When compared to waking up at 3 a.m. to hike a half-dozen miles, climb 10 pitches up a sheer cliff face, and scramble back to your tent after the sun sets, even a winemaker’s notoriously nonstop harvest schedule doesn’t seem so tough.
“Climbing makes the rest of life easier,” explains Natalie Siddique, who owns and operates Outward Wines with her husband, Ryan Pace. “It makes problems in normal life seem a lot less daunting.”
Rock climbing, not wine, is also what brought the two together, as they come from very distinct backgrounds.