November 2024

Mauritania.
“Mauritania”
May 2024

Old Man Of Stoer.
“British Road Trip”
December 2023

India.
“India”
November 2023

Tana Toraja.
“Sulawesi” (No Climbing)
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Old Man Of Torbay, WA.
“South And Western Australia Trip”
July 2023

Lovely Lofoten Islands.
“Lovely Lofoten”
February 2023

More Pena de Bernal.
“Queretaro Finale”
January 2023

Cold JTree.
“Joshua Tree 2023”
October 2022

Hells Canyon.
“Hells Canyon 2022”
August 2022

Pag Island, Croatia.
“Croatia Appetizer”
July 2022

Come on man! Crank up the AC!!
“City Of Rocks 2022”
June 2022

Roadtrip.
“Lovers Leap Road Trip”
May 2022

Tom and Shirley.
“Polished Limestone”
December 2021

Sudan.
“Sudan”
November 2021

Sunshine.
“Sedona Road Trip”
October 2021

The Bend.
“The Bend Once More”
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Seizure .
“The Bend 2021 Again”
.

Tiers.
“The Bend 2021”
August 2021

Elbsandstein.
“Saxon Sandstone”
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Wankers Columns (August 2021).
“Wankers Columns”
July 2021

Cojitambo.
“Ecuador”
May 2021

Middle East Wall.
“Vantage 2021”
April 2021

Cerro Las Tetas.
“Puerto Rico”
December 2020

The Sinai.
“Egypt”
November 2020

Lolita.
“Baja California Sur”
August 2020

Shirley and Parmakkaya (August 2020).
“Turkey” [In The Time Of Cholera]
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Watersports.
“French’s Dome”
July 2020

Lovers Leap.
“Working Remotely”
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Dome Rock.
“Needles Failure”
June 2020

Moon Rocks.
“Moonstruck”
May 2020

More of Shirley on pitch 4 (May 2020).
“New Mexico”
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MX.
“The Bend 2020”
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Royal Columns.
“Royal Columns 2020”
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Shirley and Benny at The Bend.
“Who Let The Dogs Out”
February 2020

Viva Colombia!
“Suesca”
January 2020

Mokule’ia Wall in all of its one pitch glory.
“Oahu”
December 2019

Timor Rock.
“Southeastern Australia Roadtrip”
August 2019

Provence.
“French Failure”
July 2019

Spire Rock Summit.
“Spire Rock”
May 2019

Tres Picos.
“Brazil”
.

The views.
“Hells Canyon”
December 2018

Pena de Bernal.
“Central Mexico Quickie”
.

Walk On The Wild Side.
“JTree Day 2018”
November 2018

OK, what’s next?
“Vietnam”
October 2018

…and a hike.
“Princely Ambitions“
September 2018

DGS.
“DGS“
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Beehive Peak in MT.
“Beehive Peak”
August 2018

Shirley and The General (Aug. 2018).
“Russia”
July 2018

The Skeleton Ridge.
“British Chalk”
June 2018

Higher Cathedral Spire.
“Higher Cathedral Spire”
May 2018

Warlock as seen from White Punks On Dope.
“White Punks On Dope“
April 2018

Mutiny In Manila.
“The Bend 2018”
January 2018

Shirley on Leonids.
“El Cajon”
December 2017

Very trad.
“South Africa”
November 2017

Malex Of Four Thoughts.
“Magnolia Thunder”
October 2017

Josh on Blacklisted.
“Cold Smith With J&C”
September 2017

Back to Index.
“2017 Index Biennial”
.

The Bend.
“The Bend 2017”
.

