From established ice areas such as Alpental and Leavenworth to routes being developed (or rediscovered) around Coulee City and Wenatchee, the word is finally out: There are ample opportunities for quality ice climbing in Washington state! Arctic Grail, The Drip, and Hanging Curtain are just a few of the hottest ice routes that await yon. Even more exciting, there are many, routes yet to be conquered! Veteran ice climber Alex Krawarik and mountain guide Jason D. Martin have consulted with ice climbing experts around the state to ensure the greatest accuracy and the best selection of routes.
Jason is a writer with a varied field of interests. He is a successful outdoor adventure writer, a playwright, a screenwriter, and a film critic. Jason's work has been seen in the pages of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the San Antonio Current, the Northwest Mountaineering Journal, Climbing Magazine, and in many other local and national publications.
Outdoor Writer:
Jason is a freelance writer and professional mountain guide. Much of his adventure writing revolves around the work that he does in the mountains. Jason has professionally guided in the Cascades, the Sierra, Red Rock Canyon, Joshua Tree National Park, in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, in the Alaska Range and in the Andes of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. He co-authored the guidebook, "Washington Ice: A Climbing Guide" and authored, "Fun Climbs Red Rocks: Topropes and Moderates." He currently manages the American Alpine Institute's climbing blog at: http://alpineinstitute.blogspot.com/
Playwright:
A former high school drama teacher, Jason's other passion is to write for and about theatre and film. Over the years, seven of his plays have been published in different anthologies. Numerous productions of these plays and others have been performed throughout the United States and Europe. He has received three Meritorious Achievement Awards from the American College Theatre Festival for excellence in playwriting; and his play "Dying Light" was selected as the Best New Play at the Northwest Drama Conference in 1995. More recently, Jason's Brechtian exploration of Native American rights and modern environmentalism entitled, "Endangered Species," was selected as a finalist in the Earth Matters on Stage conference in Humboldt, California. As a screenwriter, Jason adapted John Weld's book "Fly Away Home" into a screenplay for Laguna Films in California. In addition to writing for theatre and film, Jason is a critic who has seen his work published in newspapers throughout North America. Jason holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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