“If You Step Into the Van, You’d Better Learn the Rules.” Climbing Magazine Column. July 2008.

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“In my 31 years, I’ve learned only three types of partners really matter: climbing partners, love partners, and the oft-underrecognized road-trip partners. In a perfect world, you’d have one person to fulfill all three roles — less logistical hassle that way, and less stuff to load in the car. But we don’t live in a perfect world . . .”