Staff and Route Setters Profiles

Annie

What's your history with The Front? I started climbing at The Front right away when I moved to Salt Lake in April of 2011. I set here for months, then did graphic design for months then took a front desk position and then was promoted to Manager a few months later. I am hoping to buy the Front from Dustin in 2015. Just kidding.

Where is your home town? I grew up in the Bay Area and then lived in Bishop, CA for 7 years. I left part of my heart there in the Sierra.

Climbing since? 1998.

What got you into climbing? I took a summer camp at Sunrise Mountain Sports in Livermore, CA when I was 11, my soon to be best friends family owned the gym and her and I climbed all the time throughout high school.

What inspires you to climb? Being outside, having a reason to travel and staying fit.

Where is you favorite climbing area? The Needles in California, Yosemite, and Red Rocks are up there on my list.

What do you do to train for climbing? Barbell training and running, though neither really help with climbing, they just keep me durable.

What's your dream climbing trip? Greenland again, Baffin Island, Ruth Gorge would be real.

Other interests? Skiing.

Favorite quote? "Do not be too moral, you might cheat yourself out of much life. Aim high above morality, be not simply good, be good for something" ~Thoreau

Chris

Where is your home town? Bountiful, UT

Climbing since? 2002

What inspires you to climb? Traveling

What do you do to train for climbing? Climb, and the John Stack Workout

What's your dream climbing trip? El Portrero Chico

Any thing else going on? Good conversation; surfing

Curt

What's your history with The Front? Derek adopted me to ward off the loneliness.

Climbing since? Since I was rescued.

Where is you favorite climbing area? Anywhere with long open fields to play fetch in.

What's your dream climbing trip? Anywhere that we stay for more than 2 hours.

Other interests? Sniffing butts, staring at Derek, barking at Annie while shes trying to work.

Favorite quote? "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man." -- Mark Twain

Any thing else going on? Will you throw me the ball? Please?

Nathan

What's your history with The Front? Each time I came into salt lake I stopped into The Front and climbed.

Where is your home town? I grew up in SLC but, I have lived all over the place. Definitely happy to be back home.

Climbing since? I have been climbing on and off my whole life, but for the past 6 years I have dedicated my life to climbing, and establishing new problems, and ridiculously hard routes.

What got you into climbing? Escaping from the city, and meeting fellow climbers from all over the world.

What inspires you to climb? I love finding very, very, hard problems and routes that no one has finished, and finishing them! I also feel very privileged to be sponsored by a company named Mercy for Animals, knowing what I do as an athlete for them helps by being a strong voice for the voiceless keeps me very motivated as a climber, and inspired to always be out there meeting climbers and being deeply involved in this amazing community.

Rumsy

What's your history with The Front? I came with the owner. Been here since day-one. My job is to keep an eye on things, and add some dog class to the place.

Where is your home town? Ashland, OR ... home of the Ashland hippies.

What inspires you to climb? Keeping up with my master.

What do you do to train for climbing? Sleep. Long walk in the hills.

What's your dream climbing trip? Anywhere my master goes... just take me.

Other interests? Chilly Dog

Sarah Jane

What's your history with The Front? Sarah Jane has been a dedicated student of Ashtanga Yoga since 1998. She is grateful to have studied intensively with Jeff Silverstein in Salt Lake and many of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois’ students including Richard Freeman, Mary Taylor and Rolf Naujokat, Ken the Rolfer,Devorah Sacks, Chad Herst, Vance Selover, and Caroline Klebl. She is honored to be able to pass on the rich traditions she has learned from her teachers and her personal practice. She practices 6 days a week with various members of her SLC Ashtangi family and teaches Mysore style Ashtanga and the Primary, intro to Intermediate and short forms of Ashtanga Yoga.

Accreditation's and workshops: 200 hour Yoga Alliance Teaching Certificate from Ashtanga Teacher Training with Caroline Klebl in Kerala, India, 2009 20 hour Intensive Ayurveda Study with Dr.Jayalekshmi in Kerala, India, 2009 200 hour Ashtanga Teacher’s Intensive from Richard Freeman’s Ashtanga Teacher’s Intensive including 4 hour hands on anatomy lab in Boulder Colorado, 2012 with Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor Weeklong Yoga Intensive: Buddha and the Yogis: the Vajra Body 2011 Workshop in Phoenicia, New York with Richard Freeman, Mary Taylor, John Campbell and Robert Thurman (professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University Month long Sanskrit Study with Marcia Solomon through Naropa University in Boulder Colorado, 2012 Week long Intermediate Series and Pranayama study with R. Sharath Jois and R. Saraswathi Jois, April 2013