About

Hi, I’m “rockgrrl” aka Eileen aka “Dances on Rocks”. By today’s standards I guess you could say I’m an old school climber, having started over 15 years ago. Now having started and having climbed consistently since then are two different things, and I have had my stops and starts. Some of those were due to climbing partners moving away and me having to train new ones. I’ve introduced a small number of folks to climbing including one who recently became my husband (and has surpassed me climbing-wise), so I suppose I’ve contributed to the sport’s growth in my own small way

I started the rockgrrl website in 2002. I’m a bit of a geek and a professional graphic designer so I had intended to write and hand code in many articles about climbing and outdoor adventures and while I did share a lot, it was mainly done in the rockgrrl forums and the photo gallery rather than on the homepage. Fast forward to 2009, and I’ve decided to integrate a blog into my home page instead of doing the hand hard coding, in the hopes that the ease of which I can write a blog post will help me contribute more consistently.

I hope you join in the fun, whether by commenting here in the blog, in the forums, on my photos (I maintain largely casual photos on rockgrrl.com but I also have a photography portfolio site), by following me on Twitter — or meeting up at a rock face in the great outdoors!

~ Eileen
aka rockgrrl