Gallery

2005-07-06c

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:45:04 -0600

Me doing the second crux of the Bloody Spire (5.7).
Me just before the second crux of the Bloody Spire.
Me in transition from chimney climbing to face climbing, while cleaning pro.
Rob at the top, me at the hanging belay.
Same thing.
Rob on Old Number Eight (5.8).
Rob on Old Number Eight (5.8).
Waves.
Waves.
View from the top of Waves looking down.
Rob belaying from the top of the first pitch of Waves.
Rob organizing quickdraws at the first belay station of Waves.
Waves before we started climbing. The top was in the mist.
Same shot, just standing further back.
Boxcars and Airplanes.
My summit pose, after my first lead of the trip (Boxcars and Airplanes).
Me figuring out the next move.
The Hitching Post.
Somebody sitting at the top of the Hitching Post. Note the tourist standing at the bottom wonderring how somebody can get up there.
Mike just before the "scary" move.
he bottom of the Hitching Post.
Figuring out the first moves, using my car as a crash pad.
Black Tower. An evil, evil route.
Black Tower.

The Best

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:29:28 -0600

Rock climber in the morning
Making the move
Eyeing the next hold
Campus fun
Devil's Tower in the morning
How'd he get up there?
Don't fall over!
Misty morning lake
Paddler at the end of the creek
Canoe at the end of the creek
Self-portrait

2005-10-22

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:20:52 -0600

Christine reading stuff
Christine reading stuff
Our blue bedroom wall
View from the top of Agassiz lookout tower (Riding Mountain National Park)
Same tower, different angle.
Plains bison
Christine watching the bison
Christine watching the bison
A bison
Lots of bison
More bison
Bison
Christine reliving her youth
Christine on the backswing
Christine standing on a sandbar
Christine turning around on a sandbar
Clear lake
A family checking out the pictographs at Agawa bay
Drew checking out the pictographs
A pictograph
A pictograph
A big chokestone
Drew packing up
Warp bay

2005-07-06b

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:13:59 -0500

Christine
The newlyweds: Giovanna and Karl Rossing
Some people outside the church
Backs of the newlyweds
Walking out of the church
Signing the registry
Just pronounced man & wife
The wedding
The priest was cool. He slapped the groom.
Devil's Tower. You can actually see the route we climbed from this angle.
Our tent with the tower in the background.
Both tents.
The tower in the morning.
Zoomed out tower in the morning.
Hanging out at a gas station in the middle of nowhere.
Conn Diagonal
Mike leading the Conn Diagonal
Me seconding Rob's lead
Me seconding
Rob leading
John from Michigan, a Needles local.
View from the top of Gnomon
The road is waaaay down there!
Typical crazy Rob route
Mike seconding
Mike climbing, Rob belaying from the top.
Same climb, zoomed out.
Can't remember the name of the climb.
Extraterrestrial Sex: Mary Kate & Ashley
Crux of the Sex Twins
Binary Star, my hardest trad lead ever (5.9)
I was on the receiving end of a nice boo-boo doing this climb.
One of the many phallic-shaped rocks i nthe Needles/Rushmore area (viewed from the correct angle).
View from the top of Moonlight Ridge.
Big Mike belaying.
Another typical Needles view.