Taking a quick break after completing one of my first Bouldering Problems

Getting a view of slicksides from more of a climbers stand points... wouldnt be nearly as hard if the walls wernt as smooth as glass...

This is me (Brian) on an attempt of Slicksides, at Taylors Falls, 5.9+. Very well named, for this climb had absolotely no room for smearing. Fun route though, could be bouldered with a mat.

coming out onto the overhang your body is almost fully horizontal which adds to the enjoyment

Finally made this climb, its only about 25 ft but before this time had given me many troubles

This is Luke climbing B-52 out at Taylors Falls. This is a good problem. Neither Luke or I topped out on it, but we got most of the way. The crux is 6 feet of smooth rock 12 feet off the deck with only two small crimpers for holds. We highly recomend this problem to anyone in Taylors Falls.

My friend took this picture after we had just climbed for 8 hours already. We were both pretty tired, and were just having fun trying some new routes and messing around. We had set up a hammock by the problems we were working on and we took turns taking pictures and resting and trying the routes. This was a prety fun problem. After the move in the picture, it got pretty hard, but it was cool.

This is a photo of a problem me and a friend found on the way back to our campsite. it was easy, but fun after a hard day of tough climbs. If you find it its worth doing. it only takes a few minutes to figure it out.

This is me on an overhang about 10 feet off the deck, it's a fun problem with not too bad a landing. It's in the Boneyards area, it's pretty interesting if you make the tree pockets (one of which my foot is in) off limits.

This is the sickest place to climb (literally sick) I'm above this nasty pothole filled with sick, nasty water. Ben took this photo at great risk to falling into the pothole, which would have ruined the whole trip. We decided it would be better to do it without shoes in case we fell. there's a monster ledge for your hands about 7 feet above the water so it's unlikely you'll fall, but nevertheless, it's a crazy feeling climbing there and hearing the guy taking the shot say: "Just a sec, stay there a little longer..." and then your fingers start to slip...

This is a picture of my brother John. He is the only one of us to send this route that day. My friend karl had to draw a picture for art class. He asked me for a picture of rock climbing. He sketched a poster sized picture of my brother and gave it to him for his birthday.

Another "old fart" bouldering picture. Actually, folks would normally use a rope for this back in the day, but with the new bouldering pads, it is now probably just another 25 foot highball.

I don't have my book handy, but this is on the Wisc. side off the pothole trail