Photos by glyrocks

This pretty much sums up my climbing days lately.

lots of hardware and lots of dollars make new heels

bad cams, polished slab, and boulders 20 feet below can trash a wrist and, apparently, a back in a hurry

just trucking along, out on the open road.

Jesse Lile and Dylan Hettinger sunbathing on Mt. Washington, NH. We didn't want tan lines, so the rest came off a few minutes later when the wind picked up. March 2001.

Aaron Billings concentrating on his gear. May 2005.

Aaron Billings looking a little suspicious on another Ship Rock route. April 2005.

Aaron Billings taking care of some rope management nearing the top of Paradise. May 2005.

Dylan Hettinger racking some screws just in case my belayer lets me climb. She was right... at least about climbing that day. Photo by Jim West (www.jwestproductions.com).

Looking a little overwhelmed as the sun sets, the winds pick up, and Jim asks how to belay. Photo by Jim West (www.jwestproductions.com).

Jesse Lile making the first ascent on an unnamed WI3. Not sure about the border... trying it out. Photo by Jeremy Kilday, Jan. 2005.

Dylan Hettinger on the first ascent of Recklessness WI4. Lots of stubbies... Photo by Jeremy Kilday, Jan. 2005.

Dylan Hettinger looking focused on the first ascent of Recklessness WI4. Photo by Jeremy Kilday, Jan. 2005.

Dylan Hettinger on the first ascent of Recklessness WI4. Still looking focused. Photo by Jeremy Kilday, Jan. 2005.

Josh pulling the cam and getting pysched to pull the worm move aka the pancake move, aka why-am-i-climbing-this move). A great move really, once it's done anyway. April 2005.

Josh pulling the death squirm up to the belay. I hate this move with a passion usually reserved only for bouldering. April 2005.

Josh getting off Hindu Kush Direct. Direct is definitely the way to go: way cooler moves and less of that damn traverse. April 2005.

Josh on the FA of Head Control. About 5.8 with gear you could hang a bus on and exposure that'll make you cry. (Apparently it wasn't an FA after all. Whatever hatas.) April 2005. p.s. Yea, the photo sucks, was actually paying more attention to belaying.

Keith looking above the abyss for a sketchy placement on the opening moves of Granola. April 2005.

Josh taking a short fall off the first pitch of BOG Man. April 2005.

Keith looking into the abyss for a placement on the opening moves Granola. April 2005.

Aaron Billings reaching the top of pitch 3. March 2005.

Josh pretending like he's on belay. March 2005.

Chomping on some trail mix after running up Pinnacle Gully. Jan. 2005.

On the summit of something near Mt. Washington. Despite what it looks like, we were only out for a day on Mt. Washington, not six weeks on Denali. Jan. 2005.