While originally a southern boy from Mississippi he now makes his home with a growing family in Ouray on the western side of Colorado. His earliest real climbing experiences were in the hills of Tennessee but he really cut his teeth on the steep granite walls of North Carolina. Even after being on the sharp end for since the early 2000’s he still loves climbing now as much as when he first started. While he started on smaller cliffs he's most drawn to the bigger mountains whether in mountain boots or climbing shoes any day in the mountains is a good day.