Viva España!
“Spain Road Trip”
July 2017

Pasayten Wilderness.
“Pasayten Nail”
June 2017

Condorphamine Addiction.
“Condorphamine Addiction”
May 2017

Voie Abert.
“Morocco”
February 2017

Devils Tower.
“Winter Day At Devils Tower”
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Dreamscape Buttress.
“Cochise Quickie #16”
January 2017

Rite Of Spring.
“JTree Day 2017”
December 2016

Los Arenales.
“Los Arenales”
November 2016

5 AM Breakfast.
“EPC Finale”
October 2016

Fall in Tieton (Oct. 2016).
“Royal Columns 2016”
September 2016

Daybreak in Yangshuo.
“China”
July 2016

El Camino Real.
“Tahquitz”
June 2016

Food carts.
“Three Days In Jakarta” (Not Climbing)
May 2016

Cloud Tower.
“Cloud Tower“
April 2016

Kloochman Rock.
“Appetite For Destruction”
March 2016

The crew at The Bend.
“The Bend 2016”
February 2016

Back among friends.
“Wadi Rum Quickie”
January 2016

Illusion Dweller.
“Joshua Tree Quickie”
December 2015

Eperon Nord, Kaga Tondo.
“Mali”
November 2015

Timewave Zero.
“Three Day EPC Quickie”
October 2015

Southwest Face.
“Southwest Face Of Steins Pillar”
September 2015
…holy lameness batman…

Jill’s Thrill.
“Beacon Blah”
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Shoshone.
“Blodgett Intro”
August 2015

Crying Time Again.
“Tuolumne 2015”
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Sky Ridge.
“Sky Ridge With J&L”
July 2015

Squamish.
“Milk Road“
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Rooster.
“Oregon Stuff With Friends”
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On the road again…
“Search For Rain”
June 2015

Slow Children.
“2015 Index Biennial”
May 2015

Vision Quest.
“Vision Quest“
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The gang on the hike out.
“Royal Columns 2015”
.

Shirley & Haydar taking in the warm sunshine.
“The Bend 2015”
April 2015

Hike out.
“Vantage 2015”
February 2015

Tassie.
“Southern Hemisphere Sampler”
.

Frey.
“Frey”
January 2015

Cerro Trinidad.
“Valle Cochamo”
.

Indian Cove.
“Joshua Tree Day 2”
December 2014

After the climb (Jan. 2015).
“Tasmania”
November 2014

Off The Couch.
“EPC Quickie”
September 2014

Lembert Dome
“Tuolumne 2014”
August 2014

Devils Tower.
“El Matador“
.

Bullethead East.
“Squamish Blah”
.

The amazing Needles.
“The Needles”
July 2014

Peasant’s Route.
“Peasant’s Route“
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Beacon Rock.
“Back To Beacon”
.

Shirley absolutely adoring the Oregon sport chossaneering.
“The Coethedral”
.

Shirley on top of the Nanny Goat.
“Canmore Quickie”
June 2014

Morgul Vale
“Morgul Vale“
May 2014

Beautiful Malaysia.
“Malaysia”
.

The Royal Columns at Tieton.
“Sunny Royal Columns”
April 2014

The Royal Columns.
“Rainy Royal Columns”
.

Killer.
“Broughton With Andrew”
March 2014

Joshua Tree.
“Joshua Tree”
February 2014

Jebel Misht.
“Oman”
December 2013

Scoping out the Pena.
“Mexico Road Trip”
November 2013

Candyland.
“Granite Mountain”
.

View up-canyon from Iron Messiah.
“Iron Messiah“
October 2013

Shirley approaching the wide exit on pitch 6.
“Coyote Tower”
.

Zoo Creek.
“Trout Creek With Eric And Lucie”
August 2013

Kahl Wall on Yam.
“Yamnuska”
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Green River Bastion trailhead (Aug. 2013).
“Squamish With Tom”
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Not Squamish.
“St. Vitus’ Dance“
.

Slippery Slope
“Slick Rock”
July 2013

West Face of Leaning Tower.
“Leaning Tower”
May 2013

Watersports.
“Namibia”
.

Shirley on Squamish Buttress.
“Squamish Buttress“
April 2013

The girls licking their chops at the base of Blood Clot (Apr. 2013).
“AR 2013”
.

Shirley on the South Face route of Eagle Plume.
“Eagle Plume Tower”
.

