Ben was born in Missouri raised as a youngster in Frankfurt, Germany and after returning to the US graduated high school in the Ozark mountains in Arkansas. Remembering the Alps of his youth, his passion for the mountains, brought him out west for college at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. This opened doors for him to become a technical rock climber, mountaineer, boater and Alpine/backcountry/Nordic skier. While pursuing his love of the out...