Mick Petts - Asst. Manager

Born and raised in the Peak District, England, Mick relocated to San Francisco in 2003 to pursue his climbing obsession and escape his homeland's notouriously bad weather. When not working at Planet Granite, he likes to spend as much time as possible climbing in and around the Sierras. He's just as at home flailing on flared hand cracks as he is testing out his friend's spotting skills and crashpad qualities. Outside of climbing he remains a big fan of music and film and continues his quest to find the perfect bowl of ramen.

Patty T

Patty T. Nowak is an energetic and friendly soul who has been climbing for just over a year.  He makes it his personal goal to brighten everybody’s day whether they’re in the gym or out in the world.  Taking great pride in the fact that his car only moves to avoid parking tickets, you will often see him zipping through the city on his bicycle when he isn’t running around, practicing his parkour skills (or lack thereof).  He dreams of someday being able to juggle.

Brendan

After teaching for four years in the cold of New England Brendan moved to the Bay Area seeking warmer weather and bigger climbing challenges.  He has achieved one of these goals.  When not at Planet Granite or taking classes he can be found in Yosemite Valley on long free climbs.  Other loves include cooking and being in the quiet of nature.

photo: Climbing the Prow of Cathedral Ledge (Conway, NH) as a February blizzard set in.

Ivan

Ivan, a native of the Philippine Islands, is a senior at San Francisco State University and a sophmore at the school of hard knocks. Always the one-man wolf-pack, Ivan is known to roam the mean streets of the sunset district on his 49cc moped looking for trouble and excitement in this brick-laced, gutter-lined origami we call life. Ivan started out at Planet Granite at the original Santa Clara gym as an event staff employee, bringing joy and meaning to young peoples' lives and has since worked his way up to the current position of Supervisor. In contention this year for the coolest guy in the Presidio award, Ivan hopes to up his game by hunting down snow leopards on a regular basis, living on a strict diet of steel screws and lugnuts and finally exposing the elusive Higgs Boson. 

Jeremy

Jeremy, an expatriate from the nation of Los Angeles was bit by the climbing bug while pursuing his undergrad degree at UC Santa Cruz and has been been hooked ever since. He is stoked to be able to share his passion and pretend that he is a professional climber. When he's not in the gym you can find Jeremy working on or riding his bike, exploring the city, and of course, climbing

Megan

Megan is a native of Minnesota and was introduced to climbing on a trip to Wisconsin in middle school. After graduating from Loyola University of Maryland in 2005, Megan bounced from state to state, finally landing in San Francisco, CA in 2008. She started working at Planet Granite shortly after moving to the Bay area. When not climbing or working, Megan enjoys playing soccer, cooking, exploring San Francisco, and generally spending as much time outside as possible.

Erica

A California native, Erica has spent the last 5 years in the Pacific Northwest completing a BA and working with school children. When not at the gym, she teaches Marine Biology to youth in silly and edifying programming, climbs outside, rides her bike, paints with watercolor, and plays Ultimate Frisbee

Stephanie

Stephanie bleeds orange&black and is a hella proud San Franciscan. 

Alex

Alex grew up in the shadow of the great Rocky Mountains. He spent much of his adolescence scrambling up cliffs and peaks. Since then, not much has changed. After graduating from Lewis & Clark College, he explored a bit and found himself in San Francisco. He is excited to find new adventures in the area, eat great food, and bike long distances. Someday, he will play the mandolin like Bill Monroe, wish him luck. 

Eliot

A native of Sonoma, Eliot's dad introduced him to camping, backpacking and mountaineering at an early age.  After taking a rock-climbing course in Leavenworth, Washington, he immediately became hooked. While studying the last few years at UC San Diego, Eliot made the granite laden foothills of Mt. Woodson a home away from home. He's recently back in the Bay and is always looking for enthusiastic climbers to share a rope or crash pad.

Alex

Alex grew up in Sebastopol, before moving to San Luis Obispo to attend Cal Poly.  He studied Social Science, with a special focus in Sustainable Environments and Environmental Planning. After several years of working for the Fire Department, he moved to San Francisco to pursue a graduate degree in Geography in the hopes of one day teaching.  Although he likes long walks on the beach, he much prefers climbing, surfing, and backpacking.  He can also be found gardening, at live music shows, traveling, and searching for sunshine outside of the City.

Jason

Tattoos, bourbon and granite. These are a few of my favorite things.

Clara

A native to California, Clara got her first exposure to reading rock-braile paths, backpacking, and learning survival-arts from her father in Joshua Tree and the Sierras as a little tiny-and as a result feels more at home outside than anywhere else. She is currently studying facets of Medical Anthropology at San Francisco State, broadening her flexibility through acroyoga/acrobalance, slacklining, drawing all over herself, eating pie,and hightailing it out of the city whenever possible to surf, camp, climb/breathe better.

Colin

Colin was born in Fresno CA, but soon became a Bay Area local. He was first introduced to climbing in 2006 while attending UCLA. Although he discovered his passion for climbing through a student group on campus, the start of his climbing journey truly began when he fell off a boulder while on a solo hike in the sierras. He awoke at the base of the boulder to a herd of big horn sheep who nursed him back to health and taught him the ways of the mountains. When not working at Planet Granite or reconnecting with his second family, Colin enjoys surfing, canyoneering, and canoeing.

Stephanie

I've been climbing for about four years now and have recently developed a new love for multi pitch trad climbing. Right now I'm in school full time at San Francisco State as an art major, which tends to keep me away from the rock for long periods of time, but I plan on taking on classic Yosemite routes in the near future. I grew up in the north bay, where I spent much of the last three years bouldering around the coast, working as a camp director for a kids climbing camp and selling my knitted goods at trade shows. 

Arsalan

Tie dye enthusiast, lives on a boat, seen Pearl Jam 19 times, climbs and surfs.
*please note, just like Big Foot, Arsalan is blurry.

Kalie

Kalie is originally from Washington State but spent most of her childhood in London and Southern California before moving to San Francisco to study at Fine Art USF. Apart from climbing her hobbies include: Epic tourism, eating and cooking brunch, reading, all things Harry Potter, tromping, baking, nail painting and jewelry making. 

Buddy

More commonly known as the beast from the southeast.but not really, Buddy studied Mathematics at Duke University and is a firm believer that everything tastes better with gravy on it.  If you're ever down to kick it or discover the art of climbing without using your feet you can find Buddy hanging out in the bouldering area.  When not training at the gym he enjoys being outside, listening to music, and pursuing his goal to count to infinity.

Charles