Sean's blog

Looking back, Joshua Tree does it to me every time. It inspires me, scares me, and just plain blows my mind on occasion. This trip ended up being one of those. The landscape and energy of the place make you feel like you are on another planet.

The Black Owl Media adventure van is finally complete and ready to hit the road. This van has been totally overhauled and is now a  mobile photography studio that I can live out of.  I have been dreaming about hitting the road for years now, and now that it is becoming a reality I couldn't be happier. The freedom to go wherever I want is almost overwhelming, there seems to be so many great places in the US its really hard to pick a destination.

Rafael Valdes clings to an awesome arete problem we found.

Most people I've met in the Tahoe area have heard of Purgatory, but have never climbed there because you might as well drive the extra hour and a half to go to Bishop. Jason Burd invited my girl friend Sasha and I to go along with him for a day trip.

Juan Rodriguez free solos a 5:10a at Spooner, Lake Tahoe, California.

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet Mad Rock sponsored climber Juan Rodriguez. Apparently he was on a cross country road trip on a 600cc Kawasaki motorcycle from Oregon to Cedar Point, an amusement park in Ohio, to ride an epic roller coaster.