A relatively new hobby of mine is rock climbing. I climb most often at Rockreation in Costa Mesa, CA which is an indoor climbing gym.

But climbing at the gym cannot compare to the exhilaration you experience when climbing outdoors. I've only been climbing since June 2004, but it has quickly become one of my favorite things to do.

Some of the places that I have climbed include Joshua Tree National Park in the Mojave Desert in California, Red Rock Canyon just west of Las Vegas, Nevada and Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming.