Jeff Smoot is a rock climber, writer, photographer, and Bankruptcy Lawyer based in Seattle, WA. He has published several climbing guidebooks including:

• Rock Climbing Washington
• Climbing Washington's Mountains
• Backpacking Washington's Alpine Lakes Wilderness
• Best Climbs Cascade Volcanoes

And is the author of the critically acclaimed book Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14 .

Jeff has a long history of climbing and writing about climbing writing for national climbing magazines like Rock and Ice and Climbing. He has also shared his work with Common Climber. 

COMMON CLIMBER ARTICLES:

• The Tape Job (By Jeff Smoot) - Double amputee Hugh Herr experiences equipment malfunction while working on the First Free Ascent of the Leavenworth, WA roof crack "Early Morning Overhang/Flight of the Valkries."

Jeff Smoot. Photo Credit: Truc Nguyen Allen