About

Name: Eric Matthew Leifer

Born: May 13th, 1986 in Anaheim, CA.

Email: eric@canyonchronicles.com

Current Location : Flagstaff, Arizona

I will not boast anymore about the fate of the world, the direction that our environment is heading, or wonder why no one seems to care. No, after 24 years I have realized that life is too short for that. There is more to this world than television, love, money and drugs. It is not always about fame or fortune. It should hardly be about what other people think. It is about being content with your life for what it is and being happy with what you got. While it is still there. While you are still here. While you still can.

So go forth and do what your heart desires. Climb that mountain simply because it is there. Shred the gnar like you have been your whole life. Go jump off that cliff if you really want to. Get outside, wander around, ramble a bit, stay for a while. You would be amazed what you can find when you aren’t looking for anything at all. This is a beautiful world filled with beautiful people. Go enjoy it.

These adventures and photos would have not taken place without all the fantastic people I have met along the way. Through thick and thin, brush and scree, wind and rain, oak and ivy, a motley cast of men and women who have showed me so much is what this site is ultimately devoted to. You know who you are, I am incredibly grateful to have spent my time with every single one of you. Upon the highest peaks and within the deepest slots, amongst the vast forest and the tortured deserts, aside massive waterfalls and beneath fantastic grottos, exploring deep cold caves and running wild rivers, into the black hole and out of the white box, and everywhere in between. It has been a fantastic privilege.