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Acadia (map) |
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The long drive back to Pompey in the Vansion (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Studying the guidebook (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Translantic: Funky climbing out of a cave on P1 of Translantic |
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Enjoying the view from Great Head |
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Morning Glory: Leslie enjoying sea cliff climbing at its best |
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Preparing to rappel down over the water at Great Head (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Painting on top of Great Head (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Preparing to rappel at Great Head (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Black Crack: At the start of Black Crack; after we climbed this, we learned that nobody does this route because it was altered by rock fall |
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Rocky coastline near Otter Cliffs |
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Home away from home, at the Otter Cliffs parking area |
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Fingers on a Seascape: Crimpy (and reachy) climbing on great rock |
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The Precipice, as seen from the road |
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View from The Precipice, looking towards the ocean |
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A Dare By the Sea: Following a beautiful crack above the sea, perhaps one of the best routes at Otter Cliffs |
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Emigrant Crack: One of the better cracks at The Precipice, although one can step left at several points to reduce the pump factor |
Adirondacks (map) |
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The Matrix: The Matrix Epic |
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The Matrix: The Matrix buttress at Avalanche Lake |
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The Matrix: Topo of a few routes at Avalanche Lake |
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3D: Traversing to the belay on the first pitch of 3D |
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Early morning light over Avalanche Lake |
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Joe and Will sitting on the ledge below the fin |
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Unknown: Will leading the leftmost crack on the fin (5.10+) |
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Sufferin' Succatash: Midway up one of the stellar chimney climbs, right of the rock route "3D" |
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A Usable Amount: Lots of hard routes on this wall. The most prominent yellow ice is "A Usable Amount", put up by Will |
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Gate Keeper: Joe on Gate Keeper, just left of the 2nd hitch-up-matilda; we bailed here due to delaminated ice |
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The Matrix: Matrix wall from high on Scott Decapio's route. Visible are Gold Rush, Fools Gold, and The Matrix. Way to the right are the hangers climbed by Alex Lowe |
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Matrix Direct, The Other One: My first try on leashless tools; I failed miserably, lowering off just after this point |
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Matrix Direct, The Other One: Bones gets established on the ice |
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Matrix Direct, The Other One: The Matrix with just enough ice to make it climbable |
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Matrix Direct, The Other One: Bones places a screw in the better ice |
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Matrix Direct, The Other One: View of the Matrix; the "other one" starts on the rock between the pines. |
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Matrix Direct, The Other One: At the top of the M7+ rock section |
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Matrix Direct, The Other One: High on the upper section |
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Matrix Direct, The Other One: Cranking through the initial overhanging crack |
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Matrix Direct, The Other One: Bones works out the moves on the initial overhanging crack |
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Gate Keeper: The route Gate Keeper (the thin ribbon on the left) as seen from De Capio's route |
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Unknown: Climbing a pillar on the east side of Avalanche Pass before one reaches the lake; the climb is broken into two parts -- the initial pillar to a ledge, then a rock overhang |
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Unknown: Bones climbs thin, poorly protected ice leading to a free-hanging ice column above |
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Tad's map of Avalanche Lake showing the routes |
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Keymaster: Jim climbs the first ascent of Keymaster, a mixed route just right of Gatekeeper (Copyright © Simeon Warner) |
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Dad and Bruce on the summit of Big Slide in the early 1970s (Copyright © Jack Lawyer) |
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My Favorite Martian: Kristy following John up My Favorite Martian in Cascade Pass |
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Pete's Farwell: Nikos starting on the third pitch |
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Posing on the lake after completing Killer Whale |
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Haggis and Cold Toast: Simeon chimneying up Haggis and Cold Toast in the Beer Walls |
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H14: George gears up to follow H14 |
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H14: Series 1: Clipping the pin that Joe thankfully placed on the first ascent |
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H14: Series 2: Delicate moves are required to keep the little remaining ice intact |
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H14: Series 3: Near the end of the difficulties |
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Big Brother: Approaching the final free-hanging pillar on Big Brother |
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Buford: Climbing the initial steep pillar on Buford; this pillar is shared between Bubba, Buford, and Ice Storm |
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Buford: Moving up the final overhanging smear of ice at the top of the route; the crux of the route is the traverse connecting the pillar of Bubba to the yellow drips on the right |
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Laceration: Tommy leading the steep ice smear of Laceration |
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Reunion: Tommy leads the thin lower face that leads to the cave |
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Reunion: After getting gear in the rock cave, Tommy climbs the crux column |
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Artificial Gravity: Tommy starts the crux pitch of Artificial Gravity; the pillar on the right side is Power Play |
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Artificial Gravity: At the top, the ice overhangs; the route finishes by mounting the free-hanging pillar to the right |
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Unknown: The free-hanging pillar is the crux of this route, although the unprotected climbing above is engaging |
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Not Likely: Series 1: Jeremy climbs Not Likely, an alternative finish to Lilith that climbs a free hanging dagger that drips from an off-width chimney |
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Not Likely: Series 2: Jeremy climbs Not Likely, an alternative finish to Lilith that climbs a free hanging dagger that drips from an off-width chimney |
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Not Likely: Series 3: Jeremy climbs Not Likely, an alternative finish to Lilith that climbs a free hanging dagger that drips from an off-width chimney |
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Not Likely: Series 4: Jeremy climbs Not Likely, an alternative finish to Lilith that climbs a free hanging dagger that drips from an off-width chimney |
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Not Likely: Series 5: Jeremy climbs Not Likely, an alternative finish to Lilith that climbs a free hanging dagger that drips from an off-width chimney |
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Not Likely: Series 6: Jeremy climbs Not Likely, an alternative finish to Lilith that climbs a free hanging dagger that drips from an off-width chimney |
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The Power Play wall with a few routes labeled |
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Rhiannon: The Big Brother wall in fat conditions; Big Brother is on the broken ice column on the left, Tommy is on Rhiannon, and Lilith is on the far right. On the orange wall just right of Tommy is the free-hanging column called Not Likely |
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Reunion: The cave is exited using an ice host that drips on the face to the left; the strip of ice on the right is Laceration |
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Power Play: Ade climbs the sketchy ice in the center section of Power Play |
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Runaway Jury: A nice face climb at the Courthouse |
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Geronimo: Climbing the initial offwidth |
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Birches at the base of Geronimo -- water color (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Life During Wartime: First free ascent of Life During Wartime, Echo Cliff |
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The now-famous Unit |
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Nipple Top from Elk Lake (Copyright © Jack Lawyer) |
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Staring out into space on the top of Sunrise Mountain near Elk Lake |
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The Fecalator: Working out the moves on The Fecalator |
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The Fecalator: Working out the moves on The Fecalator |
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The Fecalator: Working out the moves on The Fecalator |
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The Fecalator: Tommy belays Bones as he works the moves on The Fecalator |
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The Fecalator: Working out the moves on The Fecalator |
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The Fecalator: Tommy belays Bones as he works the moves on The Fecalator |
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The Fecalator: One-arm hang, attempting to rest |
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Lucky Stars: Jim on the first ascent of Lucky Stars (5.11R) at Good Luck Cliff |
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Columbus: Mike on the first ascent of a new route right of Cleveland, Good Luck Cliff |
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Lucky Stars: Bill making the route safer after the first ascent |
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Mystery Achievement: Will leading the beautiful 5.9 hand crack after a night of heavy partying |
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Lucky Stars: Bill cleans the route with a wire brush on rappel |
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Direct South Face: Topping out on the South Face route |
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Direct South Face: Simon and Lori at the belay on top of pitch 1; the lovely yellow lichen is characteristic of the south face |
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The south face of Gothics as seen from the summit of Pyramid |
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Direct South Face: The south face of Gothics as seen from the summit of Pyramid with the 3-pitch 5.9 route described |
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Left of Passage: Tom climbing around the chockstone on the direct start of Left of Passage |
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Jim at Heart Lake in 1978 |
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There Be Dragons: Bones approaches the crux roof/corner |
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There Be Dragons: Stemming through the crux; one more move and he's got a sinker hand jam |
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Route of Opressive Power: Dennis leads the crux of the route while Jim belays |
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Route of Opressive Power: Dennis finally nails the crux and struggles with the hand jams above |
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Dad resting on a bridge near Avalanche Lean-to |
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Jim hiking in the mid 1970s |
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Dizzle showing off the singlet |
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Dizzle starts a lap |
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Earl hangs out at camp |
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Posing with Lori |
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Geriatric Profanity Disorder: Following up GPD in the fall |
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Apollo Tucker: Simon silhouetted against the sky on Apollo Tucker |
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Hooligans: Tad, following the second pitch of Hooligans, Hurricane Crag |
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The gang at the Winter camp, late 70's |
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Cheese and Crackers: Chris, following Cheese and Crackers, King Wall |
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Chronic Fixation: John near the second bolt of Chronic Fixation at the King Wall |
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Cheese and Crackers: Just past the crux on the fragile upper columns |
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Chronic Fixation: Chris warms up on one of the easier routes at the King Wall |
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Kingdom Come: Jim belays Chris who is following the second pitch; the traverse is hard, but made easier using chimney moves with your back |
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Kingdom Come: Jim climbs the first pitch (5.11c) of Kingdom Come; the route continues left, then climbs the broken arching rock rightwards to a belay |
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Kingdom Come: Closeup of Jim on the first pitch |
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Unexpected Pleasures: Leading the top section of Unexpected Pleasures on Knob Lock |
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Lock and Load: Don't Listen to your Friends (Copyright © Ade Miller) |
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Lock and Load: Ade leading on a cold day with brittle ice |
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Dr. Villarica's Rocket Polish: Martin leading the first ascent of Dr. Villarica's Rocket Polish |
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Dr. Villarica's Rocket Polish: Topping out on the crux in thin conditions |
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Topo of Lock Ness |
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Lock Ness |
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Lock and Load: Topo of Lock Ness |
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Lock and Load: Jim leading the first ascent of Lock and Load |
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Lock and Load: Jim leading the first ascent of Lock and Load |
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The Best Ice Route in the Philippines: Jim leading the first ascent of The Best Ice Route in the Philippines |
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Too Early: Simeon leading the first ascent of Too Early on the lower wall of Lock Ness |
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Camera Trouble: Jim leading in a snow storm on Camera Trouble on the upper wall of Lock Ness |
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Karen (of the Cliffhanger) preparing to climb at Lock Ness |
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Creation Of The World: Route description (and beta!) for Creation Of The World on Moss Cliff |
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Fear of Flying: Leading the offwidth 3rd pitch |
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Hard Times: High in the corner of the third pitch of Hard Times |
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Hard Times: Simeon at the top of the chimney pitch, belaying Simon |
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Crossing the river using a Tyrolean traverse |
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Falconer: Kevin doing a split at the crux of Falconer |
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Spirit of Adventure: Climbing the dramatic arete; this crux is moving onto the face (at the level of the gear in the photo), but the top is no giveaway |
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Creation of the World: Jeremy climbs the thin face past the bolt at the start (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Creation of the World: After placing gear in the corner, Jeremy prepares to layback (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Creation of the World: Jeremy places a piece of gear into the expanding flake above the bolt; this gear sucks, and he later removed it (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Creation of the World: After reaching a good hold for the left foot, Jeremy scopes the shallow corner for better protection (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Creation of the World: At the end of the traverse on the 2nd pitch (5.11a), finally able to place some better gear (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Creation of the World: Getting established in the hand crack at the end of the traverse on the second pitch (5.11a) (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Creation of the World: Climbing the fist-crack on the second pitch (5.11a) (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Creation of the World: Climbing the fist-crack on the second pitch (5.11a) (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Creation of the World: The crack turns to wide fists before becoming off-width just above (2nd pitch) (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Creation of the World: Approaching the hanging cedar on the 2nd pitch (5.11a) (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Creation of the World: Joe belays while Jim eats a granola bar (Copyright © Will Mayo) |
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Eagle Slab: Lucie and Jim on the Summit of Giant after climbing Eagle Slab |
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Pushing it, after 20 hours (Copyright © Jen Mattson) |
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On the final lap of the 24-hour race (Copyright © Jen Mattson) |
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Start of the "24-Hours in the Adirondacks" mountain bike race (Copyright © Jen Mattson) |
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Waiting at the transition area |
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Approaching the Palisades across the ice of Lake Champlain from the Vermont side |
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Drop, Swim, or Die: George and Joe scope out the route from Lake Champlain; the route is in especially fat conditions and is usually approached from the top via rappel |
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Drop, Swim, or Die: Climbing the crux column low on the route |
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Drop, Swim, or Die: The second crux climbs the ice above the climber through the constriction in the rock |
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Lake Champlain Monster: The leftmost route at The Palisades; the ice doesn't reach the bottom, thus the first ascent traversed in from the left; Will climbed a direct start on rock reaching the free-hanging pillars on the right side |
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Lake Champlain Monster: Jeremy checks out the ice with the "Monster" in the background |
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For The Birds: Jeremy scopes out the line from the lake; the first ascent of this route occurred earlier this same day |
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For The Birds: Jeremy climbs the initial ice bulge, using nuts on the right for protection |
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For The Birds: The crux of the first pitch is a thin ice column protected with rock gear on the sides |
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For The Birds: With the gear in place, the ice column can be safely climbed |
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For The Birds: Just above the belay, the climbing is secure, but the ice is melted out and sketchy |
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For The Birds: George does the third ascent in one long pitch while Jim and Joe watch |
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Here Come the Pigs: Tom leading the first ascent at Pharaoh Mt. |
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Tom posing at the base of his new route |
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Tres Amigos in the road at Poko |
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Freedom Flight: John high on the third pitch of Freedom Flight |
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Freedom Flight: John high on the third pitch of Freedom Flight |
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Goats Foot: Jim low down on Goats Foot, Poko (Copyright © Tad Welch) |
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Goats Foot: Close-up of Jim leading Goats Foot, Poko |
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Goats Foot: Jim leading Goats Foot, Poko |
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Goats Foot Left: Chris and Joe attempting a line left of Goat's Foot |
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Hidden Pique: Jim high in the Hidden Pique corner, Poko (Copyright © Simeon Warner) |
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Bushido: Thin steep ice on Bushido, Poko |
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Midlife Crisis: Joe leading the final column on Midlife Crisis during the second ground-up ascent |
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Waterfall: Will leading the Poko Waterfall in lean conditions |
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Positive Thinking: Positive Thinking, as seen from the road in fat conditions (Copyright © Simeon Warner) |
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Positive Thinking: Jim starting the first pitch of Positive Thinking, Poko |
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Positive Thinking: Jim high up in the hand crack of Positive Thinking, first pitch |
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Positive Thinking: Close-up of Jim high up in the hand crack of Positive Thinking, first pitch |
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Positive Thinking: Simon leading the second pitch of Positive Thinking, Poko |
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Run for your Life: Simeon leading on the upper tier of Poko |
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Bushido: John at the base of the Poko Waterfall |
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Joe with refreshments at the base of Cirrhosis |
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Son of Slime: Making the traverse on the first pitch of Son of Slime |
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Son of Slime: Close-up of Jim making the traverse on Son of Slime |
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Positive Thinking: Ade leading the first pitch of Positive Thinking in fat conditions |
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Positive Thinking: Ade leading the first pitch of Positive Thinking in fat conditions |
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Positive Thinking: Dave soloing the lower section of PT in fat conditions |
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Midlife Crisis: Leading the top column of Midlife Crisis in cold, brittle conditions (Copyright © Ade Miller) |
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Midlife Crisis: Leading the top column of Midlife Crisis in cold, brittle conditions (Copyright © Ade Miller) |
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Midlife Crisis: Leading the top crux column of Midlife Crisis in cold, brittle conditions (Copyright © Ade Miller) |
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Positive Thinking: Leading the third pitch of PT in thin conditions (Copyright © Ade Miller) |
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Positive Thinking: Positive thinking from the road; fat conditions |
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Positive Thinking: Simeon leading the second pitch |
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Stingray: Stingray, shown using the first pitch of PT |
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Waterfall: Tommy leading an ambitious line on the Waterfall with Katherine Snead |
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Waterfall: Tommy leading an ambitious line on the Waterfall with Katherine Snead |
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Legends contemplate the remaining work on the new routes near Pilgrim's Progress |
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Lori with her bandage |
