In addition to his climbing accolades, Hans Florine is the coauthor
of Speed Climbing, and has contributed to three other books, as
well as written articles for Rock and Ice and Climbing. Hans served
as executive director of the American Sport Climbers Federation
from 1992 to 1996, and is currently an Ambassador for The Access
Fund, as well as manager and shareholder at Touchstone Climbing &
Fitness, the largest climbing gym chain in the country. He lives in
the San Francisco Bay Area, and maintains strong relationships,
fundraising and otherwise, with Yosemite Conservancy, Outward
Bound, The Access Fund, American Safe Climbing Association,
American Alpine Club, Sierra Club, and Nature Bridge. He is also a
professional motivational speaker, delivering keynotes at trade
shows, conferences, and college auditoriums worldwide, from local
rotary club meetings to Fortune 500 events.
Jayme Moye is an award-winning freelance journalist based in
Boulder, Colo., and the former managing editor of Elevation
Outdoors. She’s a regular contributor at National Geographic
Adventure, Men’s Journal, Travel + Leisure, and Fodor’s Travel
Intelligence. She also writes for National Geographic Traveler, New
York, ESPN, Women’s Adventure, Bicycling, and Runner’s World. In
2014, Moye was named Travel Writer of the Year by the North
American Travel Journalists Association.
Hans Florine embodies the genius of "and"—collaborative and
competitive, fast and safe, audacious and disciplined, visionary
and quantitative. The themes that run through Florine's 101 ascents
of Yosemite's most iconic route can benefit people who will never
climb a rock, indeed anyone inspired by the idea of a passionate,
lifelong quest of any type.
*Jim Collins, author of Good to Great*
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