Climbing the Nose on El Capitan had always been such a powerful goal of mine. So in September of this past year, after a successful ascent, I was left wondering what to do next. I decided to take three months off of climbing and did what any regular 27 year old male would [...]

Three years ago, I entered Yosemite Valley on a backpacking trip with friends, spotted El Capitan and knew that someday I wanted to climb The Nose. I by no means considered myself a climber.