Photos by ratherbe

Gmburns2000 takes the airy first step of P2.

Who says it's too hot to climb at Smith in August? We found the shade and some stellar climbs on Mesa Verde wall. Here I am tip toeing up Moons of Pluto, enjoying the views as well as the fun moves.

GO ready for the final pitch, the headwall of Frigid Air. Fingers, hands, knee bar... all kinds of jamming possibilities.

Ratherbe leading pitch 2 and smiling all the way during a nice relaxing afternoon.

Tim works out the moves on this 5.9+. Later he said he jumped up to do it thinking it was a 5.7 climb.

Just an example of the type of sucky climbs you find at Farley.

This felt harder this year than when I first led it late last summer. The difference between a summer of climbing and a winter of plastic perhaps.

One of my first J Tree lead climbs, Frosty Cone (5.7) offered a comforting amount of face holds around the crack.

This 5.7 was a great way to round out our week in J Tree. Many thanks to the party with the 70 meter rope for the rappel.

A better shot of the Frosty Cone line than the one I'm leading. I never did get the names of the leader shown here or her belayer.

Julius prepares to pull around the roof on this 5.7. The climb was burly, the descent was scary. Is that what makes is "classic"?

Bianca makes a strong start up the slabby climb in the second schoolhouse section of wall street. I like the perspective of this picture with towering walls above and blue sky.

Nothing but air up there. Here's Quinn setting out for the final few moves.

After the mind-blowing traverse from the belay station to the diving board, I pretend to be ready to keep climbing to the top.

Here's Quinn finishing up the very exposed traverse a few short moves from the top of the tower.

This is the view you're rewarded with when you've finished the chimney.

I've always heard it's important to start your day with a good breakfast! Nice climb on a crisp morning.

Outstanding climb! While I was finishing up this though, a miniature beagle (or some other small dog) was trying to free solo the climb to my right!

Jeremy doing it up with style. He finished off this 10d after a nearby party had to back down.

I thought it was great to only have climbed one pitch, but still get this view!

I was neatly tucked into the best notch and this was what I was forced to look at while belaying (a camelback makes for good padding to lean against)! Tough day.

The last 2 pitches of Standard Route go over these chickenheads, I couldn't resist going on lead for this.

We passed by Fortress Rock to get to Rappel Rock. This just showed me the multitude of climbing options on Mt. Lemmon. I need to go back.

We opted to climb this crack (Bender Axen) then link to Standard Route the rest of the way. Some exciting stuff!

I had fun following this 5.7 climb - up the right crack and the challenging traverse under the roof.