My Western Video outside Las Vegas
Late last year I was called to Las Vegas to help with a friend’s amazing and ambitious project. However, I’m not the type of guy to stick around a place where you can’t see the stars at night. For all … Read More
Hand Made Climbing Equipment from Iraq
At this time there is not a single store in Iraq that sells climbing gear. In fact, if you only speak the native language, there is currently no information whatsoever on how to even get started because the sport has … Read More
Help! Building a Climbing Wall in Iraq
If you haven’t heard, we’re establishing a climbing school in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. To our knowledge, this will be the first climbing school in the country and will open up the mountains as a way to the world to a people … Read More
My Timelapses and What I Learned
I have now taken some spectacular time lapses in some of the most remote places I can imagine, you can watch a selection below. Here’s my favorite, so you don’t get turned off right away, Unfortunately, you don’t often get … Read More
Pizza in the Mountains
If you know me even a little, then you know that much like the beloved Ninja Turtles, my superpowers come from a steady diet of hot pizza pie. Unfortunately, traveling to a remote mountain village offered only so many options. … Read More
This Week’s Video Logs!
This week I started a series filming some of the things that I find interesting while here in Europe. Now, while I’m figuring out how to best create these, you can tag along. Enjoy! Video Log #1 Video Log #2 … Read More
Iraq Equipment List and New Hashtag #ShaxawaniIraq!
If you’ve been following, I’ve taken on the ambitious project of establishing The First Ever Climbing and Mountaineering School in Iraq. As the months rolled by, I’ve been traveling all over the world in search of support, advice, and a … Read More
CONGRATULATIONS Tejson in Nepal Mountain Bike Nationals!
The other morning I woke up to an excited message from Tejson Kunwar, an up and coming pro mountain biker in Nepal in its first generation of professionals in that sport. Tejson is someone who I have come to support … Read More
Video Log #1 from Adventure Milo
As I get older, a lot of conversation with the people I speak to has begun to center around life-long dreams. Specifically, that people are unable to find the time or energy to accomplish the things they believed they would … Read More
Adventure Podcast interviews Adventure Milo
This past week I caught up with Kraig Becker on his popular outdoors themed Adventure Podcast. I chat with Kraig about how things started and talk about my plans in Iraq to create the first public climbing program, as well … Read More