James McCalpin (aka Dr. Rox)) is a geologist who performs research and consulting in geological hazards, especially earthquakes and landslides. He studied geology at the University of Texas (BA, 1972), University of Colorado (MS, 1975), and the Colorado School of Mines (PhD, 1981). He was a field geologist for US Geological Survey in Alaska and California (1976-78), and later County Geologist for Jefferson County, Colorado (1981). Then came 10 years as a professor at Utah State University (1982-1991). Since 1991 he's been a full-time consultant in Colorado, heading GEO-HAZ Consulting (www.geohaz.com). For GEO-HAZ projects he travels the globe, having visited 40 countries in the past 22 years, and having learned bad words in many languages and dialects. Dr. Rox also directs the Crestone Science Center in Crestone, Colorado (www.crestonescience.org). His latest book (Crestone: Gateway to the Higher Realms; 2011) is a tell-all guidebook to Crestone, surely one of the wildest, strangest, and most beautiful places on the Planet.