He started binding eight years ago at the age of 58. He is enrolled in the diploma program of the American Academy of Bookbinding in Telluride, Colorado, having taken courses with Tini Miura, Frank Mowery, Eleanore Ramsey and Monique Lallier. He has also taken courses at the Centro del bel Libro in Ascona, Switzerland with Edwin Heim. Geigel is a member of the Guild of Book Workers, The California Guild of Book Workers, and the Les Amis de la Reliure d'Art du Canada. He has lectured of the art of bookbinding and the history of the book and is presently involved in the process of publishing a book on the History of the Book and its Bindings.