October 2025
West Java. “Indonesia Sampler”
May 2025
Urban Adventures. “China Failure”
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”
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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”
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The views. “Hells Canyon”
December 2018
Pena de Bernal. “Central Mexico Quickie”
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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”
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The Bend. “The Bend 2017”
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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”
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Shirley & Haydar taking in the warm sunshine. “The Bend 2015”
April 2015
Hike out. “Vantage 2015”
February 2015
Tassie. “Southern Hemisphere Sampler”
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Frey. “Frey”
January 2015
Cerro Trinidad. “Valle Cochamo”
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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 “
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Bullethead East. “Squamish Blah”
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The amazing Needles. “The Needles”
July 2014
Peasant’s Route. “Peasant’s Route “
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Beacon Rock. “Back To Beacon”
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Shirley absolutely adoring the Oregon sport chossaneering. “The Coethedral”
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Shirley on top of the Nanny Goat. “Canmore Quickie”
June 2014
Morgul Vale “Morgul Vale “
May 2014
Beautiful Malaysia. “Malaysia”
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The Royal Columns at Tieton. “Sunny Royal Columns”
April 2014
The Royal Columns. “Rainy Royal Columns”
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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”
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View up-canyon from Iron Messiah. “Iron Messiah “
October 2013
Shirley approaching the wide exit on pitch 6. “Coyote Tower”
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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 “
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Slippery Slope “Slick Rock”
July 2013
West Face of Leaning Tower. “Leaning Tower”
May 2013
Watersports. “Namibia”
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Shirley on Squamish Buttress. “Squamish Buttress “
April 2013
The girls licking their chops at the base of Blood Clot (Apr. 2013). “AR 2013”
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Shirley on the South Face route of Eagle Plume. “Eagle Plume Tower”
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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 “
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Into the short crux section of Welcome To Vantage (5.10c). “Vantage 2013 Again”
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Leading Mr. Clean. “Good Day In Vantage”
February 2013
El Potrero Chico. “EPC 2”
December 2012
Shirley rapping down Orange Chandeliers. “Thailand”
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Shirley on pitch 2 of Abracadaver (Dec. 2012). “Abracadaver “
November 2012
Hiking up to the South Six Shooter (Nov. 2012). “Family Thanksgiving In Moab”
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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”
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Shirley just out of the crux moves on pitch 5 of Barad-Dur (Sept. 2012). “Barad-Dur “
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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 “
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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”
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Shirley, Marcelo, and Haydar lounging just below the summit block (July 2012). “Finger Of Fate”
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Leading the pretty splitter that marks the start of pitch 3 of Birds Of Prey. “Squamish Three”
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Shirley on the Whaleback arete of pitch 11. Acrophobe Towers are below (July 2012). “Angel’s Crest “
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Shirley hiking up to the start of Dreamer (July 2012). “Dreamer “
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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”
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Post climb beers (courtesy of Marcelo) at the Snow Lakes Trailhead (June 2012). “Outer Space With Friends”
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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”
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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 “
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The ambiance of Ozone. Washington side of the Columbia River (Apr. 2012). “Ozone”
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The team atop Spiderman Buttress (Apr. 2012). “Smith Classics With Clay And Alyssa”
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Fun chimney climbing finishes off pitch 1 of Lovin’ Arms (Apr. 2012). “DHLA “
March 2012
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Shirley on Sheila. “Rites Of Spring “
February 2012
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Shirley on the domes just above the top out point of The Pillar Of Wisdom (Feb. 2012). “Jordan”
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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
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Shirley topping out on pitch 2 of Black Widow Hollow (Jan. 2012). “An Herbst And A Half”
December 2011
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Shirley topping out on pitch 5 of Honeycomb Chimney (Dec. 2011). “RR In & Out”
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Shirley leading the nice Across The Water (5.9) route on the Windfall Wall (Dec. 2011). “Across The Water “
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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
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Shirley nearing the end of the scenic traverse on pitch 4 of Dope Ninja (Nov. 2011). “El Potrero Chico”
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Shirley belaying me on pitch 2 of Fold Out (5.8) on Necromancer Wall (Nov. 2011). “Sundog “
October 2011
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Looking towards the Rockfellows Domes from Stronghold Dome (Oct. 2011). “October Laziness”
September 2011
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Not Idaho (September 2011). “Madagascar”
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Shirley nearing the top of pitch 2 of Beckey Direct (Sept. 2011). “Beckey Direct “
August 2011
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The spectacular south face of Yak Peak (Aug. 2011). “Yak Check “
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Shirley topping out on our pitch 4…and our highpoint for the day (Aug. 2011). “Top-oless On The Tusk”
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Shirley with our friends on the summit of Rooster Rock (Aug. 2011). “Rooster With Friends”
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Mount Gimli as seen from the approach hike (August 2011). “Mount Gimli”
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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”
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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!! 🙂 )
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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)
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Poser douchebag (Apr. 2011). “Red Rocks With Friends” (April 2011)
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Shirley warming up on her favorite Wildfire line on the Wildfire Wall (Apr. 2011). “Mazamas AR 2011” (April 2011)
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Shirley nearing the top of Hand Job (Apr. 2011). “Hand Job “ (April 2011)
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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”
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Shirley on the lower half of Moons Of Pluto (Feb. 2011). “Couple 2011 Winter Weekends In Smith”
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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].
