Photos by scramblingsue

top roping ice at 215 in NC

my first time on ice top roping at 215 in NC

Attempting my first 5.9 on The Red Wall - The Opinionated at Crowder's Mtn. in Gastonia, NC I'm a big wuss! I could've made this climb! I mentally freaked and begged to be lowered.

The Flat Irons at Chautauqua in Boulder, Colorado

scrambling at Chautauqua Park in Boulder, Colorado on house-sized boulders

Indoor climbing at Stronghold Athletic Club in Columbia, SC

Climbing indoor at Stronghold Athletic Club in Columbia, SC

scrambling up to Bishop Peak in CA

scrambling at Bishop Peak, CA

bouldering at Rumbling Bald, NC

bouldering at Rumbling Bald, NC

my very first outdoor top-rope experience :) on 9/22/07 single pitch top-rope with a guide from Fox Mountain Guides

first top-rope outside on 9/2207 in NC at Rumbling Bald

this was my first multi-pitch climb...my 2nd outdoor climb at Looking Glass, NC...this was my view down from the top of the 2nd pitch at 200 feet

my first multi-pitch climb ever! at the top of the 2nd pitch

the view from the 2nd pitch at Looking Glass on the Nose 10/13/07

me on Left Up on 11/11/07

me going up Frosted Flake on 11/10/07

getting up Frosted Flake 11/10/07; 5.9; this was a pumpy climb for me, but i loved it, nonetheless

rappelling from the 2nd pitch

starting up the first pitch 1/12/08 (learning to second and clean gear)

top roping Fat Dog - fun climb

first time climbing the chimney - 2nd pitch of Fruit Loops with Fox Mountain Guides 3/1/08

skydiving with friends I met off rockclimbing.com after a weekend of climbing