Jonathan has spent more than 20 years climbing around the world, and has a long thank you list that includes Layton Kor, Yvon Chouinard and the Stonemasters for their early inspiration; the Portland, Oregon gear store where he stole his first harness and climbing shoes; the South Ridge of Mount Superior for providing an after-work outlet and the desert southwest’s incredible sandstone towers.

• Survived teaching himself how to climb in high school
• Survived 8 days of free soloing in Siberia
• Survived no-chalk-allowed, knots-for-protection spire climbing in Czech Republic and Poland
• Survived numerous heinous jobs, including 18 months as a host at Bennigans (in college)
• Survived climbing El Cap in a day, three different times
• Survived getting married to a gypsy in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve

• Survived aid climbing all of the major summits of the Fisher Towers and Mystery Towers
• Survived six years of living in Boulder, Colorado
• Survived establishing new multi-pitch routes from Oman to Venezuela to Algeria to Sicily
• Survived 38 hours of flight time from Salt Lake City to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
• Survived numerous 5.13 successes
• Survived even-more-numerous 5.13 failures