Climbing on the Chouinard Falls in late March 2005

Rappeling after Climbing to the top of Chouinard Falls.

Michele climbs a route on the left side of Chouinard Falls in Lee Vining Canyon.

Here is a close up after I finished following colonel clink. I'm beat!

Caveman route in Lee Vining as seen from the belay (in the ice cave). Jan 2003

This is me (Chukker) following up Colonel Clink, the leftmost line on the Chouinard Falls (WI3).

My friend, Janet, on an ice wall in Lee Vining.

this was taken on my regular ol' camera...but i scanned in the photos and then photoshopped 'em together...if i did well or poorly, please comment!

And I am not referring about the lynching of Yosemite rangers.

...lick the ice. So this is the ice version of me licking a biner chain on West Face of LT. However you can't lick ice tools, so I decided to lick the snow. Look at the protrusion of that lingual organ...any ideas ladies? :)

This is Bill on the approach. It actually turned out to be a good picture with the human subject centered and the walls of the canyon all drawing the eye down to the subject. Ain't I suffisticated and such?

I liked the picture of the cover of Alpinst 4 magazine, so I wanted to make my own version. Pretty hard core being taken in a motel in Lee Vining, but I do have a cut over my eye.

So this is what ice climbing is huh? I think I will stick to rock thankyouverymuch. The results of a long day on the Bard Harrington in Lee Vining.

So I broke trail on the last part of the approach, and low and behold, TWO CHARLET MOSER tools!!! Brand New!!!!!! Dude, this is the best booty of my life!

Ohh yeah, you had better bet I grabbed these...but alas, the rightful owner came up the approach 3 hours later complaining that this was supposed to be a rest day. I reluctantly told him they were in my pack. I barely got a thanks. But I DID do the right thing right? Ohh well, if I would have kept them, then I might have HAD to start ice climbing. Now I have an excuse to be a fair weather aids climber.

The falls were really in shape Feb 2004. Really fun for my first time on ice.

Bill on the approach. I just like this pic because it is so symmetrical.

Description: This is a shot of me leading Left Flow in Lee Vining Canyon, CA about in '96 or '97. The photo was taken by JD and it is my favorite shot of me on lead. This was probably my scariest lead ever as it was the hardest route that I ever led on ice and I did it in crappy conditions to boot. It was dinner-plate the whole way and my feet and my right axe popped while pulling the bulge. Nothing like hanging from one axe in a dinner-plate well above useless pro with continual spin-drifts in my face. The pro was amusing at best! This climb still haunts me a little! The photo was taken before I realized that I bit off a little more than I could chew. Notice the climber way off to the left following Spiral Staircase. I probably should crop the photo, but, oh well! Hope you enjoy!! -Jason

Robb delicately climbing through a thin curtain of ice on TR in Lee Vining Canyon - Main Wall.

Me leading a WI3 on the Chouinard Falls area of Lee Vining Canyon, California

Fun climbing on undisturbed thin/mixed terrain.A climber took a sizeable wipper above and right of us at the beginning of the pitch,& hurt his foot.Heard down the vine he's O.K. GLAD TO KNOW IT!

Rich points out the route recomended to us(spiral staircase),As Kendal leads the trail.

Here I am atop lee vinings north facing wall with visions of beers dancing in my head after a long hard day.

Rich gets a nut placed on the first pitch of the normally WI3 route,Spiral staircase.

On thin ice in Lee Vining