Photos by doubledare

This is a nice little roof on good, clean rock. Beautiful Oct. day in Pine Grove Furnace State Park.

Anna doing a traverse between Pole Steeple #1 and #2. Just for kicks.

This is a very easy climb at Pole Steeple, Pine Grove Furnace State Park. Great to bring your kids or beginner friends.

It's not the Gunks or anything but a nice little piece of rock for PA and you get a nice walk through the woods to boot. This is me leading The Nose at Pole Steeple.

My daugter Ashley and I have looked forward to this climb for a long time and waited until fall to do this climb just so the trees would be turning. We were the first ones on the route that day and started up the route when the sun was rising and there was still fog in the valley.

At the bottom of this crack you can stem off the back wall a little--I think that makes it easier than the 5.7 is the guide book.

This was the view from the gash on a rainy morning in late August. Weather report was bad but I had just flown from PA and was so eager to climb we walked up there anyway...."just in case." The weather reports were actually optimistic about afternoon showers. It was foggy in the dark and raining by sun up. There were a couple of breaks (such as the one in the photo) but the rock was too wet to get on it. Sharks Tooth was impressive though. It's very high on my hit list and will get it eventually. If you are interested in the climb, see this cool video at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1075043988470071538

This is a belay ledge shared by Gunsight to South Peak and Conn East. It can get busy there sometimes!

This is my daughter Ashley belaying me from the Alcoa ledge while climbing Conn East in late august, 2006.

This is my 15-year-old daughter Ashley finishing up Critter Crack, August, 2006.

so a climb called Banana is a natual for her. Anna actually had a little trouble with this climb--thew off-balance crux move near the top seemed a little stiff for a 5.6 when I led it but it's a nice warmup/approach for higher climbs such as Gunsight to South Peak.

This is Ashley and I the first day of our August, 2006, Seneca vacation after finishing Gunsight to South Peak.

The book says Traffic Jam is a popular route, but it's also on the rap route I used every day at Seneca and I never saw anyone climb it. After leading up Critter Crack I ended up very near the top of Traffic Jam so I set up a top rope and gave it a try with my daughter. Nice little climb.

The 5.6 route Batman and Robin heads up the obvious west slab and finishes with a juggy ascent to the summit.

The books says 4 pitches but my buddy Sean wrapped the first two into one pitch with very little rope drag--just kind of a tough hanging belay at the top. The ledge behind that big flake would have been better. I led the last two pitches and they turned out tougher than I thought since a sudden thunder storm turned the rock wet and snotty.

The Flyng Butress is the center most prominant rib on the northeast face of Mt. Meeker. It is to the southwest of the Ship's Prow and the East Face of Long's Peak. This is the view from Lumpy Ridge, on a clear August morning. I estimate the distance is about 10 miles as the crow flies.

This is Greg just getting started on the first pitch of the Flying Butress. The climb starts in a 5.8 crack that thins to a 5.9 crack and then eventually evaporates into a 5.10d face climb (20 feet between 2 fixed pitons).

We left the Long's Peak Trailhead at 4 A.M., took the Chasm Lake cutoff and began the ascent of The Loft before we threw off the packs and got ready for Flying Butress. The top right of this photo shows the Ship's Prow.

The climb starts on the first large ledge below the first section of vertical face. it's just above and to the right of center of this photo. 4th class scramble to that point. The infamous 5.9 roof is clearly visible just above skyline on p3 above the next obvious ledge.

me taking a breather on the large scenic ledge at the end of p3 on Flying Butress

Me getting ready to climb Sunday Morning at Chickies. It's about the only place I use that lame large yellow tricam!

I love this little climb--it was my first lead and I still love the rush of the little roof and the view of the river.

I took this photo from Humphrey's Head on the Fourth of July 2006. In this photo, male wearing red was belaying, female wearing black and white was leading on Gephardt-Dufty (5.8?) the longest route on the Southern Pillar.

Unknown climbers on Crack of Dawn July 4 2006. Female lead climber was wearing really loud psychadelic pants. if you can climb like that, you can wear any pants you want!

This is me belaying my daughter Ashley to the top of Humphrey's head. A nice 1-pitch 5.3 climb from the luncheon ledge. Easy climb with great exposure. A great introduction climb to Seneca.