Photos by qpang

This was a great trip, and Heather got in her very first leads

This is a shot of Steve seconding Blind Date.

went out for an afternoon of climbing. Headed to Barrier originally, but there was a million cars there. Wasootch parking lot also very full. So we went to Porcupine Creek and had the whole place to ourselves. Some pretty good climbing there if you want to escape the crowds.

Climbed Grotto Falls, then set up a top rope to do a few laps on a steep section that doesn't quite top out anymore due to melting....about two meters up I put my axe directly into the middle of my rope!! nice shot....don't think I could do that again if I tried. Good thing I sharpened my pics the other day so it would cut better.....crap......

This is Chris from Banff Finishing off pitch 4 on Professor Falls.

This is Chris from Banff just reaching the top of pitch two on Professor Falls.

This is me leading the first pitch on Professor Falls. Awesome day for climbing it was about -5 the ice was good and steep!!

Awesome climbing on Professor Falls. If you want some nice ice check out Professor's near Banff....fun times!!

The middle section of the falls had water running down, and it created some pretty cool formations, along with a very musical sound. The picture doesn't really do it justice. I'm not sure exactly how horizontal icicles form.

This is a shot of EVan-Thomas Creek, you can see Moonlight, Snowline, and 2 low 4 zero (from left to right)

I took this picture of a couple climbers finishing the top pitch on snowline.

This is Heather and I on our first day at Red Rocks just getting ready to head down to the Black Corridor.

I took a picture of this walking into second pullout because I thought it looked like some kind of crazy fingerboard. Some pretty cool formations in Red Rocks.

This is an overview of Pine Creek on our hike into Cat in the Hat. The climb goes up the South face (left side) of the center peak in the photo.

This shot was taken shortly after leaving the parking lot headed up to Yam to climb Grillmair. It's a long hike in, but well worth the effort.

This is Dave as we get ready to start the second pitch on Grillmair. It kept threatening to rain, but in the end the weather decided to cooperate, and it turned oiut to be a great day for climbing.

After climbing Grillmair's Chimneys we were hiking back to the parking lot and I got this picture with the last shot on my camera. It was a nice end to a great day of climbing.

This is Heather heading down the final Rappel off Cat in the Hat.

Dave and I took a breather at the top of pitch 5. It's funny, from the ground it doesn't look all that high, yet 3 hours and 5 pitches later, it still looks almost as far to the top as it did when we started.

When I took this picture I was just trying to get some perspective of the height by showing the ground down below, and for some reason everything up close came out bright and colorful, and all of the background is all grey. It was by accident, but I thought it made a pretty cool effect.

This is a shot of me leading the final pitch on Grillmair's Chimneys. Pretty cool climb.

This is Dave topping out of the chimney. It's pretty cool when you come out of the dark chimney through that little hole, and all of a sudden you find yourself on flat ground at the top. I was cursing the shoes attached to the back of my harness a little as a climbed out. It's a pretty tight squeeze and I almost got stuck for a minute.

This is me enjoying the view from the top of Yam after climbing Grillmair.

This is a look at Yamnuska from the top.

I took this photo from the airplane as I was flying to Red Rocks Nevada. I thought it looked pretty cool sticking up through the clouds.