Craig grew up in Switzerland where he developed his sense of place in the mountains and skiied extensively throughout France. Attended college in Ohio, where he spent most of his time cragging at the Red River Gorge and winter ice and rock climbing in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, while somehow obtaining a degree in Geology. Thru-Hiked the Appalachian Trail in the Spring of 2001 from Kathadin to Springer, and moved to Alaska to work in the Western Chugach as an avalanche safety instructor and a guide, leading ice, rock and glacier trips, and teaching crevasse rescue and mountaineering skills. Ice, rock and alpine ascents along the Front Range of Colorado, the Wind Rivers, the Chugach and Kenai mountains of Alaska, West central Wyoming and Montana, and all throughout the Wasatch and desert Southwest. Numerous ski descents throughout North America and Europe. Continues to guide in Alaska and here in Utah.