Devil Knows the Details

I've been working with the petrala crew in getting a climbing film together and wanted to do something with Michael. We had been concentrating on bouldering in Joshua Tree when Michael mentioned a boulder he thought might be a good one to shoot. It wasn't until we walked over to check out this first ascent he had done that I realized his idea of a "highball" was a bit different than ours! Michael calls it "The Devil Knows the Details" and even with gear it's a bold lead, as a solo, it's a classic all of it's own. A few months later, I wandered the desert with him as he soloed 1,000 routes in 30 days, but that's a story for another day. (Photo by: Damon Corso)