This was my (Thomer) first 5.10c climb, let alone leading it. Reaching the first bolt over the roof and getting through the final bolt to the anchors were the cruxes.

This is my wife Elisa on an early ascent of Vantage Point. The photo was taken from the ledge that forms the belay for Hakuna Matata.

My favorite part about belaying at power house is jumping off the edge.

Rose working on powerpuff, her hardest lead to date.

Luke giving it hell on Hakuna Matata.

Duress is reached from the top of Under Duress (5.8). With a 60m rope, the two can be climbed as one pitch.

Party in your Pants is a Vantage area classic double crack that eats all the gear you want to give it.

Climbers on 3 adjacent routes keep each other entertained.

This was a beautiful day in february. In front of the sunshine wall, at The Frenchman Coulee.

My first 10a trad lead clean. Woohoo! Peace, Goran.

Cliff and I @ Vantage. Cliff loves Kurt Russel more than a friend.

this is me looking over at the winter walk wall from the trail to the sunshine wall.

Placing a small wire near the starrt of the route.

This was my first 5.10 trad lead (12/22/2004). I finally got my self enough cams to sew it up proper. Air guitar is a very nice climb. The brass memorial at the anchors is a little spooky though. I used the newly found interval mode on my camera and a tripod to capture the shot.

The resident flock of pigeons occasionally leave little gifts on the routes, but make an interesting backdrop for a butt shot.

Here I am fondeling my band new rope...kinda looks like a n00b askin, "What do I tie in this? And what is all this Krap hangin on my shoulder?"

thanx for the pic T

Here Hangerlessbolt is teaching me some Trad. We Top Roped this route (10a for a trad go, first time, I am a freak) and then I would go up and set the pieces and Robert came behind to check out the placements and such.

Was pretty cool, a fun route too....I will get to the top next time, and not just 10 feet away:)

Pic by nikegirl

Here Bobbi and I are watchign Robert show us some other important steps to figureing out placements and such.

This was my first time to really play with Trad gear and learn soemthing. Most do it again, Thanx Robert

pic by nikegirl

This is Rob Koehn climbing at Fenchman's Coulee near Vantage, WA. This area is better known for the Gorge at George concert venue but there is also some decent climbing nearby.

Next to Party in Your Pants

all climbing styles except slab

This is a pic of me right befor i took my first lead fall and it scared the **** out of me lol but here i am resting right before it.

When me and my friends got back from our climbing trip i was showing my friends dad the pics and when he say this the first thing he said is i was posing and we all thought it was funny because i really wasnt. (5.10b)

I fall a little after this clip, but at least the view is nice.