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Legends at the base of Poko |
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Lori taped and ready to go |
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Pilgrim's Progress: Jim at the start of the second pitch (yes, those are bolts next to the crack; what you can't see is that the crack is really the left edge of an enormous arrowhead-shaped detached block) |
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Ancient of Days: Dennis halfway through the overhangs on the last pitch |
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Ancient of Days: Getting ready to pull through the exit moves on the last pitch |
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Ancient of Days: Just below the notch that breaks through the overhangs on the last pitch |
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Ancient of Days: Pulling through the final overhangs |
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Ancient of Days: About to pull through the final overhangs |
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Casual Observer: The death of my Nikon 28TI |
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Morning Star: Straining to pull the final layback move on Morning Star (Copyright © Dennis Luther) |
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Morning Star: The final pitch of Morning Star climbs a steep face to a layback finish around a bulge (Copyright © Dennis Luther) |
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Morning Star: Cleaning a nut on the second pitch (Copyright © Dennis Luther) |
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Thunderhead: Bones works his way out the roof on the second pitch |
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Thunderhead: Bones climbs through the crux on the second pitch; this picture was taken just prior to falling |
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Quitting early to help polish off one very large beer |
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Fastest Gun: At the top of the off-width section on the first pitch |
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Pilgrim's Progress: Jeremy follows the first pitch (5.10a) of Pilgrim's Progress |
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Moonshine: Joe places protection in a small cave before moving out onto crappy unconsolidated ice |
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Moonshine: A few tenuous moves get around the cave |
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Moonshine: Joe climbs the steeper ice; the crux is just above |
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Moonshine: Michelle casually follows Moonshine |
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Positive Thinking: A climber on the first pitch of Positive Thinking in super fat conditions |
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Dark Lord: Dark Lord in melt-out conditions at Poko's upper tier |
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Hold the Mayo: Hold the Mayo |
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Hold the Mayo: Will leading the start of P1, "Hold the Mayo" (WI5+ M6) |
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Hold the Mayo: Will resting on "Hold the Mayo" |
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Hold the Mayo: Will higher in the corner on "Hold the Mayo" |
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Hold the Mayo: Will finally reaches the ice dagger on "Hold the Mayo" |
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Hold the Mayo: Jim leading pitch 2 of "Hold the Mayo" |
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Fear of Frogs: Joe solo-aid climbing a route left of Hold the Mayo, Poko Upper Tier |
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Mechanical Hydraulic Control: Tom seconding the corner left of Fear of Gravity |
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Your Anus: Tom getting a rest after squeezing through the crux on Your Anus |
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The Jackal: Setting pro high before climbing the crux; The Jackal overhangs gently for most of its length |
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The Jackal: With higher gear, Joe moves into the crux once again |
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The Jackal: Laybacking through the crux |
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The Jackal: Joe resting before the crux moves on the Jackal |
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Dark Lord: The opening moves of Dark Lord clims ice under a roof, up into a corner, then onto a free-hanging pillar |
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Dark Lord: Starting up the steep middle section of the route |
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Dark Lord: The crux of the route climbs melted ice on black rock. The ice in the corner is shaded and therefore more solid than the ice on the face. |
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Fear of a Flat Planet: Jeremy leading the huge roof; after this roof, there's a perfect finger crack that leads one into the overhanging rock left-of-center in the photo |
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Double Diamond: Just before the meat of the climbing on Double Diamond |
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Double Diamond: Sinking the tips into the this layback crack |
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Double Diamond: Jeremy clips into gear in the thin crack |
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Double Diamond: Taking a rest on the left |
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Double Diamond: Climbing through the crux, Jeremy places more gear |
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Double Diamond: Grabbing the bucket past the crux |
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Double Diamond: Final moves to the anchor |
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Tom and Nona having dessert in the kitchen after a day of ice climbing |
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Fear and Loathing in Keene Valley: Series 1: Dennis climbs the initial intimidating wall |
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Fear and Loathing in Keene Valley: Series 2: Starting into the crux finger crack |
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Fear and Loathing in Keene Valley: Series 3: Struggling with the crux of the route |
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Fear and Loathing in Keene Valley: Full sequence of Dennis climbing Fear and Loathing in Keene Valley |
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Romano's Route: Don climbs the lower crux section of the route |
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Lucie painting at the Spider's Web |
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Eternity: Will traversing into the base of the Eternity crack; we bailed here due to wetness |
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Fear and Loathing in Keene Valley: Belaying at the base of the Web |
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Drop, Fly, or Die: Colin reaches for gear after the difficult traverse |
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Drop, Fly, or Die: Colin climbs the steep crack of Drop, Fly, or Die, belayed by Joe |
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It's Only Entertainment: About midway up the diagonal crack |
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It's Only Entertainment: Placing gear at midpoint on the diagonal crack |
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It's Only Entertainment: At the end of the diagonal crack; a couple of pieces here protect the crux left traverse |
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It's Only Entertainment: Halfway across the crux traverse |
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Ku Klux Ken: Awkard jams at the start of Ku Klux Ken |
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Ku Klux Ken: Chris powers through a couple strnuous moves |
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Ku Klux Ken: Pretty cool pinch hold |
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Ku Klux Ken: Laybacks near the top |
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Ku Klux Ken: A long reach; still not there yet |
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The Apology: On the traverse to the final ice smear |
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The Apology: Reaching the final ice smear after 80' of dry tooling |
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The Apology: The final moves up the ice after the traverse |
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Unknown: Just off the ground, Chris searches for his first placement |
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Unknown: Joe belays Chris as he attempts a new line |
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Unknown: Chris places the purple Camalot, the first piece of protection |
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Unknown: Scanning the rock for a possible line; after this point, Chris aborted the attempt |
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Where's Karen: Joe climbs the initial section of ice that leads to an overhanging crack; David sets up in the background to shoot The Apology |
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Jim and John on the way to Cragsmere |
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Lucie in the canoe near Cragsmere on Upper Chateaugay Lake |
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Diagonal: Kristy leading on the Diagonal on Wallface |
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Diagonal: Chris and Simon on the top of the ramp on the Diagonal, Wallface |
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Mental Blocks: Looking down from the roof pitch of Mental Blocks at Stuart, Roger, and Jim |
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Mental Blocks: Jim leading the third pitch of Mental Blocks, Wallface |
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Free Ride: Napping on Lunch Ledge, three pitches from the top |
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Free Ride: Moving into the first crux of the route on the first pitch; unfortunately, the business is right at the start of the route |
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Free Ride: At the belay on the Shield; these two pitches are some of the best face climbing in the northeast |
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Free Ride: Dennis leads pitch 4, the first Shield pitch |
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Free Ride: At the start of pitch 8, the "Endurance Corner"; the climbing here is very sustained, and the rock is a bit grainy |
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Free Ride: Resting about halfway through pitch 8 |
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Free Ride: At the top of the cliff, the route traverses below a giant roof; a couple of hard [Houdini] moves, combined with awesome exposure, make this pitch a "must do" |
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Wallface, taken in the early morning from the viewpoint in Indian Pass |
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Free Ride: Close-up of the route Free Ride on Wallface |
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Free Ride: The route Free Ride on Wallface |
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Mental Blocks: Jim leading the second pitch of Mental Blocks, Wallface |
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Weekend Warrior: Shitty Choss Pile From Hell |
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Master Craft: Joe follows the steep initial pitch of Master Craft (led by Dennis unseen above) |
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Lucie painting at the Washbowl Cliff, below the route Flashdance |
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Wind Jammer: Unknown climber high on Wind Jammer, a perfect splitter crack |
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Polar Soldier: Tommy climbs the WI5 pillar on the left side of Polar Soldier |
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Polar Soldier: Tommy climbs the WI5 pillar on the left side of Polar Soldier |
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Yellow Pillars: Joe gets established after the traverse and prepares to climb the overhanging ice above |
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Yellow Pillars: Climbing into the steeper ice of the crux |
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Yellow Pillars: Overview showing Bombcicle and Yellow Pillars |
Alabama Hills (map) |
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Leaping between boulders |
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Tons of rock, like J-Tree but without all the gorgeous desert plant life |
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Muffy: Easy face climbing on plates with cool orange lichen |
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Puzzling out the routes in the Corridor |
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Belaying in the Corridor |
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Pangborn: Starting up Pangborn, one of the longer routes at the Hills |
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Pangborn: Dancing up the face |
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Pangborn: Looking like an ant on the face, Tommy runs up the endless plates to the anchor |
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Call of the Canyon: Old school Tommy sport climbing…yeah boy! |
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Call of the Canyon: Resting at a good handhold |
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Call of the Canyon: Resting at a good handhold |
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Beautiful Alabama Hills |
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Hang 'Em High: Crimping at the start of Hang 'Em High |
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Hang 'Em High: More crimps through the crux |
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Hang 'Em High: Grabbing for a draw |
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Hang 'Em High: The route finishes in a crack |
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High Plains Drifter: Palming low down on the route (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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High Plains Drifter: Thin crimps at the crux (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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High Plains Drifter: Sweet face climbing with high steps (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
Alimosa River Canyon (map) |
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Unknown: Looking down after the difficulties |
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Unknown: Climbing the perfect splitter hand crack |
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Unknown: Posing after the difficult initial hand crack |
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Parking in the boulder field in front of the crag |
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The "Upper Wall" of the Alimosa River Canyon |
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Making shadows at sunset |
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Tommy's truck parked next to a giant boulder |
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Gearing up for another crack climb |
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Unknown: Following an awesome hand crack |
American Fork Canyon (map) |
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Angel Falls (map) |
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Rapping the largest waterfall, Big Angel; there are a bunch of route possibilities here |
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Unknown: The easier line at Little Angel |
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Unknown: Going through a small, unprotected roof |
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Unknown: Clearing the roof |
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Preparing to climb Little Angel |
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Rapping Little Angel; we led two routes here, one directly under the rappeller, and one to the right |
Annapolis Rocks (map) |
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Appalachian Trail (map) |
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Tracy and Jim at the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail -- Springer Mountain |
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Tracy and Jim relaxing after a day of hiking; notice the paper towels, Sierra Club cups, and prototype Marmot bivy sacks |
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Posing for the camera somewhere in Georgia |
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Tracy and Pete crossing the Kennebec…naked |
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Jim and Tracy take a refreshing dip in Frye Brook (Copyright © Tracy Pierce) |
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Relaxing in New Hampshire |
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Reprovisioning in Tennessee |
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Tracy at camp somewhere in Tennessee; by this time, we ditched the bivys in place of a prototype Early Winters single-wall Gortex tent |
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Tracy carrying a monster load in a Trailwise frame pack, somewhere in the deep south |
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Taking pictures in Vermont |
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lean-to somewhere in Vermont |
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Tired boy in Virginia |
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This is what happens with lots of exercise and insufficient calories |
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We hiked the Appalachian Trail when I was 15 |
Arapiles (Australia) (map) |
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Travels in Oz |
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View of Arapiles from a distance |
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Watch out for Kangaroos |
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A stumpy in the campground |
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Resignation: Ade leading the first pitch of Resignation |
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Bard Buttress in the early morning light |
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Bouldering in the early morning light |
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Kangaroo bouncing around beneath the Bard |
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Resignation: Jim leading steep rock on Resignation |
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Resignation: Ade and Martin at the belay on Resignation |
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Resignation: Martin at a belay on Resignation |
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Resignation: Ade following the second pitch of Resignation |
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Street life in Natimuk |
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Didgeridoo: Ade leading the first pitch of Didgeridoo |
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Organ Pipes in the early morning light |
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Tanin: Leading the top pitch of Tanin |
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Lamplighter: Ade following the last pitch of Lamplighter |
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Lamplighter: Jim and Martin at the top of the Pharos after completing Lamplighter |
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Lamplighter: Ade rapping off the Pharos after completing Lamplighter |
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Arachnus: Ade following the top pitch of Arachnus |
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Arachnus: Martin at the third belay of Arachnus |
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Chinese Algebra: Jim at the crux of Chinese Algebra, one of the hardest routes we did at Arapiles |
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Voodoo: Margin leading Voodoo |
Arches (map) |
Arco (Italy) (map) |
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Lunch in the olive grove near the base of the routes |
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Hanging out at the cliffs near Nago |
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Riva Del Garda |
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Extensive limestone cliffs at Nago |
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Thin curved house in Nago |
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Narrow streets in Nago |
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Equinox: Sport climbing on great limestone |
Avalanche Gulch (map) |
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The Fire Spire: Colin follows the first pitch, belayed from above by Tom, just before a major storm hit |
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The Fire Spire: Tommy and Colin gearing up at the base of the spire |
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The Fire Spire: Tom leading the first pitch of the spire |
Bangkok (Thailand) (map) |
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People waiting for the bus in Bangkok |
Batangas (Philippines) (map) |
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Martin and Lucie on the dive boat |
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Filipino children |
Beartooth Mountains (map) |
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East Ridge: Tom hiking towards the Bear's Tooth |
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East Ridge: The Bear's Tooth, up close and personal after 9 miles of approach |
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East Ridge: Tom on the 4th class slabs just below the south face of the Bear's Tooth spire |
Beaver Creek (map) |
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The Touareg in use -- early morning at the camp spot in Beaver Creek |
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The Eye of the Needle formation, just right of center |
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Batteries Not Included: Belaying Tommy on P1, enjoying the first sun in days (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Batteries Not Included: Rappelling through the "eye" of the needle at the top of Batteries Not Included (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Batteries Not Included: Rappelling through the "eye" of the needle at the top of Batteries Not Included (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Batteries Not Included: Gearing up at the base of the route |
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Fording the stream to get to the Eye of the Needle formation; very cold |
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Batteries Not Included: Tom leading P1, slightly off route. The "eye" after which the formation is named is visible above him. |
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Batteries Not Included: Colin and Tommy at the belay in front of the "eye" |
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Batteries Not Included: Colin follows P1 of Batteries Not Included; crisp limestone |
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Batteries Not Included: Colin follows P1 of Batteries Not Included; crisp limestone |
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Batteries Not Included: Colin rappels through the "eye" |
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The Eye of the Needle formation |
Ben Nevis (Scotland) (map) |
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The Ben as seen from the CIC hut (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Climbers gearing up at the CIC hut; Jim is the tall one in the orange top (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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On the approach to the CIC hut (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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The Ben, as seen from about half way on the approach. Too bad you can't drive up this far. (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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The Ben as seeon from the approach (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Gear explosion in our tiny room above a pub in Fort William (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Pretty river on the Ben (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Lots of routes here - the Buachaille Etive Mor (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Lots of routes here - the Buachaille Etive Mor (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Descending the Ben toward the Red Burn area |
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Point Five Gully: Eric in a mess of ropes after topping out |
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Point Five Gully: Standing on the summit plateau after topping out |
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Point Five Gully: A view of Point Five Gully on the approach. The route follows the obvious deep gully on the left. |
