CONOR BYRNE

Owner

Conor would have become a climber at age seven if the after-school climbing program hadn’t been canceled, because he was the only student to sign up. Circumstances as they were, Conor started climbing in earnest in college at Central Washington University, while he earned a degree in flight technology.

Now, Conor has climbed all over the states, but still has a soft spot for the basalt columns of Vantage, where it all began for him--though he never turns down a trip to Smith, Yosemite or City of Rocks.

When he’s not climbing, Conor flies small, fixed-wing airplanes, teaches other people to fly, skis, mountain bikes, rides motorcycles and talks often about how much he’d like to ice climb again. He dearly loves beer and cats.