Pete KJ began explorations at age three in the wooded ravine that was his backyard in Seattle. He also began a lifelong writing habit. Backyard expanded as Pete stomped all over the Cascades and Olympics as a youth, and headed onward to the Pyrenees, Alps, Himalayas, and Andes. Peace Corps service in Africa cemented his deep desire to always be out in the world, and when he finally sat in a cubicle as a chemical engineer, it was in places like Puerto Rico and India. Long absent from cubicle, he moved on to raise kids, travel the world with them, and write about it (and also write three novels). Career brought Pete to Colorado in the 1990s; its gravity and beauty pulled him back.

Base Camp Denver: 101 Hikes in Colorado’s Front Range was  released by Imbrifex Books on April 2nd.  A party to celebrate its publication was held at the Boulder Book Store, located at in the Pearl Street Mall, in Boulder, Colorado on April 4, 2019.  Click here for photos from the book launch party!