Steph Davis is a legend in the extreme sports world, known for her ropeless free solo ascents and base jumps of long and committing rock faces and peaks and for her achievement across climbing disciplines. Steph is currently working on her second book, Learning to Fly, to be published with Touchstone/Simon & Schuster in 2013. Her first book, High Infatuation, was published by the Mountaineers Press in 2007. Her blog, High Places, was ranked in the top 3 climbing blogs by Outside Online in 2011.

Steph is also an avid BASE jumper and wingsuit pilot. She is one of just a few people in the world, and the only woman, to be combining free soloing with BASE, and has made a specialty of climbing and jumping desert towers in the Utah desert.

Steph grew up in Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey studying classical piano. She went climbing for the first time as a college freshman, and became consumed with rocks and gravity. Steph graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa and went on to earn a Master’s degree in literature. She then made the tough decision to forgo scholarships...