Christine Balaz

Discipline:
Sport Climbing, Traditional Climbing, and (on low-gravity days) Bouldering

Favorite Mammut Gear:
Vision Women's Harness, Element Keylock Quickdraws, Pilgrim Women's Jacket

Favorite Climbing/Skiing Area:
Shune's Buttress (Zion), Flesh for Lulu (Rumney), The Abyss (American Fork), Annunaki (Indian Creek), Rising Expectations (Cathedral, St. George)

Favorite Climb/Ski:
Shune's Buttress (Zion), Flesh for Lulu (Rumney), The Abyss (American Fork), Annunaki (Indian Creek), Rising Expectations (Cathedral, St. George)

About Christine Balaz
Christine grew up in Bozeman, Montana and started climbing there in 1999, just before moving to New Hampshire to get a real fancy college edumication. There she lived exactly 43 miles from Rumney and climbed there whenever the rain would stop and/or the snow was less than three feet deep. After finishing college, she made a beeline to Salt Lake City, to see what all the fuss was about. Utah's climbing access and community has more-than-exceeded her expectations. She has since been curating a life and career such that they interfere as little with bluff-scaling as possible. Christine currently works as a private tutor and has written two travel books (on Utah), and is working on a third.