Sean Peters
Age: 35
Resides in:. Scottsdale
Family: Wife, two kids and baby on the way
Occupation: Owner of tree business and Park Ranger for City of Phoenix
Sport: Climbing
Hobbies/Interests: birds, Grand Canyon
Participating in your sport since: 1990
How did you get into the sport? Venture-Up introduction to climbing course
What was your background? Outdoor Recreation degree, love the birds so had to learn to climb the tree's.
What led you to a career as a tree worker? Always had a joy of climbing tree's to look for birds and then discovered I could make money pruning tree's while doing what I enjoy.
What do you like most about your job. I'm the boss, climbing all day long, great views from the tree tops.
What do you like least about your job? I'm the boss, unloading at the landfill.
Other sports you have participated in: swimming, running
What keeps you motivated? seeing my kids take a bit of an interest in what I do.
Who inspires you most? The person in front of me that is stronger, quicker, and better prepared.
Love most about your sport: seldom seen places that most folks never get to experience, the freedom and loneliness one gets to enjoy on some obscure summit. Accomplishments: raising two kids and keeping my wife happy (I hope), some hard climbs in the Canyon.
Weekly training: 12 to 16 hours or all day long on climbing trips. I run and/or hike once per day, lift weights, climb something.
Future fitness goals: to keep climbing in the Grand Canyon and enjoy a summit with one of my kids...... and a 400 pound deadlift, 205 pound overhead press and the list goes on and on
Proudest life moment: paying cash for my wife's engagement ring from my early days of tree work.
Favorite event: Whiskey Row 1/2 Marathon
Most memorable sporting moment: Falling and breaking my jaw , orbital socket and having to have plates inserted into my face.
Funniest moment: Tearing the crotch (by accident) out of my pants in a tree and making my assistant continue to clean up below me--we cried it was so bad.
Can’t live without equipment. Rope or helmet for climbing, sharp saws for work.
Favorite quote: Dance with the devil you know.
If you could go to dinner with anyone: My brother who I have not seen in over a year.
Book you are reading: just finished White Tiger
Favorite movie: Dragon, the Bruce Lee Story and Point Break
Best advice received: Double check your knots and never look up when someone calls "rock" or "headache."
Advice for others to keep motivated: Break yourself down physically and mentally, get scared and then see how you feel about your sport
Must have nutrition: Taco Bell after every climbing trip to the Grand Canyon--have not missed in years.

—by Sue Berliner