Last year I was invited to an interview in the incredible city of Zabrze, Poland for a popular local television program. When the interview came out, I was in the middle of Serbia completing a solo international driving trip to … Read More
Last time I was in Romania, I delivered a carload of donations that are still being distributed to those in need – and the tools have made everything below possible! Robert Jacobs has been like the turtle in the Turtle … Read More
Iraq is experiencing a renaissance in outdoor culture. For the first time in over a century, a peace has made it possible to safely explore the country’s natural treasures. However, because Iraq is an economic island, closed on its borders … Read More
This is part 2 from the article Iraqi Mountaineers Discover Cave! | Part I Due to seemingly everlasting conflict in the Iraq region, outdoor recreation and exploration practically disappeared over the past century. However, over the past two decades in … Read More
The pieces are coming together! This past week I finally had the time to put together a website for our nonprofit GUI. This has been a life-long pursuit of establishing an organization that has the capacity to seed humanitarian programs … Read More
UPDATED Part II Iraq is a place where discoveries are still being made; whether it is reaching summits of mountains for the first time, or re-discovering canyons long-forgotten, or even learning about history that was right in front of you … Read More
An incredible canyon with deep water soloing and climbing walls over 100 meters tall was just re-discovered in Iraqi Kurdistan – the Bride & Groom Canyon. With the country still under quarantine, people are looking for interesting ways to spend … Read More
Now you can support all of our efforts and get something in return – hand crafted, fashionable, non-medical masks. For the past two months we have been hand-crafting masks and donating them to essential and medical workers. The fashionable designs … Read More
In an unprecedented time when the entire world economy has ground to a halt due to the novel Corona Virus, a small group of mountaineers is busy making history in Iraq. Together, on January 24, 2020 this year we achieved … Read More
An exciting first happened yesterday in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; we held our first Online Climbing Video Class at the First Climbing School in Iraq, the Hawraz Climbing School. The class was taught by … Read More