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Point Five Gully: Jim on the steep snow fields on the approach to the base of the route. Our ascent was the first for the year, so we were breaking trail. (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Point Five Gully: Leading the first pitch, which was a friable crust over rock (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Point Five Gully: Unknown Italian climbers attempting to pass (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Point Five Gully: Self portrait of Eric, cold and unhappy, but loving life (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Point Five Gully: The final belay before topping out (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Point Five Gully: Breaking through the cornice onto the flat summit plateau (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Point Five Gully: White out on the summit; Jim is the tall person on the right (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Point Five Gully: Eric standing next to the emergency shelter (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Descending off the summit through intermetent white out (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Descending from the col back into the valley (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Descending from the col back into the valley (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Descending from the col back into the valley (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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View of the Ben while descending from the summit (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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View of the Ben while descending from the summit (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Approaching the CIC hut after the descent; things starting to clear up (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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A view of the mountains on the drive up from Glasgow (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
Bishop Creek (map) |
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Unknown: Pretty much the only boulder we could climb; we suck |
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Shredded hands from 31 straight days of climbing |
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West Face: Slab at the top of P3 |
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West Face: Nearing the top of P3, Lake Sabrina in the background |
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West Face: Leading P4 in the rain |
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West Face: View of the Bishop Creek valley from the top of P1 |
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Cardinal Pinnacle, as seen from the dirt road on the other side of the valley |
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West Face: In a warm puffy jacket at the P2 belay, Aspendell in the background; the vansion is parked in the pullout on the road above Colin's head |
Black Canyon (map) |
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Scenic Cruise: Jim's beta for Scenic Cruise |
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The view downstream from North Chasm View |
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Russian Arete: Looking upstream from Russian Arete, near the bottom |
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Russian Arete: Looking upstream from Russian Arete, near the bottom |
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Russian Arete: Looking upstream from Russian Arete, near the top of the route |
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Russian Arete: Chris at the bottom of the route |
Blacktail Butte (map) |
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Inconceivable: Avoiding the snow in the high country, we retreated to Blacktail Butte and climbed a couple routes (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Inconceivable: Steep, polished limestone at Blacktail Butte (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
Blue Cloud Spires (map) |
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Rocks littering the field near our camp site |
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Our camp spot next to large boulders. Too bad there's ticks. |
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Cows graze nearby our camp site |
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Scoping out the topouts of the routes on Elk Rock (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Rock hoping around the top of Elk Rock |
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Colin on top of large boulder |
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Awesome views off the back side of Elk Rock |
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Book of Payne: Tommy climbs the excellent corner crack on the Jedi Wall |
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Unknown: Good, well protected climbing at the "top rope area"; at least it's out of the wind. (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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The Road Goes On Forever: Super fun climbing on a freezing cold day (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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The Road Goes On Forever: Super fun climbing on a freezing cold day (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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The Road Goes On Forever: Super fun climbing on a freezing cold day (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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The Road Goes On Forever: Super fun climbing on a freezing cold day (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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The Road Goes On Forever: Super fun climbing on a freezing cold day (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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The Road Goes On Forever: Super fun climbing on a freezing cold day (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Rat King: Big buckets on steep rock, but piggin' cold (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Rat King: Big buckets on steep rock, but piggin' cold (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
Boracay (Philippines) (map) |
Boulder Canyon (map) |
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Unknown: Fanni belays Adrian on some route; Adrian is about to make the crux moves |
British Virgin Islands (Caribbean) (map) |
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Lucie and Jim on the boat somewhere in the Caribbean |
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Murray in his element, sailing in the British Virgin Islands |
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Murray and Kyoko on the boat |
Castle Rocks (map) |
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Hanging out in the van at a City of Rocks campsite |
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Store in Almo |
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Hiking around Castle Rock |
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Red Rib: Starting out on Red Rib, which I thought was pretty hard for the grade |
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South face of Castle Rock |
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Pretty rainbow during one of the frequent showers |
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Mantel Dynamics: The most over bolted route on the planet, we had to back clean draws to make it to the top |
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Comp Rock, the other "big" rock at Castle Rocks |
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Comp Rock again, named for a rock climbing competition that occurred here |
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Sleeping under an overhanging wall, waiting out the rain |
Castle Valley (map) |
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A labeled view of the Rectory and other towers from Castleton Tower |
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North Face: Casey climbs the sustained big-hands crack on the first pitch; the route climbs through the roof above, then underclings right on slippery calcite |
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North Face: Looking up from the second belay, Casey climbs the first off-width section on the third pitch |
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A view of the north face of Castleton Tower; the North Chimney climbs the depression on the sunny side of the tower |
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View of the Rectory as seen from Castleton Tower |
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Closeup view of the Rectory as seen from Castleton Tower |
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North Face: Jim and Casey pose at the top of Castleton Tower after climbing the North Face |
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A view of the north face of Castleton Tower |
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Castleton Tower, the Rectory, The Nuns, and The Priest as seen from the parking area |
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North Face: A topo of the North Face of Castleton Tower |
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North Face: Looking down from the crux of the second pitch at Casey who is belaying below |
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Colin prepares to descend after bailing on Jah Man due to high winds |
Cathedral Ledge (map) |
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Diedre: Popping veins |
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Dresden: Reaching for the upper crack in Dresden; the climb ascents Nutcracker for a bit, then moves leftwards into the crux Dresden crack |
Catskills (map) |
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Coal Kill Falls: The only easy route in the Kitchen |
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Boney hanging out in the Kitchen |
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Mephisto Waltz: Bones dances up the wet and drippy Mephisto Waltz |
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The Window: Joe climbs steep ice on "The Window" |
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The Window: Climbing the upper ice above the window; the route "The Advocate" is the yellow column to his left |
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Gomorrah: At the start of the route in brilliant sunshine |
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Gomorrah: High in the corner; you can see the bolts protecting the route (!?!?) |
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Some routes in the Hell Hole |
Central Cordillera (Philippines) (map) |
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View of fish stand, laundry, and woman with child, taken from the top of the jeepney as we passed through the town of Banaue on our way to Batad |
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View of a sea of tricycles taken from the top of the jeepney as we passed through the town of Banaue on our way to Batad |
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Have scotch will travel -- this is the jeepney we hired to travel from Banaue to Sagada |
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Driver that took us to Sagada |
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Rice terraces between Banga-an and Tanulong |
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The jeepney on the way to Batad became stuck, so we all grabbed our stuff and continued on foot |
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Rice terraces, traditional houses, and a carabao in the town of Batad |
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Lucie in front of a traditional Ifugao house in the town of Batad |
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Rice terraces and some traditional huts in Batad; we passed this on our way to Tapplya Waterfall |
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Sitting at Simon's, looking out over the rugged Batad valley and its rice terraces |
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View of the rugged Batad valley and its rice terraces |
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Emiliano working on a bulul carving |
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Exploring the rice terraces near town |
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To prepare the rice patty, a woman pulls weeks, then pushes them deep into the mud to rot |
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Clear water pounds over the waterfall; the ferns on the rock walls of the amphitheatre undulated from the wind created by the falling water |
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Black Bishop |
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Black Bishop |
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Black King |
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Black King |
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Black Kinght |
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Black Kinght |
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Black Pawn |
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Black Pawn |
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Black Queen |
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Black Queen |
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Black Rook |
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Chess set |
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Chess set |
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Chess set |
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White Bishop |
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White Bishop |
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White King |
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White King |
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White Knight |
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White Knight |
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White Pawn |
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White Pawn |
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White Queen |
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White Queen |
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White Rook |
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Chess set |
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The kamagong chess set |
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Street stall selling chickens and other raw meats |
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A group of people decide to butcher their carabao using one lane of the road |
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The entrance to Lumiang Cave, stuffed with over 100 coffins, some of which are more than 500 years old |
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Unknown: We regretted not bringing our rock gear to Sagada, as there is plenty of interesting limestone towers to climb, like this one in Echo Valley |
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View of coffins hanging on a cliff face in Echo Valley |
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View of coffins hanging on a cliff face in Echo Valley |
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Unhappy carabao |
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Lucie plants rice with Gloria, a native of Tanulong |
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A man and his grandson take a break from working in the rice terraces |
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A man turns up the soil in a rice patty using a carabao (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
Cerru Del Canjorro (Spain) (map) |
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Hiking through olive groves to the crag |
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Cordura Dura: Jen climbs a warmup route at a hidden crag near Yaén |
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La Ley Del Deseo: Jen climbs a sandbag route in the late afternoon light; there's no way this route is 6b |
Chamonix (France) (map) |
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La Pomme D'or: La Pomme d'Or |
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La Pomme D'or: View of the route on the approach |
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La Pomme D'or: Will simul-climbing the first two pitches |
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La Pomme D'or: Will leading the 4th pitch |
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La Pomme D'or: Looking up at the 4th pitch with a cool mixed chimney on the left |
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La Pomme D'or: Will following the crux 5th pitch |
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La Pomme D'or: Will leading the 6th pitch |
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La Pomme D'or: Roland's sled from hell |
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La Pomme D'or: Will leading the 7th pitch |
Chilliwack (Canada) (map) |
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South-West Ridge, North Nesakwatch Spire: Pulling up to the ledge at the end of the second pitch |
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South-West Ridge, North Nesakwatch Spire: Leading the cracks on the headwall on the seventh pitch |
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Approaching the talus basin on Mt. Rexford |
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Preparing to leave for Mt. Rexford early in the morning |
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South-West Ridge, North Nesakwatch Spire: On the summit of North Nesakwatch Spire |
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West Ridge, Mt. Rexford: On the summit of Mt. Rexford, looking west |
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Looking down at the Nesakwatch Spires from the summit of Mt. Rexford |
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Rexford mountain range with labels, taken from the bivy on the Northeast Buttress of Mt. Slesse |
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Northeast Buttress: Story written about our climb on the Northeast Buttress of Slesse |
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Northeast Buttress: Simon at the bivy on Slesse |
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Northeast Buttress: Evening sun over the Illusion Peaks, Nesakwatch Spires, and Mt. Rexford |
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Northeast Buttress: Triumph on Slesse with Simon's glasses half eaten by rats |
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Slesse panorama with labels; taken from the summit of Mt. Rexford |
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Chilliwack mountains |
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Northeast Buttress: The summit of Mt. Slesse as seen from the east |
Chimborazo (Ecuador) (map) |
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Whymper's Route (South-West Ridge): Summit of Chimborazo, 6310m |
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Lucie, modeling above 16,000 feet |
City of Rocks (map) |
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Animal Cracker: Tommy shows his stuff at the start of Animal Cracker |
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Animal Cracker: Tommy approaches the offwidth section |
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Colossus: Moving through the initial bulge on big jugs |
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Colossus: Chalking up at the initial bulge; this section is pretty easy because of the large holds…the crux is moving through the hueco near the top of the route |
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Bumblie Takes a Tumblie: Bev lowers from the anchors with colorful fall foliage in the background |
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New York Is Not The City: Climbing nice patina holds at the top of the route |
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New York Is Not The City: Crimpy changeover in order to make the clip |
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New York Is Not The City: Reach for the jug |
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Terror in Tiny Town: The start of the route is the mental crux, as one has to layback up the arete on small holds (protected by an RP), shooting for the obvious pocket, clip a bolt on the left, then make long reaches up the arete to better holds |
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Terror in Tiny Town: Jim grabs the better holds at the start of the route; the technical crux lies above |
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Beverly, at breakfast, makes assignments for the day |
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Camp at the City |
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Lucie cooks yummy chicken stew at camp |
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Lucie has an art show at camp |
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Relaxing at camp talking about the upcoming '04 election |
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Tommy and Michelle drinking…how about a beer? |
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The Pygmies Got Stoned: Tommy and Michelle show off their hair |
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The Pygmies Got Stoned: Contemplating the next move |
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Quest For Fire: Laybacking and stemming up the side of the hueco allows one to reach a high jug |
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Morning Glory: Michelle makes the weird crimpy layback with the palm dyno at the end of the second pitch |
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Lucie paints the colorful foliage near Parking Lot Rock |
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Michelle and Beverly hike into the area behind Parking Lot Rock |
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Delay of Game: Our first route at the City -- a casual face climb up a rib of rock |
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Tow Away Zone: Michelle does a split at the crux |
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Sabbatical: Tommy belays Jim on Sabbatical |
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Looking out towards the Sisters from the top of Redtail on Rabbit Rock |
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Redtail: The crux of the route is moving past the first bolt, shown here |
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Redtail: Getting established just past the crux after the first bolt |
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Redtail: Michelle reaches the top of Redtail |
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Looker: Michelle clips a bolt |
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Looker: Crimpy holds on Looker |
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I can't Believe It: Michelle traverses 30' into the start of the route while John and Andrew spot |
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South Creek as seen from Flaming Rock; Bumblie Rock is just right of center |
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South Creek as seen from Flaming Rock; Bumblie Rock is right of center and Slabbage Patch is left of center |
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Intruding Dike: Tommy and Michelle climbing in the cold morning wind |
Cochiti Mesa (map) |
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View from our van, parked on the road that traverses the top of Cochiti Mesa |
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Wandering around in the rain, which happened every day of our trip (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Colin sketches in the van waiting out the rain (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Finally the sun; we ran out and climbed a few routes before dark |
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Open Mouth Syndrome: Perplexed by a sea of pockets at the start of the route |
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Open Mouth Syndrome: Typical pocket at Cochiti |
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Open Mouth Syndrome: Typical pocket at Cochiti |
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The Prow: Sending the super-overhanging Prow |
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View from the descent to the South Cliffband |
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The Prow: Pulling the crux on big jugs |
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View from the Vista Point Overlook |
Cody (map) |
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From the end of Hunter Creek Road, we approached Mean Green and other routes in the Majo Ranch area |
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Mean Green: Jim climbs the first pitch (WI4) of Mean Green, belayed by Tommy; the second pitch can be seen above |
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Mean Green: Joe climbs the third pitch of Mean Green (WI4); the pitches here are separated by several hundred meters of easy scrambling up the drainage |
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Mean Green: Joe climbs the crux pitch of Mean Green (WI5), belayed by Tommy |
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Mean Green: The route Mean Green as seen from the approach gully |
Cogne (Italy) (map) |
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We climbed this route despite that it was falling apart around us |
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The busy ski town of Cormeyeur; very pretty, but very busy |
Coire An Lochain (Scotland) (map) |
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A helicopter lowers a person to the ridge during training exercises |
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Danger sign at the top of the cliff |
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Jet Stream: Eric traversing left to the belay at the top of P1 |
Colorado National Monument (map) |
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A lizard we saw on the hike out |
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Another lizard we saw on the hike out |
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Lots of towers as seen from the road near the visitor's center |
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Pipe Organ Spire (left) and Organ Pipe Spire |
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Kissing Couple, as seen from the top of Indepdence Monument |
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We nearly walked into some sheep on the way out…really! |
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Otto's Route: Starting up the third pitch easy chimney |
