My Parents Pam and Biff started Stone Mountain Adventures (SMA) in 1983 when I was 10 years old. My early expereinces growing up in rural Central Pennsulvania and as a camper SMA had a profound effect on me and helped instill in me my love for wild places, nature and adventures.
I did a gap year in rual Yorshire, England after high school graduation. While there I worked in a warehouse and a "petrol station", learned to love playing to game of rugby and attended St John's College in the city of York.
I attended Elon University in North Carolina where a studied Recreation Management , played Division II Football and helped to found the Men's Rugby Club.
After graduation from Elon University I worked as a Wilderness Insturctor for the North Carolina Outward Bround School. I co-lead 10 day to 4 week trips with multiple elements including backpacking, white water canoing and rafting, rockclimbing and winderness navigation.