Greetings from Wendover, Utah! (Move to Michigan Road Trip, Part 1)

I’m on my way to Michigan, with JJ navigating from the backseat!

We left Los Angeles on Friday, and I’m writing this from a motel room in

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My Last Night in Los Angeles

It’s time! By the time you read this, it’s very likely that JJ and I will be on the road, on our first day of an epic road trip to our new home in Michigan. More on that in a bit. First, I want to talk about my final night in Los Angeles. I spent it doing something I love: climbing stairs.

Even though I won’t be in town to compete, I registered for the

The Search For My Birthday Monte Cristo

I turned 40 years old on the 5th, and had a fun, laid-back birthday. I went with my friends Tavi and Jonathan to the Los Angeles Museum of Art, and, for my big 40th birthday dinner, we met our friend Steve at… a diner. Nothing fancy, just a diner.

More Pictures From My All-Too-Brief Visit to Salt Lake City

There was a professional photographer at the OutClimb Cancer Challenge that I competed in last weekend, so this post starts with his pictures!

The race involved exiting the lobby, onto the sidewalk, in order to re-enter the building to start each climb, and the photographer was perched

I Competed in the Longest, Hardest, and Most Exhausting Event of My Life: A SIX-HOUR Stair Race! (OutClimb Cancer Challenge Race Recap)

When my alarm went off at 4:45am Saturday morning, the first thing I did was take a few deep breaths. This was going to be a day like none other I’ve experienced. I was going to push myself harder than ever before, in a challenge that would redefine what I’m capable of, what I could endure, and what I can rise above.

And it was all going to happen in this building, glowing in the pre-dawn darkness, just across the plaza from my Salt Lake City hotel room.

While short compared to towers in other cities, the