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Otto's Route: Pulling the final move onto the summit |
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Otto's Route: The final rappel off Independence Monument |
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Otto's Route: At the belay below the summit |
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Independence Monument as seen from the rim; the Kissing Couple is to the left, Rainbow Tower behind, and Grand View Spire to the right |
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Independence Monument as seen from the approach trail; looks narrow and overhanging from this angle |
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Otto's Route: A nice spot at the belay at the top of the second pitch (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Otto's Route: The fourth pitch face climb, made easy by the drilled stances (thanks Otto) (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Otto's Route: Bomber anchor in sandstone |
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Otto's Route: Nice to see our president getting out |
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Otto's Route: Colin's signature in the summit register |
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Otto's Route: Some goodies we found in the summit register box |
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Otto's Route: Massive runout up to the capstone |
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Otto's Route: Ahhhh…protection; notice the drilled stances up the face above him |
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Otto's Route: Hard pulling over the overhang leads to a good ledge and fixed anchor |
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Otto's Route: Woo hoo |
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Otto's Route: Starting up the first pitch of Otto's Route |
Columbus (map) |
Cordillera Real (Bolivia) (map) |
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Driver's helper; this young boy taught us how to chew cocoa leaves |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: High camp |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: Suiting up for the glacier to high camp |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: Llamas carrying gear to base camp at Laguna Negra |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: Illampu (6368m) in Bolivia, taken from high on the ridge on Ancohuma (Copyright © Chris Wurster) |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: Arrival in Cocoyo |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: Establishing base camp |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: View of mountains from base camp |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: Ancohuma (6427m) From Camp I. The climbing route we attempted ascends the ice fall to the rght of the picture onto the glacial plateau above. |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: A view of Ancohuma (6427m) from high camp at 5600m. The climbing route we attempted crosses the glacial cirque towards the peak, then traverses right to a snowy ramp that is climbed to a plateau. From the plateau, the route turns left traversing to the base of a steep face, which is ascended up to the summit ridge, which is followed to the top. (Copyright © Simeon Warner) |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: Enjoying the sunset at Camp I (Copyright © Simeon Warner) |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: One of the boys we hired to drive the llamas |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: Llamas carry gear to/from base camp |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: Martin in front of his tent at Camp II |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: Simon wanders up the glacier between Camp I and II (Copyright © Simeon Warner) |
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Southwest Face, Normal Route: Camp II at sunset; everyone has already gone to bed in preparation for the climb (Copyright © Simeon Warner) |
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Chris showing a map to some kids |
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Unloading the truck in Cocoyo |
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Eric on the approach to base camp |
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Three girls in Cocoyo |
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Expedition photo taken by a local in the town of Cocoyo (taken during the trek back from base camp to Sorata) |
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A family peels a field of potatos |
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Street life in La Paz |
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A disorganized web of wires above the street |
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Women in traditional dress on the streets of La Paz |
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Lucie doing some cleaning at base camp |
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Looking east over an alpine lake at an impressive granite face |
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Travel to Sorata |
Costa Blanca (Spain) (map) |
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Calpe and the Peńon, home to many long routes at Costa Blanca |
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Diedro Magicos: Ian roping up at the base of the route |
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Diedro Magicos: Ian starting out the fourth pitch |
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The Puig Campana from Finestrat |
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The Puig Campana from Finestrat |
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Diedro Magicos: Showing the route of Diedro Magicos |
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Y tú żQuién eres?: Ben following yet another bolted 6a at Sector Concepción |
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Looking east from the summit of the Divinio, showing the lower Sella valley and the Mediterranean Sea beyond |
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The hermitage at the top of the hill above the village of Sella |
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El Gran Coscorrón: Ian posing on another 6a+ |
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Ojo de Odra: Clipping the first bolt; the route continues out the mouth of the cave at 6c |
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Looking down onto the village of Sella |
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The street near our house; you can see the cliffs of Sella (Badall de Tafarmaig, Galera de Tafarmach, El Collado, and Pared de Rosalía) |
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Looking towards the cliffs from the main square; Bar Paco is closed |
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The village of Sella with the Puig Campana in the background |
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View of the climbing areas of Sella from the village of Sella (the graveyard is on the hill on the right) |
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The cliffs of Sella |
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The village of Sella with the Puig Campana in the background |
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More cliffs of Sella (Badall de Tafarmaig, Galera de Tafarmach, El Collado, and Pared de Rosalía) |
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Jim and John hiking near Sella |
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Sea cliffs along the Sierra de Toix |
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Rowland's Magical Mystery Tour: Ian and Lucie at the top of the cliff after finishing the route |
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Rowland's Magical Mystery Tour: Fred traversing on the first pitch |
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Rowland's Magical Mystery Tour: Ian starting out from the belay on the third pitch |
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Rowland's Magical Mystery Tour: Ben completing the traverse on the third pitch |
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Rowland's Magical Mystery Tour: Ian and Ben at the belay at the end of the third pitch |
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Rowland's Magical Mystery Tour: Ian starting the fifth pitch; too hot for shoes |
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Rowland's Magical Mystery Tour: Ben and Fred enjoying the sun at the top of the fourth pitch |
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Rowland's Magical Mystery Tour: The whole crew, after completing the route |
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Rowland's Magical Mystery Tour: Getting read to rap down to the base of the routes by the sea; notice the collection of Wild Country #3 rocks used for the ENP casings |
Cotopaxi (Ecuador) (map) |
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Normal Route: Leaving the drop-off point for the hike to the Whymper Refugio (Copyright © Ali Schultheis) |
Crawford Notch (map) |
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Dracula: High on Dracula in thin conditions |
Cuenca (Spain) (map) |
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Houses built over the cliff in the old section of Cuenca |
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View of the cliffs of Cuenca |
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Alfarzar-1: Yet another limestone face climb in Cuenca |
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Sudor y Sangre: Climbing a beautiful orange corner system |
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Sudor y Sangre: Climbing a beautiful orange corner system |
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Lucie shows off her painting |
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Monte De Venus: Jen pulls the high crux through the bulge near the top of the route |
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Monte De Venus: Picturesque climbing near the start of the route |
Cuzco (Peru) (map) |
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Arriving at the airport in Cuzco |
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Entering a local restaurant in Cuzco (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Simeon and Lucie on the train to Aguas Calientes |
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Lesson in useful Spanish phrases (Copyright © Unknown) |
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Approaching Abra de Warmiwańusqa (Dead Woman Pass) at 4200m, a porter struggles under an enormous load of gear that tourists refuse to carry; this is the highest point on the Inca Trail |
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The gang poses on the Inca Trail |
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Machu Picchu in the early morning |
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Lucie hiking on the Inca Trail (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Group on day 3 of the Inca Trail (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Precise stonework at Machu Picchu |
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Lucie in front of some fancy Inca stonework |
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The group poses in front of an Inca wall |
Denali National Park (map) |
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Expedition boys before leaving for Talkeetna |
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Denali from Foraker base camp |
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Southeast Ridge: Sitting around base camp |
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Southeast Ridge: Arriving at base camp |
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Southeast Ridge: Fiddling with gear at base camp |
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Southeast Ridge: Setting up a belay on the Southeast Ridge |
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Southeast Ridge: Mark, low down on the ridge |
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Mt. Foraker as seen from the Kahiltna glacier |
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Foraker as seen from the Kahiltna glacier |
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Shuttle that takes climbers between Anchorage and Talkeetna |
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In the airplane waiting for takeoff |
Devil's Tower (map) |
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Reading the register on the summit. |
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Awesome Devil's Tower |
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Awesome Devil's Tower |
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Awesome Devil's Tower |
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Getting up early to hit the Tower |
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Cool camp setup, perfect because it rained every day for 3 weeks |
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Solar: Leaving the P1 belay and starting up P2 |
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Solar: Excellent corner jamming on P2 |
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Solar: Finally, a break in the jamming |
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Reading the guidebook, scoping out routes (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Tulgey Wood: At the top of the first pitch (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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El Matador: Climbers on the famous P2 of El Matador. The woman following was barely able to make the stem. |
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El Matador: Climbers on the famous P2 of El Matador. The woman following was barely able to make the stem. |
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Colin at the top of P1 of El Matador. We decided to bail here. |
Dolomites (Italy) (map) |
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Travels with Johnny |
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John steals pillow cases to carry his gear |
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South-West Corner, "Trenker": John on a typical Dolomites ledge |
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South-West Corner, "Trenker": John following a pitch low in the corner |
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Sassolungo towers from the height of the pass near the Sella towers |
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North-West Arete, "Kasnakoff": John on the South Face of the first Sella Tower |
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Jim descending the Sella Towers |
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John descending in the Sella Towers |
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The streets of Trento |
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The streets of Trento |
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South-West Arete "Delagokante": Close-up of John nearing the second belay on the South-West Arete of Delago Tower |
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South-West Arete "Delagokante": John nearing the second belay on the South-West Arete of Delago Tower |
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South-West Arete "Delagokante": John climbing on the arete |
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John scrambling near the Vajolet Towers |
Dragoon Mountains (map) |
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The Hands formation in the late afternoon light |
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View of the Dragoons from the west, with views of Whale Dome, Westworld Dome, Squaretop, and Rockfellow Group |
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View of the Dragoons from the west, with views of Whale Dome, Westworld Dome, Squaretop, and Rockfellow Group |
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Labeled view of the Dragoons from the west, with views of Whale Dome, Westworld Dome, Squaretop, and Rockfellow Group |
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Warpaint: Dennis leading the third pitch of Warpaint; this part is about 5.9 |
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"Elsie the Cow" formation, named for obvious reasons |
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Warpaint: The second pitch (5.8) of Warpaint (the only easy pitch on the route) |
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Warpaint: Looking down at Jim (top of P2) and Eric (top of P3) from the middle of the fourth pitch (Copyright © Dennis Luther) |
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Warpaint: Jim leading from the belay on the fifth pitch of Warpaint; the crux of this pitch is just before the photo was taken (Copyright © Dennis Luther) |
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Moby Dick: Jim and Dennis hanging out on the summit of Whale Dome after completing the ascent |
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Moby Dick: The Whale Dome with the route Moby Dick labeled |
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Moby Dick: Dennis leads the 5.8 cracks on the first pitch of Moby Dick |
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Moby Dick: Eric and Jim hanging out at the belay at the top of the fourth pitch |
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Moby Dick: Shadow puppets on the summit of Whale Dome |
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Whale Dome, as seen from Westworld Dome |
East Rosebud (map) |
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The Ramp: Topping out on The Ramp -- the top of the 5.9 variation on pitch 5 |
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The Ramp: At the top of the first pitch of The Ramp |
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California Ice: Route description for California Ice |
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California Ice: The first two pitches of the route -- each a rope-stretching 200 feet -- ascend this massive piece of ice |
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California Ice: The lower section of the route as seen from the descent gully |
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The East Rosebud canyon; there's a beautiful 5.10 route up the prow just left of center starting from the tree ledge |
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The East Rosebud Lake as seen from "The Hump" on the East Rosebud - Cooke City Trail; just past this hump is the drainage for California Ice |
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California Ice: Starting the first pitch (WI4) of California Ice |
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California Ice: The third pitch (WI3) goes to the right of the cave and up to easier ice |
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California Ice: Joe climbs easy ice in the drainage below California Ice; we climbed about 2000' of easy ice to get to the base of the route |
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California Ice: Around the final bend in the drainage we can finally see the main ice flow -- 400' of WI4 ice |
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California Ice: Joe looks glum on the descent |
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California Ice: Joe climbs the second pitch (WI4) in a snow squal |
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Sand Dune Falls: Tommy and Joe take a rest at the base of Sand Dune Falls; unfortunately, the bottom portion of the route was missing -- she no go |
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Returning from a failed attempt at Sand Dune Falls |
El Chorro (Spain) (map) |
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Escalopendra Guajani: Climber pulls the roof at the end of the first pitch (6a) |
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Engendro Caneki: Jen climbs a difficult face with "flaky jugs" |
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Lucie and Jen laugh it up at the base of the crag; Mike in the background |
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Lucie sketches at El Chorro |
El Potrero Chico (Mexico) (map) |
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View of the cliffs from the camp site |
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John calls home |
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Mini Super El Toro |
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Lucie, Simon, and John cooking |
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Lucie and John planning an excursion in town |
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El Cielo Rey from high up on the Outrage Wall |
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Aguja Cielo Rey: Simon rapping off the second spire |
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Aguja Cielo Rey: John at the first belay of Aguja Cielo Rey |
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Snott Girlz: Simon leading high on Snot Girlz |
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El Diablos Path: Jim at the third belay of El Diablos Path |
El Rito (map) |
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View of the conglomerate as seen from the road |
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A scary self portrait (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Approaching in the rain, of course |
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Our campsite at El Rito; cows roamed around our van at night |
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Boltaneer: High on Boltaneer |
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Boltaneer: In a sea of knobs and cookie-chip chunks |
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Boltaneer: Amazing jugs where cobbles used to be |
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Boltaneer: A super juggy and high-quality route |
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Blackballed: Jug pulling on a steep, beautiful wall (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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El Rito, Pirates Wall, as seen from the road |
Elbsandstein (Germany) (map) |
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By the end of the trip, Rayko's tips were bleeding |
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Ring for protection and belays |
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A route book; every tower has one of these |
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An open route book |
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Standing in front of the second Bergsport Arnold store, this one in Bad Schandau |
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Trolly car ferries tourists from Bad Schandau up the valley to the trailheads |
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Twin towers; we climbed the tower on the left |
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Unknown climber peering down from the top of a neighboring tower |
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Climbers dot the various towers in the Bielatal region |
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Climbers dot the various towers in the Bielatal region |
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Giant rappel rings; the flat spot on the top is so that you can clip a caribiner to it |
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Nordwestweg: Bomber thread |
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A climber on a difficult route (you can just make out his red pants on the upper left side) |
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The amazing Frienstein; we climbed on the neighboring formation |
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Nordwand: At the belay after a terrifying lead, the scariest of the trip (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Nordwand: Roping up for what turned out to be the scariest lead of the trip (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Nordwand: Rayko attempts the second pitch, but is off route on a 5.10c |
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Nordwand: Folling the first pitch, which had cracks, but no gear (if ONLY I had a cam) |
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Südwand: Approaching the belay at the end of the first pitch; notice the furry runner around the large flake (the furrier the better) (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Goldsteigkante: Topping out on the second pitch (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Belaying from the top of another tower (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Goldsteigkante: The start of the route involved very pocketed rock with good pro (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Goldsteigkante: Moving through the super featured rock on the first pitch (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Südwand: Looking back at the second pitch, a traversing affair with many tied off flakes and threads |
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Südwand: Starting up the second pitch -- a bit of a run after the first bolt (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Wahnsinnsverschneidung: A jammed knot before the real difficulties; Rayko rappelled from this one (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Goldsteigkante: Following the first pitch, very pumpy here with poor gear |
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Südwand: Following the honeycomb section of the second pitch, just before the traverse |
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Südwand: Following the honeycomb section of the second pitch |
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Alter Web: To get off one tower, we rappelled into a gap and climbed another tower which had the rappel line |
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Direkter Südwestweg: Prepping for a hard lead |
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Direkter Südwestweg: Scoping out the route ahead, very steep here |
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A climber on difficult route (he's in orange and yellow) |
