[3] In 2023, he competed on season 1 of the USA Network competition show Race to Survive: Alaska with his sister Bella Crane, finishing in third place.

[6] He lived in Hong Kong between the ages of one and six before returning to the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.

In 2011,[8] he graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall, a private boarding school in Connecticut, where he competed in a number of sports.

[5][10] After deferring for two years to travel to Lebanon and Israel and climb the Seven Summits, Crane joined the Princeton University Class of 2017,[8] majoring in history.

Crane's successful ascent of Denali in July 2013 at the age of 20 marked his completion of the Seven Summits,[13] making him the first openly gay man to have done so.