Meet the Miramont North Team
Steve Carpentier
Climbing Wall Manager
Blayke Huffman
Route Setter
Hometown: Lexington, KY
Hobby: Puppies, Tearing up the dance floor
Music: Now That's what I call Music 27, Didgeridoo
Vacation: Greenland
Quote: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I read that once on a can of lemonade. I like to think it applies to life. -Andy Dwyer
Movie: Vertical Limit
Book: Where's Waldo
Climbing Since: 2009ish
Karissa Taylor
Climbing Coach
Hometown: Fort Collins, CO
Hobby: Climbing, Photography, Art
Music: Alternative, Jazz, Indie
Vacation: I want to travel around Europe
Quote: It takes grace to remain kind in cruel situations
Movie: Ferris Buellers's Day Off
Book: Milk and Honey
Climbing Since: 2013
Sam Rothstein
Climbing Coach
Hometown: Easton, MA
Hobby: Bouldering
Music: Jazz & Techno
Vacation: Mallorra, Spain for some deep water soloing
Quote: Let the Wild Rumpus start
Movie: Talladega Nights
Book: Shantaram
Climbing Since: 2012
Seth Fernandez
Route Setter
Hometown: Fort Collins, CO
Hobby; Anything that involves a mind/body connection
Music: Anything with a sick beat
Vacation: No place is better than where I live.
Quote: To crush your enemies. See them driven before you. And to hear the lamentations of their women." Conan the Barbarian
Movie: Scary Movies
Book: Hobbit, Lord of the Rings
Climbing Since: 2011
Beau Elliot
Route Setter
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Hobby: Taking the hardest way possible up small rocks
Music: Rap
Vacation: Yes please
Quote: "We're lookin for rogue kangaroos, we've seen 2 so far but they ran away from us." -Dave Graham
Movie: Rampage
Book: Dune
Climbing Since: 2014
Brett Hoffman
Climbing Coach
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Hobby: Watching foreign films
Music: from classical to grunge
Vacation: Climbing trip
Quote: "Thers no such thing as too much power" - Wolfgang Gulich
Movie: Only God Forgives
Book: Shantaram
Climbing Since: 2013
Nic Vogt
Climbing Coach
Hometown: Wheaton, IL
Hobby: Backpacking, strongman training, climbing, music
Music: Bluegrass, Indie, folk, Americana
Vacation: West Coast, Alaska, Baltic
Quote: "There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot." Aldo Leopold
Movie: Jerimiah Johnson, the Field of Dreams, Into thin Air
Book: No Shortcuts to the Top
Climbing Since: 2005
Jacob Avalos
Climbing Coach
Hometown: Fort Collins, CO
Hobby: Making music with friends and climbing
Music: The whole spectrum; from heart warming worship to scary death metal
Vacation: I would go to Norway to climb. It seems like a beautiful place.
Quote: "I am the gatekeeper of my own destiny, and I will have my glory day in the hot sun." -Nacho LIbre
Movie: Nacho Libre, LOTR Trilogy
Book: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Climbing Since: 2013ish
Nicholas Perl
Climbing Coach
Hometown: Turrialba, Costa Rica
Hobby: Other than climbing? Drawing, board games!
Music: Rhythm and Blues
Vacation: South Africa!
Quote: "Showing off is the fool's idea of glory." -Bruce Lee
Movie: Akira
Book: Tao of Jeet Kun Do
Climbing Since: 2009