Stephen Koch

Congratulations to Allison Von Maur and Mark Newcomb for the safe outward arrival of their baby boy, currently unnamed. Allison gave birth to Baby “Von Newc” at St. John’s Hospital in Jackson, WY on July 16, 2009 at 12:45 a.m. He weighed in at a beefy 7 lb 9 oz.  and 19.5 in.  Mark said, [...]

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Stephen Koch
This was first published in Alpinist Magazine in June, 2004.
On January 17 at 4:45 a.m. Mark Newcomb and I began the Grand Traverse, a route that comprises ten peaks (in order: Teewinot, Owen, Grand Teton, Middle Teton, South Teton, Ice Cream Cone, Spalding, Gilkey’s Tower, Cloudveil Dome and Nez Perce) in Grand Teton National [...]

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Mark Newcomb and I skied and snowboarded much of the Black Ice Couloir on the Grand Teton in the middle 1990’s. We used a rope to belay the first 200′ because it felt like the right thing to do. I think Mark would have preferred to not have used the rope but acquiesced because I [...]

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I like to work late. While in Antarctica after climbing and snowboarding the Vinson Massif in 1999, I had the opportunity to let my internal clock adopt its own schedule. I gradually, over the course of a week, went from going to sleep at 10 p.m. to going to sleep at 6 or 7 a.m. [...]

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