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About Me

• Born San Francisco
• Moved to Los Angeles
• Move to South Pasadena
• Attend So. Pasadena High School
• Climbed Mt. Whitney - 14,497 Ft. and hiked the Muir Trail
• Attend Pasadena City College
• Joined Sierra Club
• Moved to Yosemite and worked for YPCC, and NPS and climbed the big walls of Yosemite, Tuolumne Domes and surounding peaks. Worked as a park photographer.
• Returned to P.C.C.
• Worked as freelance photographer.
• Attend Long Beach State
• Attend Art Center College of Design.
• Worked as a Graphic Designer and Photographer.
• Climbed El Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltepetl) - 18,409 Ft.,
  Popocatepetl - 17,930 Ft., Iztaccihuatl - 17,159 Ft. in
  Mexico's C. Neovolcanica Range.
• Married Carol Dennison.
• Worked as Art Director and various agencies and studios.
• Had three children, Joshua, Tamara, Gabriel.
• Moved to Orange County
• Worked at Newport Corporation as Production Mgr. and
  Art Director.
• Divorced after 12 years.
• Met Sabrina Nicholls.
• Transitioned from Creative Professional to IT Professional.
• Marred Sabrina after 11 years together.
• Currently a IT Specialist and between gigs.

Hobbies and Interest

• Nature art photography
• Outdoors
• Birding
• Environmental activist
• Mountaineering