About

Hi my name is Jeff and I’m climbing the 7 summits. This blog is an attempt to document not only each summit attempt but also the training and planning along the way.

After having lost a sense of who I was due to a difficult relationship, I was given an opportunity to reexamine myself and really take a look at who I had become and who I wanted to be. I realized I wasn’t happy. Not just because of a breakup which had been a catalyst but also just because of where I was in life. I felt like I had gotten stagnant, like I was living in the slow lane. I remember in the past I had been outside all the time hiking, backpacking, or climbing and I was really happy doing it all. It was time to get back to that place. I started climbing, hiking, and workign out again and  began feeling like I wanted to do something big. I wanted something gnarly I may never achieve out in front of me on the horizon. I chose the 7 because it was huge. In the end it wouldn’t be about the summits, it would be about the journey. It would be about pushing myself to my limit because that’s where I figured I would see who I really was. In November 2016 I choose the 7.