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Cool honeycomb rock covered the entire second pitch |
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Cool honeycomb rock covered the entire second pitch |
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Südwand: A long pitch of runout crack climbing, but with good plates on the face. The chimney topout was terrifying (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Südwand: Following the chimney topout, very scary to lead |
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Knirpelwand Direkte: Another honeycombed face protected with hourglasses |
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A good route photo; the long crack on the left tower is Südwand, and the black pocketed area is Knirpelwand Direkte |
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Our apartment in Hohnstein, just 100 yards from the town square…ideally located |
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The midieval town of Hohnstein |
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The main square of Hohnstein; Bernd Arnold's sports shop is on the right |
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Dinner in the basement of the town hall; pretty good food, but not as good as in Velden |
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Standing in front of the Bergsport Arnold store in Hohnstein |
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The castle and bridge for tourists |
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Türkischer Honig: Leaning back on jugs near the top of the route (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Türkischer Honig: Runout to the first bolt, then more reasonable and juggy |
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The amazing Höllenhund wall; we climbed a route on the far right side where the rock is even more featured (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: High on the wall at a hanging belay (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: Feeling stoked after leading the first pitch (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: At the second belay…cold as hell (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: Removing a thread on the third pitch (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: On the third pitch (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: On the third pitch (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: The 4th and final pitch involved leaning across to the next tower, then climbing the face (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: Traverse just before the topout (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: Working on some pro -- a threaded runner (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: Looking down from the first belay at the super featured rock and intricate protection |
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Talweg: Starting up the overhanging wall -- a real head game (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: Looking up at the second pitch -- many tied off threads (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: Roping up below the 300'-high overhanging wall with…you guessed it…knots (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: Looking down at Rayko at the first belay |
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Talweg: Looking down at Rayko at the first belay |
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Talweg: Rayko is on top of the main wall, on an isolated island summit |
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Talweg: In a sea of towers |
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Talweg: Following the first pitch, removing a thread |
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Talweg: Super featured rock on the first pitch |
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Talweg: Following the second pitch |
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Talweg: Nice slung flake, but it feels like it might rip off |
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Herkules Rippe: Following the first pitch on yet another pigging cold day (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Herkules Rippe: Approaching the belay (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Herkules Rippe: Threaded hourglasses work better if you equalize the load by feeding the knot into the constriction |
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Herkules Rippe: Rayko at the first pitch belay |
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Herkules Rippe: Rayko far below at the P1 belay |
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The river Elbe with many exposed bits of rock |
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Direkte Südwestwand auch: More knot climbing |
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We climbed on the smooth wall on the left, where everything was hard 5.10 |
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Südhangel: Following the first pitch, leaning way back on a flake (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Südwestwand: Rayko laybacks around a flake at the top of the pitch |
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Südwestverschneidung: Belaying at the top of the Lokomotive; notice the ring and "towel rack" bar to prevent the rope from creating deep grooves in the rock (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Südwestverschneidung: Writing my entry in the route book (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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This crag is supposed to resemble a locomotive. It's actually a relatively thin grouping of towers on top of a high ridge |
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The Locomotive crag seen from the top of Honigstein |
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Rayko looking for his name in the route book |
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Dampflok: The initial moves, protected by a small jammed knot |
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Mess of towers as seen from the summit of the Locomotive |
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Talweg: Tied-off flakes and hourglasses serve as the anchor at the top of the first pitch |
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Talweg: Making the crux moves at the start of the route -- an overhanging offwidth crack protected by jammed knots, the first knots I placed in Elbsandstein (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Talweg: A small jammed knot on the second pitch |
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Talweg: Second pitch squeeze chimney |
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Rappelling the backside of the tower down to the grass; the terrain is comfortably navigated with bare feet because of the sand |
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Morgengebet: An overhanging handcrack; the crux was the slopey, sandy moves after the crack (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Farm country as seen from the top of Pabst |
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Farm country as seen from the top of Pabst |
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Approaching the crag from town; our first route in Elbsandstein was the crack on the right side of the third tower (from the left) |
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Looking over the town below the crag |
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Ostkante: Browsing the route book (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Ostkante: Huge jugs at the top of the route (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Ostkante: Belaying from a giant hole in the top of the tower |
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Leaving one tower and climbing the next one over, in search of a rappel line |
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More rappelling from rings; nice redundancy |
Eldorado Canyon (map) |
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Lucie and "The Greeks" pose for the camera |
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Darkness 'Til Dawn: Climbing the beautiful corner of Darkness |
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Darkness 'Til Dawn: The corner of Darkness 'Til Dawn; actually takes wide gear in the face on the right |
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The Grand Course: Climbing the overhanging hand crack at the start of The Grand Course |
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Blind Faith: Sequence of pictures showing climbing through the crux of Blind Faith |
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Blind Faith: Climbing though an awkward bulge below the crux crack |
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Blind Faith: Placing gear into the crux crack |
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Blind Faith: Jamming through the final steep crack |
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The Bastille; climbers can be seen on Bastille Crack |
Exit 38 (map) |
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Fisher Towers (map) |
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A view of Cottontail with the Titan looming behind |
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King Fisher as seen from the hiking trail |
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The Titan as seen from the hiking trail |
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View of Ancient Art; the Stolen Chimney (Corkscrew Summit) route ascends the funky-shaped corkscrew in the center of the photo |
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The Ancient Art formation with an approaching storm in the background |
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Ancient Art and it's various summits; the corkscrew summit (aka "Stolen Chimney") is the leftmost summit |
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Stolen Chimney: The corkscrew summit as seen from the top of the belay on the other side of the "sidewalk" |
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Stolen Chimney: Colin sits at the sidewalk, as seen from the top of the corkscrew |
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Stolen Chimney: Following the pebbled face on the first pitch; the climbing is a little bouldery, and the protection is all drilled angle pitons |
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Stolen Chimney: Leading the corkscrew -- one of the wildest summits anywhere. The ropes are arched to the right due to strong winds |
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Stolen Chimney: The second pitch (5.8); looks like mud, but is actually pretty nice rock with decent protection every 8 to 10 feet |
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Stolen Chimney: Posing on the summit of the corkscrew |
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Stolen Chimney: Pitons on the "sidewalk" belay; the rock around the drilled pitons has eroded |
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Stolen Chimney: Two other summits of the Ancient Art formation with the King Fisher in the background as taken from the summit the corkscrew |
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Stolen Chimney: A topo showing the Stolen Chimney route on Ancient Art |
Franconia Notch (map) |
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Black Dike: The Black Dike (Copyright © Ade Miller) |
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Black Dike: Climbers Meet the Fuck Man |
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Whitney-Gilman: Jim on the Whitney-Gilman in 1986 |
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Whitney-Gilman: Tracy on the Whitney-Gilman in 1986 |
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Black Dike: The Black Dike in early season |
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Moby Grape: Bones follows the last pitch of Moby Grape; this finish climbs corners left of the standard finish |
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Black Dike: Jim, just after the rock traverse on the Black Dike |
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Bennedictus Direct: Pulling the monster roof on the 5th pitch (Copyright © David Le Pagne) |
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Bennedictus Direct: Climbing the slab below the overlap on the 5th pitch (Copyright © David Le Pagne) |
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Bennedictus Direct: Nabbing the jug in the roof on the 5th pitch (Copyright © David Le Pagne) |
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Bennedictus Direct: Approaching the overlap on the 5th pitch (Copyright © David Le Pagne) |
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Bennedictus Direct: Bones at the crux of the first pitch; from here, the route continues [climber's] left on an unprotected 5.8 face |
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Bennedictus Direct: Bones runs it out on the thin 5.9 traverse on the 4th pitch |
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Bennedictus Direct: At the end of the traverse on the 4th pitch, a couple of really hard moves (5.11c) take Bones to overlap. This pitch is a variation to the original route that avoids the 5.11d A3 section. |
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Bennedictus Direct: Jen and Brian get organized to film climbing on the third pitch of Bennedictus |
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Bennedictus Direct: Jen jugs the first pitch of Bennedictus to set up for filming the higher pitches |
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Bennedictus Direct: Jen filming the 3rd pitch |
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Bennedictus Direct: Jen at the 4th belay on Bennedictus |
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Closeup of a bolt on Cannon |
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Panning back, you can see the bolt is in a piece of talus, having fallen from somewhere on Cannon |
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Bennedictus Direct: At the belay at the start of the 4th pitch, scoping out the pitch ahead (Copyright © Brian Post) |
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Bennedictus Direct: Following the 4th pitch (Copyright © Brian Post) |
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Bennedictus Direct: Taking a photo as Will leads the 4th pitch (Copyright © Brian Post) |
Frankenjura (Germany) (map) |
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The formation with Action Direct. The actual route climbs the underbelly of the rear buttress. |
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Super cool crag rising above a small village |
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Super cool crag rising above a small village |
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Super cool crag rising above a small village |
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Standard lowering hardware in the Frankenjura, which isn't the easiest thing to climb in moments of desperation |
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Kurt Albert started the whole red dot thing, which later became the "redpoint" |
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The small town of Hartenstein with several crags nearby |
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On the way out of town to the crag |
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Igor: An open but amazingly dark forest with a pretty good crag. Rayko runs it out to the first bolt. |
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Bergzigeunerweg: Rayko gains big holds after a pumpy traverse. Notice the route book midway across the traverse. |
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Small villiage of Lungsdorf, which is nothing more than a bend in the road. We did climb a pretty cool tower just above town. |
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Trebbla: Signing the route book at the top of the tower |
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Trebbla: Starting up the tower above Lungsdorf |
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Schwarzer Riss: In the rain, we lucked upon this severely overhanging amphitheater with several dry routes |
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Westriss: A beautiful crack climb reminiscent of the Dolomites (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Hiding from the rain in a cave at the base of the Napoleon tower (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Südwestwand: This free-standing tower, to our surprise, was about 10" thick |
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Südwestwand: Rayko straddling the top of the tower |
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Our first climbing stop in Frankenjura |
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Luftige Wand: Random climber seconding a pretty cool line |
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Büberriss: Pretty cool climbing down low, but an unprotected chimney up high (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Sauwetter: Lowering off a super steep climb at the end of the day (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Amazed by this formation, we vowed to return, only to discover that all the routes are hard |
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Our little apartment in Velden, a 5-minute walk from the main square |
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Best food in Bavaria, or so we thought |
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Standard dinnertime activities -- email, route research, and taking notes from the days outing |
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Buying strawberries and other vegies |
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Purchasing the daily supply of lunch meat |
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View from the top of the cliff; the approach follows the dirt road |
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It rained, so everybody headed for the overhanging roadside crag |
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Super steep roadside climbing, mostly Czech climbers |
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Corazon: A difficult and long route with several cruxes. Too bad it's out of focus. |
Frenchman Coulee (map) |
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Strokin' The Chicken: Ade running it out up easy ground on Strokin' the Chicken |
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Jesus Saves: Ade clipping bolts on Jesus Saves |
Fruita (map) |
God's Crag (map) |
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Aspens on the approach (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Walking back to the car in the rain (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Abandoned mine on the road to Engineer's Pass (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Somebody got all Hayduke on this dam (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Approaching the mine shaft; no, we didn't go in it, especiallty after The Descent (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Two-tiered waterfall with a spooky mine shaft at the base (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Approaching God's Crag (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Plaque at the base of The Renaissance Man below the waterfall |
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The crag, as seen from the road |
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Descending in the rain through a grove of aspens; we picked up a hundred ticks here (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Fear is Never Boring: Crux moves at the top of the pitch |
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Fear is Never Boring: Styling the second pitch, in the rain |
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Fear is Never Boring: Cool face climbing on the first pitch (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Fear is Never Boring: Self portrait, belaying in the rain |
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Fear is Never Boring: Following the beautiful face on P1 |
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Fear is Never Boring: Nearing the top of the pitch |
Golden, Colorado (map) |
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Two themes of our climbing trip to Colorado -- Hemp, and "Just put it off" |
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An early morning with "The Greeks" (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Nikos, Fanni, and Tom standing on driveway discussing routes |
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The morning after the big bash…everyone is drinking water to treat the hangover |
Granite Mountain (map) |
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Falling Ross: Nearing the top of P2 (Copyright © Emilie Drinkwater) |
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Falling Ross: Delicate moves onto the slippery slab at the top of P2 (Copyright © Emilie Drinkwater) |
Great Falls (map) |
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Potomac River |
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Lost Arrow: Tad on the Lost Arrow, not really solo |
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P.V.O. (Potomac Valley Overhang): Jim on PVO, TRing something way to hard |
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Great Beginnings: Hema following an awesome layback flake of Great Beginnings |
Great Sand Dunes (map) |
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Big jump with plume of sand |
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Colin's thigh sprouts people |
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Totally airborn |
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View of the mountains as seen from the highest dune |
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Dunes as seen from the river crossing |
Guangzhou (China) (map) |
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Eric's bathroom |
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Brainless goats in the meat market |
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View from the ferry up the Pearl River (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Street life in Guangzhou (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Jim on ferry going up the Pearl River (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Lion dancer in the streets of Guangzhou (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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Backwards instructions |
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Vegetables in the street market |
Hawaii (map) |
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Boogie boarding in the surf, somewhere on the north shore (Copyright © John Lawyer) |
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Lucie shows how it's done (Copyright © John Lawyer) |
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Lucie models the boogie board (Copyright © John Lawyer) |
Hellgate Gulch (map) |
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Uncomfortably Numb: Tommy sending at Hellgate (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Aimless wandering through the compact canyon, trying to identify things (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Weird Science: Colin leads up the awesome wall |
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Weird Science: Colin leads up the awesome wall |
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Weird Science: Colin leads up the awesome wall |
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Weird Science: Colin leads up the awesome wall |
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Weird Science: Colin leads up the awesome wall |
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Melt Down: Not much difference between the 11s and the 9s on this wall (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Melt Down: Not much difference between the 11s and the 9s on this wall (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Uncomfortably Numb: Tommy sending at Hellgate (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
Hong Kong (China) (map) |
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Downtown Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong Island from the ferry |
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Danger sign…don't climb here! |
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View of Kowloon from Lion Rock |
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The Arete: Eric at the belay on Catastrophe (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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The Arete: Jim at the belay on Catastrophe (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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View of Lion Rock from the approach trail (Copyright © Eric Gregory) |
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The Arete: Eric following the first pitch of Catastrophe |
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The Arete: Jim at the belay on Catastrophe |
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Lion Rock from the approach trail |
Hyalite (map) |
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Omega: Climbing the thin column on Omega; the ice was running with water |
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The main fork of Hyalite Canyon; Winter Dance is the spear of ice on the rock face centered in the photo |
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Hyalite Canyon as seen from the first pitch of Cleopatra's Needle |
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Twin Falls Left: View from the second pitch of Cleopatra's Needle; you can see Joe on Twin Falls Left, belayed by Ellen in the trees below |
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Taking a rest on the approach to Cleopatra's Needle and Twin Falls |
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Cleopatra's Needle: Reaching for a screw on the second pitch (WI5) |
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Cleopatra's Needle: Tommy stays dry by climbing the right side of the pillar |
Independence Pass (map) |
