Q: What first got you into climbing? And what is your favorite kind of climbing?

A: IMy fascination with rock climbing didn’t start until I saw the movie “Vertical Limit” at age 7 and started flipping through a Metolius catalogue that I picked up from the local gear shop in Maine. I would always climb whatever I could get my hands on as a kid, but I don’t think my parents took me to a climbing gym until I was 10 in South Carolina. By the time I moved to California and started making trips to Joshua Tree nine years later, I was totally obsessed. Trad climbing is definitely my favorite—the bigger and more adventurous the better!

Q: Did you make it back to Yosemite and climb the Nose?

A: Yes, I’ve climbed the Nose three times since my fall last spring, but it’s still a little spooky every time I get to that section.