Photos by noshoesnoshirt

The morning before New Years Eve 2000, I woke with a terrible hangover. I trudged up towards the Outrage wall to photo some friends on a long route, when these two guys climbed the spire. The wanker on top wouldn't stand up for the picture. Later I threw up and slept through New Years.

Stupid gal in an SUV decided to make a rather ill-timed left turn in front of my motorcycle. Now I get to set off the metal detectors in airports.

Post climb, enjoying the view. You can clearly see Mono Lake and hwy 120 in the background. What you can't see is the tallboy can of King Cobra in Jon's fist.

"EXPERIENCE ZION ON OUR BIG SCREEN". For the tourist not only too lazy to get their large spongy butt outta the car, but too lazy to even drive through the dang park. Pay your money and watch the movie. Cripes.

Kris convinced me and Mark it would be a good idea to hump big packs fifteen miles into the Weminuche wilderness area, to a rarely-climbed formation. We busted out what I think is the 2nd route on this cool face. Maybe a thousand feet, took two days, topped out in hail, lightning, and a cold heavy downpour. The descent was incredible, steep and wet. The growth in the narrow canyon was lush as a jungle. Kris dubbed it "The Pinkest Taco". *Comments edited to not make it sound like we did the 2nd ascent of original route, but rather a 2nd new route on the formation.

Pretty lifelike eh? this sucker's about 10' tall on colorful S.E. sandstone. Not only does this image sport a halo, but you can make out the ab muscles and a nutsack. I'd tell you where it is but then i'd have to kill you.

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rusty bolt, 3/8" carbon steel 5-piece originally placed in soft sandstone, replaced with 1/2" carbon steel 5-piece.

Another beautiful sunrise in Joshua Tree. I was only there for two days, and man, that just ain't long enough. Is this 40 characters yet?

back when i actually climbed a bit and didn't run a dang computer all day. somebody slap me or somethin'; they're about to offer me salary. is that 40 characters yet?

nothin' like a cold one at the end of a hard day pioneering new boulder problems in some obscure area visited only by redneck hunters and an in-the-know-local. is that 40 characters yet?

Steep climbing in the Ozarks. The original line on the Feast wall, and still one of the best sport routes in the state. (5.12b?)

Awesome Yosemite style splitter tips crack in a gently overhanging open book (5.12c?). Boat in from the bottom or rap in from the top, and watch the fishermen quietly shake their heads. Robert White (of Paco's Tacos fame) climbing, Mike Reynolds belaying, photo by me.

(OK, I know it's a crappy slide, but it's old and lucky to still exist) Another rest day at Pete's, and we hadn't even started drinking yet. After we got tired of throwing rocks at a can of tuna and balancing parking cones on our chins, we found an old steering wheel and decided to see if we could set it on a post then stand on top of it. It really sucked when your leg shot through the wheel and the wheel slid down the post. That's Jamie at the wheel. Photo by Kerry

One of the many boulders scattered in the West Fork area. Short, enjoyable limestone makes for enjoyable breaks from the real world.

sweet sandstone arete (although the angle looks like a face), 5.11 something. fuji velvia on a very sunny day; nice saturation and a cool move to boot.

one of the finest cracks in the state. parallel-sided, 45 degrees, off-hands. approximately 25' tall, with a suicidal top-out (undone). a couple of cams and a case of beer, anyone? p.s. scanned photo, missed the dang hair.

That's me climbing, photo by Zen. I put this up the weekend Jupiter was getting pummeled with comet fragments. Interesting slab start to steep pulls on bullet hard southern sandstone.

Dawn outside of vegas. We were trying to do a long route with three people. My partners would not be rousted before daylight. As a result, we caught a beautiful cloudbreak/sunrise over the range. Dawn outside of vegas.