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Monitor Rock looks like a choss pile, but it's sooo much better than it looks |
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Rad Lad: Tommy struggles with the first crux on Rad Lad |
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Squid Kid: Climbing the beautiful compact rock on Squid Kid |
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The Maze: Face climbing on the Maze, a long bolted line on Monitor Rock |
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The Mother Load: Tom and Mioara huddled at the second belay on The Mother Load |
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The Mother Load: Tom leads the final pitch |
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Want some beans? |
Index (map) |
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Indian Creek (map) |
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A view of Indian Creek from Optimator Wall; the wall centered in the photo is Reservior Wall, and the 4x4 Wall is on the right |
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Another pretty view of Indian Creek as seen from the base of the Bridger Jack Mesa |
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Yet another pretty view of Indian Creek as seen from the Bridger Jack Camping Area |
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A yellow-headed (or "eastern") collared lizard |
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Closeup of a yellow-headed (or "eastern") collared lizard |
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A typical Indian Creek rack featuring lots of same-sized cams |
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Labeled Indian Creek rack |
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Enjoying a mini-bottle of single malt at camp |
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Self-portrait at the Bridger Jack Camping Area |
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Sweden-Ringle: Chris sends Swedin-Ringle, making it look like 5.10 |
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Sweden-Ringle: Chris sends Swedin-Ringle, making it look like 5.10 |
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Sweden-Ringle: Chris sends Swedin-Ringle, making it look like 5.10 |
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Cave Route: Near the top of the crack Colin finally gets a rest by stemming to the opposite wall |
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Three Strikes and You're Out: Another endless layback crack at Battle of the Bulge |
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Thunderbolts: Brian approaches the top of Easter Island |
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Keyhole Flakes: Closeup of Brian approaching the top of Easter Island |
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The Bridger Jack Mesa with all the towers labeled |
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The Bridger Jack Mesa in the early morning |
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The Bridger Jack Mesa in the early morning |
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Thunderbolts: Sitting on top of Easter Island after climbing Thunderbolts |
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Thunderbolts: Climbing the first pitch (5.8) involves fun jamming, followed by an unlikely traverse right around the nose above |
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The Bridger Jacks as seen from the west |
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Organizing the rack for the days climbing |
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Rimshot: Colin poses for the camera on the 4th pitch (5.11a) of Rimshot; he is positioned at the first rest after the tight sandy-hands crack above the belay |
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Rimshot: More off-width climbing on the 4th pitch |
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Rimshot: Exiting the chimney at the top of the second pitch; from his position, the climb moves left (climber's right) onto lower-angled slabs up to the belay |
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Rimshot: The third pitch traverses left in a chimney to an off-width crack in the main face |
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Rimshot: Getting established in the off-width crack above the chimney on the third pitch |
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Hanging out at the base of Easter Island |
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Thunderbolts: Jim's shadow on Sunflower Tower as he raps from Easter Island |
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Thunderbolts: John tops out on Thunderbolts, a rare face climb at the Creek |
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Rimshot: A topo showing Rimshot |
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Generic Crack: Starting out on Generic Crack; the crux of the route are the two pods just above |
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Generic Crack: About halfway up the crack |
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Generic Crack: Closeup of Jim about halfway up the crack |
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Generic Crack: Still about halfway up the crack |
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Generic Crack: Nearing the anchors at 140' |
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Lady Pillar: Dave peeks around the corner before heading out onto the left-slanting crack on Lady Pillar |
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Anunnaki: This awesome zig-zag crack goes through all sizes, taking two each from yellow Camalot to yellow Alien; this section is fairly easy since the crack is hand sized |
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Anunnaki: At this point, the crack narrows to off-hands and rattley fingers |
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Anunnaki: Moving through the crux involves weird layaways, finger stacks, and powerful pulls |
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Skidmarks: Laybacking up the steep finger crack on Skidmarks |
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Sabbatical: Jamming the final crack high in the Sabbatical corner, belayed by Brian |
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Working Man: This nice finger crack was easier for me since my large knuckles cammed well in the crack |
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South Face: John at the second belay on the South Face |
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South Face: On the summit of the South Six Shooter |
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South Face: John poses on the summit |
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Lucie walks the mesa above the valley floor; this area is very pristine, quiet, and beautiful |
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Some rough 4X4 driving on Davis Canyon Road leads into the South Six Shooter valley |
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The South Six Shooter as seen from the upper mesa |
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The Touareg parked in the wash at the start of the hike to the South Six Shooter; the Bridger Jacks can be seen on the skyline centered |
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Keyhole Flakes: Brian reaches left at the crux, belayed by Mioara |
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Keyhole Flakes: Brian high on the route just below the anchors |
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Bad Rad Duality Crack: Moving through the bottom finger-sized section of the route |
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Bad Rad Duality Crack: Moving through the bottom finger-sized section of the route; the crack widens to tight hands, then offwidth, then back to tight hands through the double-tiered roofs above |
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The Incredible Hand Crack: Jim climbs The Incredible Hand Crack, belayed by Brian; most people find this climb a pleasure, but my large large hands didn't fit the crack and made the crux overhanging section very strenuous |
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Unnamed #18: What a beast this was -- a 7" off-width section, then a blind reach rightwards into a good finger crack |
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Unnamed #18: After placing a nut (the only nut I placed that trip), I finally got established in the finger crack |
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Unnamed #18: Closeup of Jim after placing the nut |
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Unnamed #18: Higher in the finger crack |
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Supercrack: Mioara follows Supercrack, one of the more well-known climbs at Indian Creek |
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Supercrack: Closeup of Mioara following Supercrack |
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Coyne Crack: Laybacking the rattly finger start of Coyne Crack |
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Coyne Crack: Higher up, the crack turns to tight hands |
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Posing in front of the "Brick" at the Supercrack Buttress parking lot |
Inman Gulf (map) |
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It's In, Man: Traversing to the belay on a new route |
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Route possibilities at Inman Gulf; the climb "It's In, Man" is centered in the photo |
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It's In, Man: At the belay on the first ascent |
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It's In, Man: Jim climbs poorly bonded ice on the first ascent |
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Over The Rainbow: Leading the first ascent of a flow across from Rainbow Falls |
Ithaca (map) |
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Estes Point Pillar: High on the pillar the ice is fractured and thin, with water visible through the ice veil |
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Estes Point Pillar: Jim belays Leslie on the steep section of the pillar |
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Estes Point Pillar: The climb as seen from the streambed |
Jamesville (map) |
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Summit headquarters |
Joshua Tree (map) |
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Unknown: Allen begins a lead |
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John organizes the rack on an early visit to Joshua Tree |
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Flowering joshua tree (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Dangling Woo Li Master: Steep ground in the Bighorn Mating Grotto |
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Taped up hands after a day of climbing in the Bighorn Mating Grotto; notice the Disney band-aid on the middle finger |
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Pinched Rib: Steck's favorite route |
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Kimbrough in the early morning |
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Enchanted Stairway: High on the runout plates of Disneyland Dome |
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Mr. Toad's Wild Ride: Lori approaches the first belay; the ledge is actually a dike that, if continued, turns into Mental Bankruptcy |
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Hang Ten: Phil places gear at the intimidating roof near the start of the climb |
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Hang Ten: Clipping the gear at the roof; hard to believe it's only 5.8 |
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Eileen Dover: This interesting route starts with a hard boulder problem, then traverses just left 5 bolts about 10' above the ground, then finishing straight up to some chains |
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Eileen Dover: A little further along in the traverse; lots for the hands, but little for the feet |
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Effigy Too: The opening, unprotected moves of Effigy Too |
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Effigy Too: Effigy Too is a nice route for sunny days as it's in the shade. The huge boulder high and left is the EBGBs boulder. |
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Effigy Too: The climbing eases near the top of the route |
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Sitting Here in Limbo: Eric belaying at the top, construction in the background |
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Lucie, Allen, and Joe (and his dog) |
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Casual: John leads yet another bolt-protected face climb |
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Diamond Dogs: Strenuous underclings are required right off the ground on a fragile flake |
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Pullups To Pasadena: Unprotected knob climbing at the start of yet another Swain route |
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Todd demonstrates a pretty lizard |
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Garden Angel: Andrew watches the action on Garden Angel |
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Garden Angel: Weird layback moves up the arete of Garden Angel |
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Garden Angel: Weird layback moves up the arete of Garden Angel |
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Lazy Day: Matt makes the opening moves on Lazy Day |
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Cryptic: Allen leading Cryptic |
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Cryptic: Allen leading Cryptic |
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Cryptic: Allen leading Cryptic |
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Southwest Corner: Yvon at the opening moves on the Headstone |
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Southwest Corner: Yvon high up on the Southwest Corner |
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Practice Crack #1: John leads a too-short crack on the backside of the Headstone |
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Lori and Jim pose on top of the Headstone |
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Southwest Corner: Working through the crux of the Southwest Corner, a spectacular easy route on the Headstone |
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Painting of the "snail" |
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Poodles are People Too: Joe following the first pitch of Poodles |
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Head Over Heels: Tall people can simply reach left and bypass any difficulty; not sure what short people do |
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Wild Wind: Yvon nearing the top of Hidden Tower |
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Dazed and Confused: Thin face moves characterize climbing on this route |
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Dazed and Confused: Runout climbing in a sea of granite |
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Bird on a Wire: Lori reaches the top after a long, rope-stretching 2nd pitch |
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Lori and Jim pose on top of the Manure Pile at dusk |
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Left Mel Crack: Allen at the crux of Left Mel Crack |
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Checking out the pencil cactus |
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Left Mel Crack: Climbing the height-related crux of the Left Mel Crack |
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Joan Jetson: At the second bolt, high on the Pea Brain |
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Allen laces up for the Peyote cracks |
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Having lunch near Hound Rock |
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Coyote near the road; if you look carefully, you can see a second coyote in the background |
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Illusion Dweller: Pulling the final difficulties on Illusion Dweller |
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Clean and Jerk: Long reaches on overhanging rock constitute the crux of Clean and Jerk |
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Clean and Jerk: One of the best hand/fist cracks in the park |
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Ball Bearing: John belays a climber on Ball Bearing |
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Beverly describes her experience on Illusion Dweller to the others |
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O'Kelley's Crack: Opening moves -- despite the rating of 5.10c, the initial moves are 5.11a |
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Simon, waiting for his morning coffee |
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The gang, gathered in Joshua Tree |
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The whole gang |
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Hanging out at Ryan Campground |
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Joshua Tree in the early morning light |
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Hanging out at the campfire in Ryan |
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Lucie avoids the wind by sitting in a rock alcove |
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Lucie on her way to painting at the end of the day |
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Joshua Tree near Ryan Campground |
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Allen gets organized around camp |
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Late afternoon relaxation at camp |
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Deep contemplation |
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Beverly warms around her morning coffee |
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Breakfast at the Jones' |
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Breakfast at Ryan |
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Maguy enjoys her morning coffee |
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John enjoying the conviviality at camp |
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Illusion Dweller: Low on the all time perfect crack |
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Illusion Dweller: Lost in a sea of rock |
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Walk on the Wild Side: Eric and Lucie lounging at the belay at sunset |
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Junk Food: The route Junk Food traverses the Junk Clump formation on a quartz dike; it begins with two bolts, then crosses three other routes |
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Born in a Barn: A route on the Shorter Wall, the right-hand side of the Rock Garden Valley |
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Solid Gold: Martin shredding his fingers on Solid Gold |
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Solid Gold: Following up the sharp edges of Solid Gold; this climb is quite the finger shredder |
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Solid Gold: Simon leading the lower section of Solid Gold |
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Rubicon: Jim and Allen on Rubicon |
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Beverly racks up for Sphincter Quits |
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Sphincter Quits: Beverly sews up the lower crack, then moves up to the rest alcove |
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Trembling Toes: Beverly moves up to the first bolt |
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No Self Confidence: The crux is the section just before the roof on the left where the crack is tight hands |
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No Self Confidence: Steep, sustained crack climbing in the midsection of the route |
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No Self Confidence: Feeling pumped, this is the last rest before running it out to the top |
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Allen Steck Memorial Route: At dusk on the Memorial Route |
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Double Cross: Following the all-time classic hand crack |
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Orphan: Leading the initial stemming corner of Orphan; if you can stomach the off-width at the top, this is an excellent climb |
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Boogers On A Lampshade: Tad climbing the "burnt penis" |
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Boogers On A Lampshade: Tad climbing the "burnt penis" |
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Boogers on a Lampshade: Making the crux moves on Boogers; the high bolt protects this section |
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Boogers on a Lampshade: After the crux; the next piece is the tied off chicken head visible just above |
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Pretty rocks |
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Tad and Chris in the Wonderland with the Astro Domes in the background |
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Chris near Disneyland Dome in the Wonderland |
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Cool rocks in the Wonderland |
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Lunch break on the ledge system in front of the Astro Domes |
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Lucie walking through the Wonderland |
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Drop Zone: In the midst of the crux at Sheepbugger's Wall; the difficulty here is that the protection is at your feet while making the crux .11 moves…below that is a ledge! |
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Allen resting in the Wonderland |
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Figures on a Landscape: About to make the crux moves on the first pitch |
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Figures on a Landscape: John traverses across to the first belay |
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Pack adjustments on the way into the Wonderland |
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Lori hiking around the Wonderland |
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Mr. Toad's Wild Ride: Joe gears up for "Mr Toad's" |
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Solid Gold: Tom sends Solid Gold |
Kama Bay (Canada) (map) |
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Icebreakers: The climb Icebreaker as seen from the top of Whimpsickle; the body of water in the background is Kama Bay on Lake Superior |
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Icebreakers Arete: Climbing Icebreakers Arete in early season |
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Icebreakers Arete: The crux of Icebreakers Arete involved climbing an overhanging cauliflower of ice |
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Whimpsickle: Tommy climbs poor ice at bottom third of Whimpsickle; this climb is anything but whimpy, as we found it to be one of the harder routes we climbed |
Kandersteg (Switzerland) (map) |
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Looking across the valley to ski resort on the sunny side |
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The little town of Kandersteg surrounded by high mountains |
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The little town of Kandersteg surrounded by high mountains |
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The ice flows above Kandersteg - amazing amount and variety |
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Bäretritt: At the base of the fragile pillar |
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Bäretritt: We climbed the rock on the left to avoid breaking the fragile pillar |
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Bäretritt: High on the route, pumped, and looking for a belay |
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Arbonium: Traversing left at the start of P2 |
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Approaching the ice climbs above Kandersteg. The free-standing pillar above him is Rattenpissoir. |
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Arbonium: Belaying on top of P1 |
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Arbonium: Following the steep pillars of P2 |
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Arbonium: Swinging a tool on the final steep pitch |
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Rattenpissoir: Climber works up the amazing free-standing pillar |
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Namenlos: We climbed the first section of this "beginner" route |
La Cabrera (Spain) (map) |
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At dinner after climbing at La Cabrera, Lucie and Jen examine Pedro's flying book |
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Unknown: Carlos climbs a difficult thin crack |
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Esteban Altieri: Carlos and Monolo discuss route options at the first belay |
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Jim and Belen pack for the hike back to the car after a full day climbing |
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The crag as seen from the parking area just before sunset |
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José María Alaiz: Unknown climber finishes the third pitch (6b) |
La Pedriza (Spain) (map) |
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Guirles-Campos: Belen belaying in a mess of ropes at the top of the top of the second pitch (V+) |
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Guirles-Campos: Belen runs it out up the third and fourth pitches (V, V+) |
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Guirles-Campos: Belen belays at the top of the 4th pitch |
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Goats scamper around the cliff |
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Guirles-Campos: Jesús approaches the belay leading the second pitch (V+) |
