Photos by scottcody

The Dude (aka Westley) busting serious action of the North Ridge traverse. This route follows the heinous and loose knife-edge north ridge of choss couch. This is a daring line for all but the most serious alpinists, as it subjects the climber to 3ft of wicked vertical exposure across the back side and barely any worth while pro. The photo was take from the news chopper that filmed the historic climb.

This is a pic of my brother on the way to climb spearhead. If it weren't for the damn pika's it would have been a good trip. Their damage will be the next pic!

...or so we thought, being our first trip into RMNP, we didn't know we still had another 1.5hrs and a 1000 vertical feet left to go! DOH The north ridge roughly follows the sun/shade line up the formation.

Litte did I know as I took this picture that a group of climbers had been sturck by lightening just hours before. The ensueing rescue was one of the largest the park has executed, and can be read about here http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/09/0917_030917_tetonrescue.html

This is my home wall in Richardson, TX. I am looking for other folks that have home walls in the Dallas area. In lieu on a "real" climbing out here, I'd like to start and artifical "circuit". My info is on the this site. later