Shirley moving the raps on our way down Pro Choice.
“RR BS”
March 2013

Following Shirley’s lead of pitch 1 of Thin Fingers.
“Shrinking Ball Disease“
.

Into the short crux section of Welcome To Vantage (5.10c).
“Vantage 2013 Again”
.

Leading Mr. Clean.
“Good Day In Vantage”
February 2013

El Potrero Chico.
“EPC 2”
December 2012

Shirley rapping down Orange Chandeliers.
“Thailand”
.

Shirley on pitch 2 of Abracadaver (Dec. 2012).
“Abracadaver“
November 2012

Hiking up to the South Six Shooter (Nov. 2012).
“Family Thanksgiving In Moab”
.

Shirley yelling down for someone to throw her a cig while enjoying the fabulousness of Forest Lawn (Nov. 2012).
“Cragaholic’s Dream“
October 2012

Shirley following the beautiful first pitch of the Southwest Face.
“Southwest Face Of Steins Pillar (Failure)”
September 2012

Eric (in the lead), Lucie, and Shirley hiking in for a super fun day of climbing in the stunning Lumpy Ridge.
“A Weekend With Eric And Lucie”
.

Shirley just out of the crux moves on pitch 5 of Barad-Dur (Sept. 2012).
“Barad-Dur“
.

Blondie charging up to the pass next to point 9769′ with the Baron Lakes in the background (Sept. 2012).
“A Walk In The Sawtooths”
August 2012

Looking back at Shirley belaying me from the huge ledge under the huge-r chockstone (Aug. 2012).
“Black Elk“
.

Shirley on the morning approach up the (steep) Sidewalk to the base of the west face of Exfoliation Dome (Aug. 2012).
“Exfoliation Dome”
July 2012

Shirley topping out on pitch 4 of Diedre (July 2012).
“Bored”
.

Shirley, Marcelo, and Haydar lounging just below the summit block (July 2012).
“Finger Of Fate”
.

Leading the pretty splitter that marks the start of pitch 3 of Birds Of Prey.
“Squamish Three”
.

Shirley on the Whaleback arete of pitch 11. Acrophobe Towers are below (July 2012).
“Angel’s Crest“
.

Shirley hiking up to the start of Dreamer (July 2012).
“Dreamer“
.

Shirley topping out on pitch 1. Every belay is on a very large ledge (July 2012).
“Regular Route On Careno”
June 2012

Shirley at the belay atop Tide Country on the Upper Breadloaves formation (June 2012).
“City Of Rocks 2012”
.

Post climb beers (courtesy of Marcelo) at the Snow Lakes Trailhead (June 2012).
“Outer Space With Friends”
.

Shirley topping out on the delicate pitch 6 of Sisyphus (June 2012).
“Sisyphus“
May 2012

Leading the pitch 5 traverse on Northeast Buttress & sporting my favorite/lucky shirt (May 2012).
“Northeast Buttress Of HCR”
.

Union break at the tail end of Saturday’s climbing (May 2012).
“Vantage 2012”
April 2012

Yours truly belaying Shirley on the third pitch of Primrose Dihedrals (Apr. 2012).
“Primrose Dihedrals“
.

The ambiance of Ozone. Washington side of the Columbia River (Apr. 2012).
“Ozone”
.

The team atop Spiderman Buttress (Apr. 2012).
“Smith Classics With Clay And Alyssa”
.

Fun chimney climbing finishes off pitch 1 of Lovin’ Arms (Apr. 2012).
“DHLA“
March 2012
.

Shirley on Sheila.
“Rites Of Spring“
February 2012
.

Shirley on the domes just above the top out point of The Pillar Of Wisdom (Feb. 2012).
“Jordan”
.

Blondie, Shirley, and Tom crossing the Crooked River in the Lower Gorge on the way out after a nice half day of climbing in spring-like conditions (Feb. 2012).
“Gorge With Tom”
January 2012
.

Shirley topping out on pitch 2 of Black Widow Hollow (Jan. 2012).
“An Herbst And A Half”
December 2011
.

