Hobbies

Climbing since 2016. Mostly trad and sport in California — Tuolumne, Joshua Tree, Pinnacles, the local Bay Area crags. Logging on Mountain Project, partner finding when I’m traveling. Mountain Project: profile — 150+ ticks Photos: Recent A snapshot from my last trip — full log on Mountain Project. 2026-03-01 — Joshua Tree NP, Indian Palisades Corridor + Split Dome. Snakes in the Grass (5.9+ sport, TR after lead attempt); Water Moccasin (5.7 sport, night-climb onsight); Kansas (5.7 sport, onsight); Hippo Paradise (5.9 sport, onsight); Worthy of It (5.8 trad, lead with fall).

I co-organize a fusion-dance community in the San Francisco Bay Area and teach at Mission Fusion Camp. Fusion is the open category — blues, west coast swing, tango, contact, whatever the music asks for — danced in close embrace, leading and following both. The community runs monthly events and a few all-weekend immersions a year. Community site: solarfusion.dance YouTube: channel For the operations side of running the community — attendance pipelines, outreach, the website — see Running a dance community.

Casual. Trails I can ride from the house plus the occasional Skeggs / Wunderlich / El Corte de Madera loop. Not racing, not particularly fast — but better than running. The bike spends more time in the stand than I’d like to admit.

Picked it up in earnest the last few seasons. Tahoe when I can swing it, Utah when the timing works out. Currently working on technical terrain — moguls, trees, anything that punishes laziness — more than ripping wide-open groomers. Most recent: Salt Lake City, February 2026.

Roughly one bigger trip per quarter, plus shorter regional weekends. The pattern is climbing-heavy in summer, skiing-heavy in winter, family-and-friends shoulder seasons. Recent Salt Lake City — Feb 2026. Ski trip. Palm Springs — Feb–Mar 2026. Long weekend in the desert. Brazil — Oct 2025. Ten days. São Paulo and Curitiba. Yosemite — Aug–Sep 2025. Multipitch climbing with friends. Seattle — Jun 2025. Long weekend.