Photos by spyderthejoker

Fun Route. A local classic from what I understand. I am just starting to develope my trad climbing, so it's nice to have such a perfect crack to play on. There is one little crux at the top. Nothing too hard, but it did make me chalk my hands (you can see a lot of protection up there).

This is a second run up The Ramp after leading it. I just wanted to find a better way to do the top half.

Finaly got a real rack after not climbing for like 6 years. Can't wait to hit up everything in SD. Then move on to Joshua Tree now that I'm in Cali. I have an ATC too, but it's on my friends sling right now.

This is a cool shot taken through a giant crack in a boulder at Middle earth in Mission Gorge. You can see the nice cliffs on the other side of the Gorge that you are not allowed to climb on.

This is a great place to spend the weekend if you enjoy the outdoors. Parson's Landing is a small campground/beach that is 2 miles from anything. Boat-in or pack-in.

When I was down in Mexico over the summer I got this awsome picture of the beach at Tulum with an Iguana on the Rock in the bottom left hand corner. He is a little hard to see at first, but believe me. You don't have any trouble seeing them at Tulum. There are a million of them. But more importantly the climbing there was great.

My name is Styder. I love climbing in San Diego. When I found out that there was a cliff here called Middle Earth I knew I had to check it out. After spending some time there I learned that there was a rout that held my very name. With an (i) instead of a (y). So I set out to climb it. So here I am. Stryder climbing Strider Face.