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Vía del Gesto: This route demanded thin laybacking, high-angle friction, and tiny crimping and was the most difficult route I climbed at La Pedriza |
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Pedro packing gear for the hike out with El Yelmo in the background |
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Caballo Blanco: Pedro climbs the crack in the middle of the first pitch (6a) |
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Caballo Blanco: Pedro pulls the roof near the end of the first pitch (6a) |
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El Yelmo at sunset; this south face has in excess of 50 multi-pitch routes |
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El Yelmo showing the routes we climbed |
Laguna (Philippines) (map) |
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Eric and Martin pose for the camera |
Lake Willoughby (map) |
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The Last Gentleman: The Last Gentleman (Copyright © Ade Miller) |
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The Last Gentleman: Leading the fragile third pitch of the Gentleman |
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The Last Gentleman: Ade at the belay after the traverse from The Promenade |
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Mindbender: Plug and Chug, Mindbender, and Renormalization |
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The Last Gentleman: French climbers at the first belay on the Gentleman |
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The Last Gentleman: Close-up of climber leading the second pitch of the Gentleman in fat conditions |
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The Last Gentleman: Climber leading the second pitch of the Gentleman in fat conditions |
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Mindbender: Will high on the final column of Mindbender |
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Ice cliffs of Mt. Pisgah |
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Boney Boy |
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Mindbender: Will starting the second pitch out of the cave |
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The Promenade: Will leading the crux columns of The Promenade |
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Glass Menagerie: Will dry-tooling the first 200' of Glass Menagerie in [obviously] thin conditions (WI5, M6) |
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Glass Menagerie: Jim and Will gearing up at the base |
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Mindbender: Jim leading the initial sections of Mindbender |
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The Promenade: Jim nearing the cave at the top of the first pitch of The Promenade |
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Reign of Terror: Reign of Terror as seen from The Promenade |
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Bullwinkle: The route Bullwinkle climbs the steep, fractured columns that hang down the overhanging rock face |
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Called on Account of Rains: One of the best ice routes in the East, Called on Account of Rains rarely forms to the ground; this photo shows the route in WI5 condition |
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Called on Account of Rains: Tom and Simeon at the cave belay on top of the first pitch |
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Called on Account of Rains: Leading the thin ice on the first pitch of Called; the route steepens just above, then stretches the rope to the cave visible beneath a hanging pillar on the right |
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Called on Account of Rains: The crux of the route climbs is the steeper section of ice just below the cave belay |
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The amphitheatre containing the Last Gentleman, Promenade, and Who's Who; there are two parties on the Gentleman and a part of three on the Promenade |
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The Promenade: A party of three climbs the first pitch of Promenade |
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Called on Account of Rains: Simeon starts the second pitch |
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Called on Account of Rains: Tommy takes the right-hand line of ice on the top pitch |
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Called on Account of Rains: Tommy takes the right-hand line of ice on the top pitch |
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Who's Who in Outer Space: A climber leads the first pitch of Who's Who in delaminated conditions |
Laurel Knob (map) |
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Big Green Mountain, which can be seen on the approach to Laurel Knob |
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The "offset washer", which is essentially a rivot with a couple washers on it, were used as protection on some early Laurel Knob routes |
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Fathom: Following P4 of Fathom, 5.9 |
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Fathom: Following P6 of Fathom, the crux pitch |
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Fathom: Following P6 of Fathom, the crux pitch |
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Sign where you leave national forest land |
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Rappelling a water groove |
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Rappelling a water groove |
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Rappelling a water groove |
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Following P4 of Fathom, 5.9 |
Leavenworth (map) |
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Doin' The Dishes: Toproping back when it was cool to do so (5.11d) |
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Heart Of Gold: Ade follows the crux pitch, a spectacular bolt-protected face |
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Orbit: Kristy and Jim Cruise Orbit |
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Orbit: Kristy enjoying the perfect 5.9 flake on the third pitch |
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Orbit: Kristy at the belay below the knobby-faced top pitches |
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Don't Forget Arete: Climbing an arete in Icicle Creek Canyon |
Lima (Peru) (map) |
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Chickens and chicken bits at the market in Lima |
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A protest in one of the squares in downtown Lima |
Little Cottenwood Canyon (map) |
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Coffin Crack: Low down on Coffin Crack |
Little Falls (map) |
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Unknown: Kind of a crappy picture, but shows my early climbing days -- wool knickers, Fires, and a hammer |
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Green Traverse: Bouldering on Moss Island |
Little Si (map) |
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Looking Glass (map) |
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Dingus Dog: Rappelling an eyebrow-covered face after completing Dingus Dog |
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Rat's Ass: Two climbers at the P1 belay |
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First Return: An unprotected start leads to a greasy flared crack |
Lost Horse Canyon (map) |
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Chilling out at Observation Point |
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Our camp at Observation Point; it snowed…again |
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Chew Time: Colin follows Chew Time at the left end of the wall |
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Chew Time: Colin follows Chew Time at the left end of the wall |
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Chew Time: Standing below Chew Time |
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Store front of Conover's Trading Post in Wisdom, on the drive to Lost Horse (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
Lumpy Ridge (map) |
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Tailgate party after a day of climbing (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Lumpy Ridge, as seen from the hiking trail |
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Hiking into Lumpy for the day (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Fat City: Moving up the .10a finger crack to the crux roof on the second pitch; the roof is climbed at the crack just above the helmet |
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Relaxing after climbing Fat City/Cheap Date; note the "Texas-sized" rack (Easterners!) |
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Fat City: Simon leading the first pitch (5.8); Will belaying |
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Cheap Date: Leading the awesome finger crack of Cheap Date; this route makes a great alternative finish to Fat City |
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Cheap Date: Bones rippling muscles on Cheap Date |
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Cheap Date: Jamming is the way forward |
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Fat City: Bones appearing from under the crux roof on Fat City |
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Bones hanging back to check out the action on the cliff |
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Jim at the base of the Bookmark (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Inside Straight: Sequence of pictures showing climbing the flaring off-width |
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Inside Straight: Stuffing gear high into the off-width |
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Inside Straight: Laybacking the outer edge seems to be the way forward, although it's waaay pumpy |
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Inside Straight: Disappearing into the off-width; this is actually climbed on the outside, but it's hard to make the transition |
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Romulan Territory: Climbing the crux bulge on the second pitch; the difficulty of this pitch is in placing gear, as it's thin and technical |
Manila (Philippines) (map) |
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Squatters encroach the river near Manila |
Masai Mara (Kenya) (map) |
Meadow River Gorge (map) |
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Cross-Eyed and Blind: Jeremy at the crux of the .11a on the left side of the wall |
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Cross-Eyed and Blind: Big moves on steep jugs |
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Cross-Eyed and Blind: Big moves on steep jugs |
Meteora (Greece) (map) |
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Travels in Greece |
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The gang hanging around the campground in Kastraki |
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Towers of the Meteora |
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Evening sun over the towers of the Meteora |
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Duett: Nikos preparing to lead the first pitch |
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Duett: Nikos following the crux of Duett |
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Es geht auch ohne!: Nikos rapping off the top |
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Es geht auch ohne!: Jim and Nikos on the last route before leaving the beautiful Meteora |
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Corner of Madness: Aris at the belay on Corner of Madness |
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Pillar of Dreams: Aris high on the Pillar of Dreams (about 6 pitches up) |
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Corner of Madness: Corner of Madness as seen on the approach |
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Corner of Madness: Aris nears the top of the second pitch |
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Pillar of Dreams: Ares reads the summit register on top of Heilger Geist |
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Pillar of Dreams: An anchor consists of 1/2" eye bolts |
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Pillar of Dreams: Looking down from the second belay -- a sea of knobs and pebbles |
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The town of Kastraki |
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The town of Kastraki with the distinctive Meteora towers in the background |
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Hypotenuse: Aris and Fondas at a belay on Hypotenuse |
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Line of the Fallen Drop: Manos leading the second pitch |
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Returning from a day at the crag |
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Hypotenuse: Close-up of Aris and Fondas at a belay on Hypotenuse |
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Hypotenuse: Aris and Fondas at a belay on Hypotenuse |
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Fingertip and Sky: Jim attempting a harder route (VIII+) |
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Line of the Fallen Drop: Jim leading on large knobs (notice the tied off knob) |
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Line of the Fallen Drop: Manos at the belay amidst a sea of pebbles |
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Line of the Fallen Drop: Close-up of Manos rappelling amidst a sea of pebbles |
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Line of the Fallen Drop: Manos rappelling amidst a sea of pebbles |
Milan (Italy) (map) |
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Ade gawking at the models in Italy |
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Tour gang in Milan |
Moab (map) |
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The slickrock above Kane Creek and a hidden arch and the Colorado River in the background; we ascended a steel cable on the ramp just beyond the arch |
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Looking north towards the La Sal mountains from the slickrock above Kane Creek |
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Pinhead: Broken rock and interesting sidepulls make this route surprisingly fun |
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The slickrock above Moab |
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Stairway to Heaven: Colin raps the first pitch; we bailed due to loose rock, rain, and general whimpiness |
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Pinhead: Roadside climbing on Potash Road…not the most aesthetic climbing area |
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Message from the locals |
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Dolomite Tower (the squarish spire on the left) and Lighthouse Tower (the pointy spire just to the right) as seen from River Road |
Mt. Kenya (Kenya) (map) |
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A bicycle repair shop on the way to Chagoria |
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Photographing children while our truck waits to be repaired [again] |
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Feuling up for the journey to Chagoria |
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A bicycle repair shop on the way to Chagoria |
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Repairing the truck tire [again] |
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Killing time at Top Hut, the building next to the Austrian Hut |
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Enjoying the sunset, if not for the altitude sickness |
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Soaking in the warm sun in front of Nelion |
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Our camp near the Austrian Hut |
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Our camp near the Austrian Hut |
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Nelion as seen from Point Lenana |
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Waking up to the sun at our camp near the Austrian Hut |
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Feeling full after eating |
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Stormy weather moves in after setting up camp near the Austrian Hut (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Reviewing route beta (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Chris' tent near the Austrian Hut (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Ravenous after our successful ascent of Nelion (4 hours) (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Looking tired after our climb (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Yummy food at the Austrian Hut (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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The summit of Nelion (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Sunset at the Austrian Hut (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Sunset at the Austrian Hut (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Sunset at the Austrian Hut (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Lucie comes out to celebrate when we return from the summit (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Group shot in front of Nelion (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Southwest Ridge: Soloing the "easy slab" (more like 5.5 in places) to the notch |
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Southwest Ridge: View from the southwest ridge, during a break in the snow |
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Southwest Ridge: Let's get the hell out of here…retreat! |
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Southwest Ridge: Batian (centered) and Nelion (to its right) as seen from McKinder's Camp (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Southwest Ridge: Diamong Ice Couloir and the twin summits of Mt. Kenya (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Southwest Ridge: Jim sets an anchor to wait out the storm (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Southwest Ridge: Fueling up for the descent (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Southwest Ridge: Horrible rappelling in the snow on the descent (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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The road through the jungle to the forest gate was really bad -- 4WD and muddy (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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The town of Chagoria; we didn't want to hang out here very long |
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Shopping for expedition food |
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Bags of grains at the Chagoria market |
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We transferred our expedition supplies to the green 4WD truck; good thing too, as it was hellish 4WD |
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Lucie at the trailhead of the Chagoria Route |
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Sunrise at the Mintos Hut area |
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Our super cool 4WD vehicle that took us to the park gate (plus the driver) |
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Drinking juice boxes so we don't have to carry them (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Writing in the journal at camp at the start of the approach (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Our first day on the approach to Mt. Kenya (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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On the hike up to Mintos Hut (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Our camp at Hall Tarns near Mintos Hut (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Hanging out in front of the filthy Mintos Hut (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Filtering water for the day in one of the lakes near Mintos Hut (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Ready for the next day's hiking (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Jumping a bog in Temple Fields in a forest of giant groundsel (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Resting at Tooth Col (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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The beautiful Gorges Valley with Mt. Kenya at the head (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Lucie pets a soft cactus-like plant (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Just about at the Mintos Hut on our first day of the approach (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Finally we can see the summits on the approach (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Lakes at Hall Tarns near Mintos Hut (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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View from our campsite near Mintos Hut (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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On the endless slog up to the Austrian Hut, Lucie begins to feel sick (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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On the final approach to Austrian Hut (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Eating at McKinder's Camp (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Talking about options…should we climb another route? (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Stream through the moss near McKinder's Camp (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Never able to keep warm, Lucie bundles up (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Hiking through a forest of giant groundsel |
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Our descent to McKinder's Camp went around Point John; the summit of Batian is just behind |
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Hiking with an umbrella to shade from the sun |
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Must have a little sun block (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Descending back to the roadhead, just entering the jungle (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Resting at the Met Station, totally beat (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Our porters at the Met Station (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Batian and Point John; the long ribbon of white is the Diamond Couloir (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Pretty flower along the hiking trail (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Repacking on the hike out (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Jim washes up, first time in 2 weeks (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Jim washes up, first time in 2 weeks (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Descending through the jungle to the Met Station (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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On the final march to the forest gate, glad to be done with it (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: We soloed several pitches up to some ledges, then racked up here at daybreak |
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Normal Route: Chris leads the section right of McKinder's Chimney |
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Normal Route: Looking down from the summit at the Austrian Hut and glacier traverse |
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Normal Route: Sitting at a belay high on the route |
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Normal Route: At the top of P15, Chris downclimbs into a gully and up the other side |
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Normal Route: Jim sitting in front of the Howell Hut |
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Normal Route: Victorious on the summit of Nelion |
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Normal Route: Enjoying the view from the summit of Nelion |
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Normal Route: Hanging out on the summit; the clouds are already starting to develop for the afternoon snow |
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Normal Route: One of the many raps from the summit |
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Normal Route: Traversing the glacier to the start of the route on a recon outing (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: Zigzagging up ledges at the start of the route (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: Racking up after soling a couple pitches (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: Leading up to the ridge past Baileys Bivy (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: Chris belays somewhere on the route (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: Traversing and dealing with the ropes (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: View from the summit of Nelion (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: Sitting in front of the Howell Hut (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: Examining the single-point rappel anchor; looks good (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: Investigating the ruined Bailies Bivy (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: This thing is barely hanging together; completely unusable (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
Mt. Lemmon (map) |
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Big cactus on the drive up Mt. Lemmon |
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Looking towards Tucson from the top of the Iranian Wall |
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KR Goes to Montana: Stemming action; this route is on a remote spire on the flanks of Mt. Lemmon (Copyright © Dennis Luther) |
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Infidel: Entering the crux high on the first pitch; this is another difficult-to-find route on the flanks of Mt. Lemmon (Copyright © Dennis Luther) |
