James Crump has lived in Austin, TX, Boulder, CO, and currently resides on Canyon Lake in central Texas. He established many first ascents in Texas at Enchanted Rock and Hueco Tanks, and, in days past, was known to do “buildering” (aka climbing buidlings) at the University of Texas in Austin (including sending a 140-foot, 3 inch crack at the stadium.)  

James has written articles for Rock and Ice Magazine, as well a guidebook for Hueco Tanks and two guidebooks for Enchanted Rock (Stranger than Friction and Dome Drivers Manual). The Dome Drivers Manual is an especially popular guidebook and is being re-released by the non-profit group Friends of Enchanted Rock (proceeds benefit the group). Information on how to order the book is provided below.
 
Common Climber Articles:

• Desert Special Forces Adventures: Part 1 (By James Crump) - If you haven't read one of James Crump's larger-than-life Texas tales, then now is the time to begin. This time James takes us to Hueco Tanks, Texas (where James has numerous FAs and wrote a guidebook, BTW). On one of his trips he encounters some Green Berets and...
• Falling Far Enough (by James Crump) - ​First ascentionist and long-time Texas climber James Crump knows a few things about falling. Check out this lively collection of three "falling" short stories to illustrate a few "rules" for falling. 
• La Huasteca (By James Crump) - A hilarious and adventurous coming-of-age tale of when a 16-year-old Crump and his buddy Goomba cross the border to Mexico and go adventure climbing in La Huasteca.​
• The Fourth Bolt of Texas Radio ​(By James Crump) - It took a lot to get to that location where a fourth bolt could be placed on the steep, lichen-covered slab... "Drill, hammer, swing, tap and drill, pawing feet and hammering, a three-hit rhythm to the terror. My mind thinks of the beat-chanting roars of a stadium - 'Block that kick! Block that kick!' Paw, drill, hammer, paw, drill, hammer. My calves are burning like a finite resource." James Crump keeps us on the edge of our seat, with details and humor, of his first ascent of Texas Radio - but there is more to that fourth bolt. It sets off a revolution.

• The Hangglider Incident (By James Crump) - Climbing pot-pipes? Cops? Hanggliders? Texas climbing legend James Crump tells a tale like no other. This story is no exception. Be ready to laugh - and be shocked - in disbelief as this larger-than-life Texas climbing tale unfolds. 

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The Dome Drivers Manual can be found at the Enchanted Rock State park and local climbing stores and gyms. 
​Proceeds from sales benefit Enchanted Rock State Natural Area through the Friends of Enchanted Rock, a 501(c)(3) charity.