Brief Bio
Born: Tulsa, OK (but grew up in Andover, MA)
Family:Parents live in Cambridge, MA. Father is a management/IT consultant and entreprenuer. Mother is a Professor at Harvard in human development. Younger brother is a "nuke" in the Navy.
Sports Teams: Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins (and occasionally the Bears), U. of Wisconsin, Penn State
Favorite Color: Green (because everyone else picked blue and red in kindergarden)
Places I've Lived:Tulsa (OK), Andover (MA), Madison (WI), Cambridge (MA), State College (PA), Columbus (OH), Seattle (WA), Aconcagua (Argentina - in a tent), Grand Rapids (MI)
Favorite Quote: "Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves." - Albert Einstein
Interests: Soccer, Triathlons, Swimming, Biking, Running, Rock Climbing, Mountain and Alpine Climbing, Downhill/Backcountry Skiing, XC Skiing, Ski Touring, Snowshoeing, SCUBA Diving, Flying (Private LIcense), Sailing, Spear Fishing/Snorkling, Cooking (but I hate doing the dishes), Reading, Dialogue, Wine, Chocolate, LOST
Current Activities
Races:Vertical Adventures:
Certifications: AMGA TRSM, WFA Certification
Bucket List
These are the things I have left to do (and the list will continue to grow). Let me know if you think there is something I should add - You may post a comment on my blog.
- Climb the seven summits
- Ski across the alps
- Take a cooking class
- Obtain a PhD
- Climb El Capitan
- Sail around the Americas (yes, in a large sailboat, with a captain and cook, from upper Canada down around South America and back up to Alaska... would you like to join for parts?)
- Teach a class (doing it, ugh)
- Get married
- Ride a motorcycle
- Fly a fighter plane
- Get my SCUBA certificate and dive a sunken wreck (maybe find some gold)
- Run a marathon (CHECK IT OFF THE LIST!!)
- Finish an Ironman
- Go mountain biking
- Learn to speak Arabic fluently (not just the bad words and the food)
- Have children
- Watch movies for 24 hours straight
- Sit on the porch for the entire day and do nothing
- Go sky diving
- Go bungie jumping
- Take my parents on an all-expenses-paid vacation
- Do humanitarian work for a year
- Visit all seven continents
- Travel to outer space
- Write a book
- Walk the Great Wall of China
- Work on a farm
- Build my own house
- Drive a race car
- Live to see my grandchildren
- Visit Lego Land
- Truly understand the opposite sex (least likely thing to actually happen)
- Go to a bug show
- Eat a bug (Intentionally... while riding or running does not count... already did that too many times)
- Climb Half Dome (see above picture)
- Race Cyclo-Cross
- Race in the Savage Man Triathlon and make it all the way up the "hill" (I want that brick!)
- Hike the Grand Canyon
- Ride horseback from Montana to the Mexican boarder
- Eat dinner in the White House
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Swim as fast a Giorgio
- Eat a ten pound hamburger
- Compete in the iditarod
- Dive in a shark cage surrounded by Great Whites!
- Dive the Great Barrier Reef
- Trek New Zealand