Cedar Wright's life has been anything but dull, and in that spirit, neither are his multi-media presentations.  Join Cedar on a hair-raising, ultra-sketchy, sometimes hilarious, trip around the world.  From his early days on Yosemite's legendary Search and Rescue team, to his First Ascent Adventures in places like Pakistan, and Patagonia, with Brazilian free-soloing, high slacklining, and death defying jumps between Czech towers thrown in for spice, you will follow Cedar on a whirlwind, tour of his unorthodox lifestyle, that will answer the question...why did he extend his ticket four times and stay five months in Brazil!!!

 

Cedar Wright learned climbing at the age of 21 on Northern California’s majestic sea cliffs. While he worked toward his B.A. in English from Humboldt State, he quickly progressed as a climber and was soon establishing numerous first-ascent free climbs throughout the area. After earning his degree he started wintering in Joshua Tree and spending the rest of the year in Yosemite, where he became an accomplished free soloist, speed climber, aid climber and free climber.
For five years, Cedar worked for Yosemite Search and Rescue while pursuing a career in writing. Cedar holds numerous speed records throughout Yosemite and is one of the few people to take these techniques to the alpine realm. Cedar is a prolific “first ascensionist” whose passion and positive energy are inspiring and contagious. His zeal for climbing, however, is balanced by his Zen approach to his downtime, with meditation, yoga, guitar, painting, and writing poetry among the ways in which he relaxes.
In the future, Cedar hopes to take his speed-climbing techniques around the world, climbing the biggest faces in the fastest times. He’d also like to explore the potential of big-wall free climbing and try his hand at high-altitude mountaineering. When he is not exploring the far-off reaches of the globe he can be found in Yosemite, California, “living the dream.”