After a near fatal accident in 2010 he stopped hard climbing saying that he wanted to share all the training knowledge resources he had learned and that he wished he had in his youth.
In 1996 he made the first known solo attempt of the Moonflower Buttress on Mt Hunter following the original Mugs Stump start.
In 1998 with Steve Swenson the two opened a new route on a 1,200-meter high buttress near the head of the east fork of the Kahiltna Glacier which they named Mascioli’s Pillar.
(Swenson, DeKlerk, Mace) In 2001 he climbed Cho Oyu in a single day (circa 18 hours) without supplemental oxygen or other aids.
After that experience he returned alone to the Charakusa Valley where he did the first ascent of a very technical new route in 23 hours round trip where he utilized rope soloing techniques.
With Vince Anderson he completed a new route, in alpine style up the Central Pillar of the Rupal Face.
With Anderson they turned back approximately 50 meters below the summit after a four day aline style attempt.
Barely a year later and after months of rehabilitation, House set off for the Himalayas to climb Makalu, the fifth-highest mountain in the world.
[3][4] He is vocal in his support of "alpine style" climbs, which involve moving quickly with little equipment and leaving no gear on the mountain.
Beginning in 1999 he worked as an ambassador for the technical outdoor clothing company, Patagonia, with input on marketing and product design, development, and testing.
He wrote: “at 50 years old it is time to step aside and make room for a new generation of alpinists, and their vision of alpinism, whatever that may be.” [6] In 2015 he founded [https://www.uphillathlete.com/ Uphill Athlete.
In 2019 Steve, Scott Johnston, and Kilian Jornet published Training for the Uphill Athlete which has over 1,100 reviews on Amazon with an average user rating of 4.8.