Kirk Keeler Photography

12/16/2024

12/13/2024

Sol Horizon and Gill Brothers are set to play at the Arlene Francis Center event.

08/05/2024

The Press Democrat has already posted another story about my completion of the Half Dome climb! Thank you Michael Shapiro for working so hard to get this to press!

Kirk Keeler, a nature photographer and former Sonoma County resident with Stage 4 cancer, teamed up with local climbing star Kevin Jorgeson for the ascent to raise awareness around early cancer screening.

08/05/2024

The is now complete! And what an adventure it was. So many memories swirling around my mind. Snake D**e is such an exquisite route up the even more exquisite Half Dome!
I couldn’t have done this without the two most amazing guys in the climbing world: Kevin Jorgeson & videographer ace, Kaare Iverson. Their rope expertise gave me the confidence to push myself as hard as I could - especially when the weather was looking iffy.
Thank you support team: Jennifer Cowden Miramontes, Deb Sell, Stacey Sell, and most of all, my amazing, beautiful, and powerful wife, Anna Keeler. They went up the cables with water, provisions, and empty packs to help us bring down gear…truly the best support team ever!! Kerik Kouklis and Evan Russel got up before all of us to be at Glacier Point to catch amazing photos and video footage for the documentary that Kaare is working on about this story. I love you all very much ❤️!
I will post more about this in the coming days. Now, it’s time for some well-deserved sleep!

08/02/2024

Geeetings From Yosemite Valley -

Just writing a quick update, but will post pics from yesterday’s hike soon.

1st - here’s an article about the that was on the front page to yesterday’s Press Democrat:

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/jorgenson-half-dome-cancer-climb-santa-rosa-sonoma-yosemite/?artslide=0

The team is currently in a holding pattern here in the Valley due to likely thunderstorms later this morning/afternoon. We are shifting the climb to tomorrow around 5am.

More updates to come!

Former Sonoma County resident Kirk Keeler, who has Stage 4 colon cancer, and Santa Rosa professional climber Kevin Jorgeson are attempting a route called Snake D**e that on Half Dome’s southwest face is “totally iconic,” Jorgeson said.

07/26/2024

Today's video is the 'why' around next week's . In the video, I say July 2nd is the climb; it's actually Friday, August 2nd...sorry for any confusion:

https://youtu.be/B1wONMWP88g?si=S4Zd5KhVli63iofy

Links to websites I refer to in this video.For Colorectal Cancer Stats and more: American Cancer Society, https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/colon-rectal-ca...