Super fun podcast with Angie Marie for See Her Outside Podcast and The Carin Project The Cairn Project mobilizes women adventurers to fundraise, tell stories, and expand outdoor access for girls and women everywhere. Through our volunteer Trailblazer program, storytelling initiatives, and community building, we’re making “More Girls Outside” a reality, one adventure at a time. AND CLIMBING THROUGH HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE GRIT LOT BOOK CLUB!! Interested in supporting The C

Good morning, Thank you to all who came out to the Douglas County Library event at the Highlands Ranch, CO location. Also, thank you to Lisa and her team for hosting and Books Are Awesome in Parker, CO, for selling copies of Climbing Through. I am quickly learning that my favorite parts of these talks are the audience's questions. At Highlands Ranch library, they ranged from thoughtful questions about writing to fun questions from exuberant budding climbers. What event will I

Wow—thank you for the positive response! It has been wonderful sharing conversations, deepening connections, hearing how readers felt about Climbing Through and seeing and being a part of the media. It truly warms my heart hearing and feeling your positive feedback. Your feedback truly makes a difference!!! How to help: Start conversations, keep spreading the word and recommend! 📣 Have a book club? Recommend Climbing Through or start a book club! Review – it really help

Hello Friends, Well, it happened!!! The release of my memoir Climbing Through: A Courageous Story of Grit, Healing and Second Chances , my first book signing at Bird & Jim, and author talk at Tattered Cover in Denver. It was a joy to sign and chat with the Estes locals at Bird & Jim. Thank you to my community of Estes Park for such a great turnout at Bird & Jim. At Tattered Cover, it was fantastic to be surrounded by more Estes locals, Boulder friends, old friends traveling

So hard to turn right and leave Hueco behind, fading in the rearview mirrors, but not gone forever, just an early end to our season. Looking forward to the next chapters exploring the climbing and boulders in Arkansas! But for me, it is extra challenging to leave what would be my most difficult boulder problem undone after the accident. I was so close—falling after the hard bits with my hands just opening up and sliming off the holds on a warm day before the holidays—the da

I’m so excited (and honestly, a little emotional) to share that my book release is rapidly approaching! March 3, 2026 Climbing Through will hit the shelves and Kindle--available now for presale on Amazon. 🌱 About the Book - Climbing Through is an inspirational memoir about surviving a life-threatening injury, the loss of portions of my hands, psychological doggedness and tenacity throughout my recovery, innovative medical procedures, and mending physically and cerebrally

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Climbing after hand reconstruction

Writing, for me historically, has been a way to share my journey, an avenue to celebrate life's highs, a path to processing challenges, a...

It was the summer of 2001 when team RACC came into being. We were lounging and laughing on crash pads, and a bouldering session was conclud

From my home in Estes Park, Colorado, the destination of Fontainebleau was a dream far across the Atlantic. It was the middle of summer

Rocklands, South AfricaMay-June 2005- Photo Album

Adam + Melissa

Adam and I live in Estes Park, CO for most of the year. For three months we are in hueco Valley and hopefully for one month we get to trave

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A trip to the magic forest of Fontainebleau--a bit different from the girls trips in 2002 & 2003 but always amazing!

I love to cook, but I must confess that I am not the best baker, probably because I don't like following directions.

Did I Mention My Husband is a Bad Ass? - September 2011