit to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. He’s got countless first ascents at the Tram – and the highballs?! He’s done them all, with half being his own FAs. He’s the dude you want to meet. While I was there for the first time, with a crew that ranged from V0 noobs to V11 crushers, I happened to run into Joe.  UNEARTHED - #23 - BRIAN ARNOLD
When I met Brian at a bouldering comp in Ohio, he was a big fish in a small pond, winning many of the local comps but never venturing far from his home, in Xenia. At the time, Brian hadn’t done a V10, but I’d never seen anyone as fierce about trying hard. Brian and I both grew up with brothers, so it was only natural that we’d develop a competitive relationship.  UNEARTHED - #22 - Les(lie) Warnock
The Local: Chandler Park, Zen Pen, Four Rooms, Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma; Memorable Ticks: Soul Slinger (V9), Buttermilks; Skywalker (V9) , Landslide (V9), Slider (V9), Horse Pens 40; Flash Gordon (V10), Horseshoe Canyon Ranch; Hell Boy low start (V9 FA), Four Rooms  UNEARTHED - #21 - KENNY RAY BARKER
When first I met Kenny five years ago, he looked like a prison escapee: tall and lanky with a shaved head and bright orange pants. He’d just flown off a problem at the local gym. Cursing loudly, he hurled a cheap plastic chair, shattering it. I never would’ve guessed I’d one day call him my boyfriend.  UNEARTHED - #20 - Garrett Koeppicus
Garrett studied animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He possesses an impressive imagination that fuels his artistic work and pervades his life. Flexing his creativity on the rock, he has a knack for unlocking enigmatic boulder problems and values the aesthetics of a line. Befitting his creative personality, Garrett excels at FAs and the development of new areas.  UNEARTHED - #19 - NEIL MUSHAWEH
Interestingly enough, this training monster diddle daddles all day long with numbers and mechanical-mashanical stuff at Raytheon. I only call it diddling because I don’t understand it. Either way, after thinking about Integrated Defense Systems at work, this dude is willing to drive an hour to the gym and proceed to crush pretty much…everything.  UNEARTHED - #18 - ROBIN "ROBINOWSKI" MASLOWSKI
Looking on through a pair of binoculars as climbers bivied themselves in for the night on the Salathe Wall, something clicked in Robin’s brain. Climbing seemed like a great idea.  UNEARTHED - #17 - Nick Anderson
Nick usually likes to talk about climbing, physics, math, and books. And when we're making stupid math jokes or talking about some detail within a novel, I often forget some of the impressive things I've seen him do while climbing. For instance, he almost flashed The Gusher, a V11, but fell from the easier mantle move at the top. I've even seen him confidently pursue a V9 barefooted.  UNEARTHED - #16 - Paul Andrew Jung
When I think of PJ, I don't only think of his seven-year-old-girl-fingers wrapping around a micro-crimp while he delicately places his foot by his ear on a forty-five-degree wall. I also think about how he is a walking irony. First of all, he can climb V10 but can't do ten pull-ups. He is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, but he is covered in devil tattoos.  UNEARTHED - #15 - Nina Haase
When I first met Nina in a New York City climbing gym I knew there was something special about her. There's a great feeling that comes along with being able to say that you knew someone was going to be your wife the very first time you laid eyes on each other. Honestly, I can do that. What I didn't know at the time was that Nina had a long and formidable relationship with climbing, especially bouldering. Unlike realizing that I'd have to propose to her (quickly) in order to make sure she didn't get away, I didn't realize that she was a crazy strong boulderer until mid-way through our first session together. Nina's knowledge and first hand experiences of the Gunks were evident as soon as we arrived in New Paltz.  UNEARTHED - #14 - Tim Keenan
Tim Keenan climbs much, much harder than the Claw. Tim Keenan climbs harder than Chuck Norris. Tim Keenan has crimp strength that belongs in a martial arts movie where he single handedly crimps 10,000 angry ninjas to death, and then sets their dojo on fire just by crimping a piece of rock so hard that it bursts into flames.  UNEARTHED - #13 - Jennie King
Whether she is sipping on margaritas at the local tex-mex restaurant, typing out lines of endless code, or on a road trip to go cruise her projects at Hueco, Jennie King is always psyched. She is constantly striving to achieve that primal euphoria that we obtain while climbing. After earning her Masters degree in computer science, King high-tailed it to Texas for the ill pockets, steep roofs, and southern hospitality.  UNEARTHED - #12 - Ian Irving
Consider the badger; a robust and stocky animal with massive shoulder and neck muscles which allow it to dig as fast as a bulldozer. Though the animal is often characterized by a quiet nature, and does not seem terrifying, the historical record provides evidence of an early species of badgers defeating much larger predators such as the bear and the mammoth when cornered. This is Ian Irving.  UNEARTHED - #11 - Lani Adamson
Lani Adamson is shy-the kind of shy that makes you think maybe you're stepping on her toes as you talk to her, yet she's too nice to say anything-but bring up climbing and witness a different animal. Much like a lion chillin' on the Savanah under that lone tree, you have no idea she's deadly...until it's too late. |
|
Copyright 2008 Skram Media LLC, All rights reserved.