Fun route, even with the bees, severe rope drag and sketchy traverse! Oh and don't forget about the poison ivy that will show up a few days later.

Trace follows me up Ker Plunk. Fabulous route and great view. Shade was the name of the game this day.

Megan follows me up the aesthetic route Large Corner Girdle. Was my first lead of the route and quite enjoyable. We timed it almost perfectly, able to stay in the shade for most of the route, till the League of Doom rap station.

For her first multipitch climb, I took Allison up the League of Doom and then finished with the ultraclassic Spaceballs pitch. She loved it!!

Second pitch of League of doom features a hard 11 section of two underclings.

A little run out start on really easy climbing turned to this angled crack. Rope drag was....a drag, but the climb was very good as Lisa and I followed to clean and collect all that booty! We scored two pieces an awkardly easy to pull nut, and a frustrating #1 new style Rock Empire (being my first booty ever). I love me some booty!

Me on Old Number 7 on Lichen Wall in the Wichitas. Fourth trad climb...just followed/cleaned the route. A little slimy due to some mossy sections.

Me on Ker Plunk on Lichen Wall in the Wichitas. Third trad climb...just followed/cleaned the route. Nice slabby section!

Pic showing the "The Full Monty" route in the Narrows of the Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma. Route starts at the waterline and ends at the Kerplunk belay.

May 21, 2005. Here I am working on my first onsight of a trad 5.8. My spotter / belayer Topher looks on skeptically as I cautiously place my first piece of pro. What followed was a gruntfest till I turned the lip and fired in another piece. Next stop the chains.

My cousin Jason after he tops out Spaced. I lead the 1st and 3rd pitches and Topher got the 2nd. I think the short runout I did turing the first lip was more a head game than actually being dangerous. I am just not sure I could swim loaded down with all that gear. This was my fourth and fifth trad leads and my first onsite of a 5.8. The dried lichen on the wall did not inspire confidence. Space Balls looks awesome, we are going back for that one.

berkly sewing up the traverse for me - this one continues up the ramp on the left, with awesome over-water exposure (hence the name). We later learned that another second had taken a watery fall off the traverse, just skimming the top, earlier that weekend. Glad it wasn't me!

Berkly onsights ker plunk. Laid back climb on a laid back day. is that forty

Beth tries her hands at an interesting dirty crack. Features finger locks, hand jams, arm bars and a short section of chimney.

Pic by Luke or Okieterry right in the middle of the crux move of the route (2nd pitch) June 04. Belayer was Allison Brown. It was her first multpitch route!

Steep jughauling at its best - looking down Spaceballs, near the top of the Lichen Wall in the Narrows of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Julie and Matt at the League of Doom belay wondering how I managed to fall 6 inches from the top!