See New Hampshire Through the Eyes of Architect Alice Chiang

But even passions can get tiresome. Chiang has a secret escape that lies in the wild playground of New Hampshire. Her reason? Opportunities. For Chiang, that’s what climbing is about. She says she believes there are very few times in life when you get the opportunity to experience such fear and uncertainty.

Chiang splits her time between working at a leading architecture firm in Boston, Massachusetts, and climbing in the neighboring state of New Hampshire. She climbs almost every weekend in the White Mountain National Forest. Chiang loves that she can jump easily between the city and mountains, and believes that both environments inform and inspire her work and life.

Initially, she found rock climbing terrifying. But after a few trips with the right gear and the right partners, she has learned how to embrace that fear, to control it, accept it and work with it. Now all she sees when she faces a tough climb are options.