The sky smiled on Rob and I at that moment. We knew it was going to be a good day. Rob Ailshie. Photograph by Shawn Waxler

This is the sun as it rose on our approach to Lamb's Slide where we would eventually sent the summit via the Notch Couloir.

Keith pushing a 5.7 piece. There are a couple of fixed piton's here. If we had prepared for a fast ascent more properly we would have taken Twight's advice and brought some aiders to go quickly past this rock piece without having to put rock shoes on, especially in the 40 degree F notch.

Keith took this picture of Nick on the Lamb's Slide. We were off to a great start and, after this section of the climb, were attempting to summit Long's Peak via Alexander Chimney. Even though I look like I'm just "cruisin" here, this is pretty much rock alley at this point, and we're dodging stones the size of a fist, which of course, were hailed down upon us from the mountain gods.

after enjoying perfect weather for an accent of Alexander's chimney, thick clouds rolled in making the decent some what scary. We followed tracks and the trail back down to tree line and then got lost, swimming and post hole-ing by compass through the woods almost a mile, ending up in goblin's forest. April 23, 2006.

This is longs peak from my house. It is the first this I see when I leave in the morning, I can check conditions by walking outside. I hope that was 40 characters.

Rick Witting following the second pitch of Alexanders Chimney on the lower east face of Longs Peak. Photo by Jay Eggleston

This my Friend Jeremy leading pitch one on the cable route. It was covered in ice when we did it in Mid september.

Jeremy Leading the second half a pitch one only 5.4 but it felt a lot harder in hiking boots without crampons.

Here is me and scott waiting at the base of pitch one. The backround is facing towards the key hole and key hole ridge

My head's not really that pointy, it's my hat, I promise

This is a lake you pass on longs peak, I want to say it's mystic lake, but I can't remember for sure, I went up August of 2005 and it was fun, but crowded.

Arrived at the boulder field at daybreak on 8/26/02. The wife and I scrambled up the Keyhole route with dozens of other parties on a perfect weather day.

This photo was taken on the top of Lady Washington after a spring traning hike. I also wanted to recon the east face to see If an accent of Kieners was possible. I decided it would be a good idea to wait. The frequency of the slides was amazing. One of these would fall off somewhere about every 45 seconds. It looks small, but that slide is almost 200ft wide.

Jonny P. traversing on the the beginning of broadway. His red Helmut is visible if you follow a little ways past the tracks. Oct, 2005

Pic of me rapping Cables. Long day back in '98. Coming off of D7 and summit.

In all it's glory... A sunrise view from the trail up to Chasm Lake.

This was my first ice climb. Tim (pictured) was basically guiding me up this. We were gonna do Kiener's, but a late start combined with fresh snow on the route meant we ended up going all the way back down Lamb's Slide.

This is a photo of my wife as we were entering the boulder fields just below Longs Peak. The wind was unbelievable 60-80mph and in our face the entire climb.

This photo was taken from just under the Keyhole looking back through the Boulder field. This was such a fun hike. It was like walking on the moon.

A close-up of the Crazy Train area on the lower East Face of Long's. CT on the right. Wrecking Ball on the left.

This picture was taken in mid-October in 2000. Sometimes it's in, sometimes it's not.

After all the hype I'd heard about the Long's Peak trail, I didn't think I would be impressed. "If so many people do it, it can't be that tough", I thought. On the contrary, the whole trip was thrilling. The second half turned out to be more of a climb than a hike...a climb with tremendous exposure to boot. It was a long but unforgettable day. This is a picure of my brothers, and my cousin, and I. I took the picture with the help of a rock serving as a tripod.

From Martha the face looms in a magnified and threatening form, quivering a brief sense of fear to shake the climber. Beth, wife, says its way dramitic, a wannybe writer. Doh!

The Climbs above South Broadway to SE Ridge, the Upper East face. Teeter Totter Pillar, to the left of the Notch Couloir and Zumie's Thumb is the prick along the left skyline. Pentax 3M Digital