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About Me in a nutshell

• 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 surrounding 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.
• Have three offsprings: Joshua, Gabriel, Tamara and two grand kids.
• Moved to Orange County
• Companies I have work for are Newport Corporation,
  Palko Advertising, Stylecraft Marketing, and Super Color Digital.
• Divorced after 12 years with Carol
• Met Sabrina Nicholls through the Sierra Club
• Transitioned from a creative and retrained as a IT Professional.
• Marred Sabrina after 11 years together.
• Currently working as IT Specialist and working P/T through the recession.

Hobbies and Interest

• Nature Art Photography
• Outdoors
• Birding
• Environmental activist
• Mountaineering
• Bicycling
• Time at the Cabin