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Great Expectations: Leading the second pitch (5.8), thankful to be out of the chimney below |
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Birthday Girl: The initial slab moves on Birthday Girl, Anduriel Tower |
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Girlie Mans Variation: Splitting a seam high in the chimney of Girlie Mans Variation |
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Bop Til You Drop: Climbing easy features through the roof on the second pitch of Bob Til You Drop |
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Gazing towards Tucson from the top of Rupley Tower B |
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Jim hanging out at the top of Rupley Tower C |
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Dennis hanging out at the top of Rupley Tower C |
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View towards Tucson after a rain storm |
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Hitchcock: Lori climbs up the west side of the pinnacle |
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The Noodler: Dennis moving up to the initial roof on the Noodler |
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Mean Mistreator: Pulling through the initial roof on the second pitch of Mean Mistreator, Mean Mistreator Wall |
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Nang: Jim near the start of Nang, Blazing Fin Tower |
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The Noodler: Just above the roof on Noodler, Blazing Fin Tower |
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The Noodler: Dennis high on the Noodler, ready to move into the upper bulge (Copyright © Dennis Luther) |
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The Noodler: Dennis moving up to the initial roof on the Noodler (Copyright © Dennis Luther) |
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Jim and Lucie on the ridge at Windy Point |
Mt. Rushmore (map) |
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George Washington, from the free viewpoint (I can't believe you have to pay to see the "good" view) |
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5.9 Route: Colin follows small crimps in the rain (which turned to snow) |
Mt. Washington (map) |
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Pinnacle Gully: Climbing in Pinnacle Gully in the mid '80s (Copyright © Stuart Williams) |
Mt. Whitney (map) |
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East Face: Posers in front of Mt. Whitney |
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Mt. Whitney and surrounding spires as seen from the approach |
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The gang gathered in LA after the trip to Yosemite and Mt. Whitney (Copyright © Stuart Williams) |
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East Face: Displaying the giant rack (Copyright © Stuart Williams) |
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East Face: Lookin' stupid on the summit of My. Whitney (Copyright © Stuart Williams) |
Nairobi (Kenya) (map) |
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Humble Hearts orphanage (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Tusker beer, local Kenyan beer (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Lucie kisses a giraffe named Lynn (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Dining out in Nairobi (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Three sisters, students at Humble Hearts school (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Lucie taught block printing at the school. This is a class of mostly deaf children. (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
Nantucket (map) |
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Lucie and Jim sitting on the wharf |
Narrows (map) |
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Banana: The Banana as seen from the towpath |
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The Deleware River as seen from a prominent point in the amphitheatre above Mixed Emotions |
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The power facility across from Main Flow |
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Mixed Emotions: Grix belays Joe on Mixed Emotions; this photo shows how close the road and parking area are to the climbing |
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Mixed Emotions: Pulling over the crux of Mixed Emotions |
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Mixed Emotions: Following the route "Mixed Emotions" |
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Mixed Emotions: Scoping for a tool placement in the thin ice |
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Mixed Emotions: Approaching the belay on Mixed Emotions |
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Banana: Climbing the Banana, the ice route high and right of Main Flow; this is perhaps the first ascent in 7 years of this route |
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Joa and Griz chatting in Griz's living room |
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Griz shares photos of PA ice with Joe |
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Lock Tender: Climbing the first curtain; the ice barely accepts stubbie screws |
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Lock Tender: Right off the deck on Lock Tender |
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Lock Tender: The initial chimney on Lock Tender |
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Lock Tender: The first overlap on Lock Tender |
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Lock Tender: Using technique to pass one of the overhanging overlaps |
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Lock Tender: The crux of Lock Tender is [yet another] hanging dagger through an overlap with poor protection; after this ascent, several bolts were added to the route |
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Lock Tender: Climbing the upper column in fat conditions |
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Lock Tender: Joe climbs the upper column of Lock Tender as a school bus drives by |
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Mixed Emotions: Climbing thin, unprotected ice on Mixed Emotions |
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Mixed Emotions: The crux of Mixed Emotions involved climbing a short hanging dagger through an overlap, protected by a single spectre |
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Mixed Emotions: The route as seen from the towpath; the ice flow centered at the top of the photo is Levitator |
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Mixed Emotions: Getting established on the hanging dagger in the crux |
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Main Flow: Joe gears up at the base of Main Flow |
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Main Flow: The route "Main Flow" as seen from the towpath; the route is about 350' high and about 20 yards from the road |
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Pennsylvania does have ice; here are the Narrows as seen from across the Deleware River |
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The Pencil: The routes "Pencil" (on the left) and "Evil Twin" (just to the right) as seen from the towpath |
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The power facility as seen from the top of the first pitch of Main Flow |
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New route potential in the amphitheatre above Mixed Emotions; the route "Levitator" is the column of ice on the left |
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Levitator: Climbing the start of the Levitator, which is typically M7, but is unusually fat in these conditions |
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Left Side: Joe soloes the route "Left Side" with the routes "Pencil" and "Evil Twin" in the background |
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Left Side: Joe soloes the route "Left Side" with the routes "Pencil" and "Evil Twin" in the background |
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Joe soloes Main Gully to approach The Pencil and other climbs |
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The Pencil: The routes "Pencil" and "Evil Twin" as seen from the top of Main Gully |
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The Pencil: The routes "Pencil" and "Evil Twin" as seen from the top of "Right Side" |
Needles (map) |
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View of the Sorceror (on the left) and the Charlatan (on the right), taken from the second pitch of Igor Unchained |
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Thin Ice: Climbers on Thin Ice in the early morning |
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Airy Interlude: Climbers on Airy Interlude (Copyright © Tad Welch) |
Negros Island (Philippines) (map) |
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On top of the only climbable rock on Apo Island, you can see the beach where we had lunch and relaxed between dives |
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Some children playing at the beach on a small banca boat |
Nelson Rocks (map) |
New River Gorge (map) |
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The single-span bridge over New River Gorge |
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Thems Jammer's Hands |
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Jim and Lucie sitting at the base of Burning Calves, Beauty Mountain |
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Chasing The Wind: The 2nd pitch finger crack -- very hard moves intersperced with rests and great protection; I placed nearly an entire set of wires in this 100' pitch |
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Burning Calves: Shallow jams at the crux, belayed from below by Joe |
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Burning Calves: Jamming on Burning Calves |
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Burning Calves: Jamming on Burning Calves |
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Burning Calves: Burning it up on Burning Calves |
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Burning Calves: Burning it up on Burning Calves |
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Burning Calves: Burning it up on Burning Calves |
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Super Crack: Climbing out of the cave at the start of Super Crack |
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Super Crack: Steep moves out of the chimney lead to easier climbing |
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Super Crack: Placing gear near the start |
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Super Crack: Moving around the nose |
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Super Crack: Jeremy back cleans a piece that would otherwise cause rope drag |
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Super Crack: Climbing the upper crack of Super Crack |
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Super Crack: Joe offers support from below |
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Bat Crack: Joe in the middle of the thin crux; secret beta -- move right |
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Jaws: Shoe-ing up after climbing Jaws (and 10 hours of driving) |
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Zag: John stuff himself into a crack on the final moves of Zag |
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Marionette: Wow, what a route; Todd wasn't successful this time, maybe because of that giant rack of gear |
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Zag: John stuffed in a crack at the top of Zag |
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Lucie posed in front of the New River |
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The New River from near Fern Point |
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Jeremy shoes up for Strike a Scowl |
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At the start of "Bonemaster", belayed by Joe |
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Easy climbing in the midsection of the route |
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Getting established on the slopers just past the crux |
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The gang gathered outside the Cathedral Café, Fayetteville |
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Tad and Tommy show off their massive arms |
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Cresenta: Tad traversing under the arch of Cresenta |
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Cresenta: The gang at the base of Cresenta just before a downpour |
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Cresenta: Traversing beneath the large overhang on Cresenta |
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Triple Treat: A hard .10a, Triple Treat packs a punch at the roof |
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Party In Your Mind: Joe partying on Party in Your Mind |
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Smooth Operator: Will placing gear in the super Smooth Operator |
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Smooth Operator: Jamming the perfect cracks of Smooth Operator |
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Four Sheets to the Wind: Jeremy nearly splits his pants in a wide stem |
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New Yosemite: Climbing the perfect hand crack of New Yosemite |
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New Yosemite: Hanging from a jam while clipping gear |
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Reachers of Habbit: Thin moves on "Reachers" |
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Stuck in Another Dimension: Squeezing out of the chimney at the start; I thought this was the crux of the route |
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Stuck in Another Dimension: At the top of the crack…just a couple more moves until the rest |
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The Contortionist: Moving into the offwidth crack at the start |
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The Entertainer: At the start of The Entertainer |
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The "Miguel's" of the New |
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Roger hangs out with climbers at his place in Kaymoor |
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Doing a headstand to prepare for the day |
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Anal Clenching Adventures: Tad having an adventure at the New |
Niagara Escarpment (map) |
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North Cascades (map) |
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West Ridge: Ade topping out on Forbidden |
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West Ridge: Ade nearing the summit of Forbidden |
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Liberty Bell, as seen from the rest stop on the highway |
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Beckey Route: Jim on the summit of Liberty Bell |
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Beckey Route: On the summit of Liberty Bell |
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Coleman Glacier: Stuart, Jim, and Tracy lookin' tough on Mt. Baker |
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Coleman Glacier: Sportin' the traditional garb near the summit of Mt. Baker (Copyright © Stuart Williams) |
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Coleman Glacier: Hiding in a crevasse near the summit of Mt. Baker (Copyright © Stuart Williams) |
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Fisher Chimneys: Stuart leading Winnie's Slide on the Fisher Chimney route |
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Fisher Chimneys: The upper section of Shuksan before Winnie's Slide |
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Fisher Chimneys: Examining the summit register on Shuksan |
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Fisher Chimneys: Stuart on the glacier |
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North Ridge: Ade and Jim Go Climbing |
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North Ridge: Ade ascending a tower on the North Ridge of Mt. Stuart |
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North Ridge: The North Ridge from the base of the Great Gendarme of Mt. Stuart |
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North Ridge: The North Ridge from the base of the Great Gendarme of Mt. Stuart |
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North Ridge: Jim leading the first pitch of the Great Gendarme or Mt. Stuart |
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North Ridge: North Ridge of Mt. Stuart from Goat Pass |
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North Ridge: Ade traversing along the North Ridge of Mt. Stuart |
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North Ridge: Mt. Stuart from the south |
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North Ridge: Jim on the summit of Mt. Stuart |
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West Route: Jim and Tracy feeling happy on the summit of Sahale (Copyright © Stuart Williams) |
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West Route: Tracy lookin' happy on the summit of Sahale; Forbidden is in the background (Copyright © Stuart Williams) |
Old Rag (map) |
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Orient Bay (Canada) (map) |
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Nipigon River along Route 11 just outside Nipigon on the way to Orient Bay |
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Eveil Des Sens: Jim just before the crux of Eveil Des Sens in early season; this was the first climb done in the Ice Palace area |
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10% Real: A real classic of the area, Tommy climbs 10% Real early in the season; the crux starts just below Tommy's feet |
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10% Real: A little higher on the crux |
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10% Real: Higher up, Tommy stems onto the left wall that has just enough ice to support such a maneuver |
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10% Real: The climb angles back briefly, then steepens up once again for a second crux |
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Parallax: Tommy climbs the steep upper section of the free-hanging icicle |
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Parallax: Starting out on Parallax with the monster free-hanging pillar looming above |
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Parallax: In heavy snow, Jim climbs the mixed rock and ice to get established below the pillar |
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Parallax: Parallax in mid December conditions -- the pillar doesn't yet touch down |
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Reflection Wall: Climbing the exceptionally wet and steep Reflection Wa;; |
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Obsession: The climb Obsession ascends a big chimney just 50 meters from the road |
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Reflection Wall: Reflection Wall on a rare sunny day; our ascent was the first for the year |
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Cascade Falls: Tommy climbs Cascade Falls on the right -- many lines can be climbed on this massive piece of ice, from WI3 to WI4 |
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Obsession: Tommy climbs the steep pillar at the top of Obsession; smart climbers (not us) belay at bolts on the left low on the route, then climb the route in one pitch instead of breaking the pitch at the place where this picture is taken |
Ostrov (Czech Republic) (map) |
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Alter Weg: Topping out, reach for a hueco (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Alter Weg: Topping out past the route book (Copyright © Rayko Halitschke) |
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Alter Weg: Opening moves involve tunneling through the center of the tower |
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Alter Weg: Horizontal within the tunnel |
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Alter Weg: Emerging from the other side of the tunnel, now with great exposure but good pro |
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Alter Weg: Turning around, getting ready to start up the remainder of the route |
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Alter Weg: Route book and the various pieces of the container |
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Hanging out in the coffee shop (the one attached to the climbing store) waiting for the rain to stop |
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Outdoor store in Tisá is surprisingly well stocked |
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Many of these thin towers scattered in the forest |
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Thin tower seen from the summit of Deravá vež |
Ouray (map) |
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The town of Ouray from the Camp Bird Mine Road (county road 361); you can see Cascade Falls in the red cliff band in the background |
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Skylight: Leave the security of the cave on the third pitch; the ice is very unstable here |
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Skylight: Nikos following the second pitch up to the protected cave in the midsection of the chimney |
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Skylight: The awesome 3-pitch Skylight route |
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Skylight: Nikos at the second belay in an ice cave |
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The Camp Bird Mine road, on the walk into the Skylight area (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis) |
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Looking southeast from the bridge, routes such as Tangled Up in Blue |
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Looking northwest from the bridge |
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Unknown: Leading an unknown line between the bridges…looks easy, but it's 4R |
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Tangled Up in Blue: Nikos following the classic and photogenic Tangled Up in Blue on a cold and snowy day |
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Tangled Up in Blue: Topping out in the Uncompahgre Gorge |
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Tangled Up in Blue: Jim and Nikos at the bottom of the gorge, preparing to climb |
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Danger sign found near the entrance to the gorge (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis) |
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Tangled Up in Blue: In the gorge, in a sea of ice (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis) |
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Scoping out routes between the bridges (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis) |
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Tangled Up in Blue: Rappelling into the base of the gorge to climb Tangled Up in Blue (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis) |
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Tangled Up in Blue: Nikos topping out (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis) |
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Tangled Up in Blue: Jim near the top of the climb (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis) |
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Tangled Up in Blue: Massive amount of ice under the bridge (Copyright © Nikos Kopidakis) |
Owens River Gorge (map) |
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Checking out the view on the way into the Gorge |
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Fear of a Black Planet: First route in the Gorge, slippery and good |
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Fear of a Black Planet: Long reach at the crux |
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Ambassadors of Funk: Making a clip before the crux (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Ambassadors of Funk: Powering through the crux (Copyright © Colin O'Connor) |
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Welcome to the Gorge: Near the start, and pretty slippery |
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Expressway: In a sea of pockets near the anchor |
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Bone Up: Pulling through the first overhanging section |
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Bone Up: Pulling though the big overhang high on the route |
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Bone Up: Whew…getting established after the roof |
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Expressway: Thin, crimpy moves at the bottom |
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Expressway: Crimp…ouch! |
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Expressway: Steep climbing that just doesn't let up |
Paris (France) (map) |
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Notre Dame cathedral in Paris |
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Louvre museum |
Patones (Spain) (map) |
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Hasta Incluso: Jen reaches the first clip |
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A zoo-like atmosphere at the crag just outside Madrid |
Pembroke (Wales) (map) |
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Not-so-good picture of the Wales coastline |
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Not-so-good picture of the Wales coastline, from the top |
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The Hole: Ade in a hole |
Penetente Canyon (map) |
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May Be Nueve: Mioara climbs the final crack to the anchor |
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Tommy reaches the anchors on Captain America; Mioara belays below |
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