Me not using feet on the wall and getting horizontal

"Can we borrow your guidebook?" The bottom area of this route can be tricky since it seems you should start left and then go right, or vice versa :) When you get up to the huge ledge (above the small ledge) you have two crack type choices i) left using a large and well polished off-width or ii) right up a finger/hand crack. The off-width is probably harder than 5.8 (at least for me) if you limit yourself to it. Use the broken face on the left for left foot and left hand.

Clipped the bolt at the first crux of critical mass. The secound crux right after it was harder but there is a good rest in between them.

April leading "sheer energy" on the Red Wall. A fun route with a couple short crack moves to face climbing with small but positive holds. You can also link this route with the second pitch of sheer stress by skipping the anchor and heading right into a crack system.

summer '04; eric and i swapped leads; pic taken from the 1st belay.

This is my favorite route on the Red Wall. Thanks to Michael for taking the shot!

It is not complete yet, but soon! And no the cat did not pee on the rope. I need to start on getting trad gear, and some draws

thomas T dog has learned a knew trade, Trad Climbing thomas purchased this rack for telwve of his most favorit bones all of them were stripped of meat before the trade you might call thomas a jack of all trades or... a dog of all climbing

thomas sure like hiws optimum power, thats his climbing fuel and power treats ,shake thomas!

We finished tearing down in the nick of time to watch the sunset and fumble our way down in the dark.

eyeing the drop just under the lip near the anchors.

Sherry's amazing rope throw that landed in the branches of the closest tree...10 minutes later we were able to begin the climbing.

Another for the ugly/dorky photo files. Stick that booty out!

Vern S. intently focusing on the large incut above the first bolt on Closet Nazi, an excellent route on the Berlin Wall at Broughton Bluff.

This is a fun little mixed climb at Broughton called Sheer Energy. It's a 10a, and more cryptic than pumpy. A couple of odd moves make it more challenging, but a great warm-up climb.

A local broughton route rated 10a. A fun climb, given a 3-star rating by the Portland Rock Climbs book. The crux is the first 15 ft of climbing in the crack in a dihedral. On the Red Wall. This is my wife Erica just before the anchors.

This photo shows a few climbs... Most noticeable is the "red eye" at the left of the black streak, which is on the first pitch of Red Eye (5.10c). Bottom left crack is the top of Classic Crack (5.9+). The roped climb is Critical Mass (5.11c).

Once you figure out the foot beta this one is pretty easy. I had to pose for Nick's camera on the start because I really like the rock. It is a nice solid basalt with a cool red-orange tint.

Kevin climbing an awesome finger crack in Columbia River Gorge. This is a good place to climb in the winter due to the overhanging nature of the rock.

a shot of 'classic crack'

rapping after toping out on edges and ledges 5.8 broughton

north face climbing area at broughton bluff