Shirley topping out on pitch 5 of Honeycomb Chimney (Dec. 2011).
“RR In & Out”
.

Shirley leading the nice Across The Water (5.9) route on the Windfall Wall (Dec. 2011).
“Across The Water“
.

Blondie enjoying the warm sunshine at the base of the Cave (?) in Tieton. The chilly gorge bottom are visible below (Dec. 2011).
“Royal Columns In December”
November 2011
.

Shirley nearing the end of the scenic traverse on pitch 4 of Dope Ninja (Nov. 2011).
“El Potrero Chico”
.

Shirley belaying me on pitch 2 of Fold Out (5.8) on Necromancer Wall (Nov. 2011).
“Sundog“
October 2011
.

Looking towards the Rockfellows Domes from Stronghold Dome (Oct. 2011).
“October Laziness”
September 2011
.

Not Idaho (September 2011).
“Madagascar”
.

Shirley nearing the top of pitch 2 of Beckey Direct (Sept. 2011).
“Beckey Direct“
August 2011
.

The spectacular south face of Yak Peak (Aug. 2011).
“Yak Check“
.

Shirley topping out on our pitch 4…and our highpoint for the day (Aug. 2011).
“Top-oless On The Tusk”
.

Shirley with our friends on the summit of Rooster Rock (Aug. 2011).
“Rooster With Friends”
.

Mount Gimli as seen from the approach hike (August 2011).
“Mount Gimli”
.

Shirley hiking the summit ridge of The Wedge to the rap anchors (Aug. 2011).
“The Mutt And Jeff“
July 2011

Shirley scrambling down to the rap anchors atop Aspen Leaf. Super Hits Wall with its uber classic Bloody Fingers (5.10a) is in the background (July 2011).
“More Idaho Failures”
.

Clay, Alyssa, Shirley and Blondie (all busy looking good) at the base of the Mountaineers Dome in Leavenworth (July 2011).
“Leavenworth With Friends”
June 2011

Shirley leading the 5.9 diagonal crack on pitch 13 of Resolution Arete. This was our favorite pitch of the outing: fun climbing with beautiful exposure high above Sherwood Forest (June 2011).
“Resolution Arete“(finally!! 🙂 )
.

Yours truly following the short but nice pitch 3 of Hairpin – a 5.9 finger traverse above a small roof (June 2011).
“First Day In Squamish”
May 2011

Shirley starting up Sinsemilla (5.10c) belayed by yours truly (May 2011).
“May Day In Vantage”
April 2011

Starting the lead of pitch 3 (crux) of Sunflower. Hollow sounding rock but well protected (Apr. 2011).
“Sunflower“(April 2011)
.

Poser douchebag (Apr. 2011).
“Red Rocks With Friends”(April 2011)
.

Shirley warming up on her favorite Wildfire line on the Wildfire Wall (Apr. 2011).
“Mazamas AR 2011”(April 2011)
.

Shirley nearing the top of Hand Job (Apr. 2011).
“Hand Job“(April 2011)
.

Shirley cruising Gruff (5.10a) on the Wildfire Wall in the Lower Gorge (March 2011).
“April 3rd 2011”(April 2011)
March 2011

Shirley starting up Taiwan On (March 2011).
“March 6th At Smith”
February 2011

Leading the easier pitch 2 of Grand Funk Railroad (Feb. 2011).
“Quick Stone Mountain Revisit”
.

Shirley on the lower half of Moons Of Pluto (Feb. 2011).
“Couple 2011 Winter Weekends In Smith”
.

Shirley following pitch 1 of the Original Route of Streaker Spire…creaky limestone foot ledge ensues (Feb. 2011).
“Lazy Weekend In Arizona”
December 2010

Days Of Future Passed.
“Search For Warmth”
November 2010

Shirley following pitch 5 of Unimpeachable Groping high above the approach gully (Nov. 2010).
A quick outing to Red Rocks: here.
October 2010

Blondie Awaiting her turn on Honey Pot (Oct. 2010).
“Two October Weekends” [at Smith].