Photos by stickyshoes

This has to be one of my favourite trad climbs so far, and what a beautiful line too.

Me in blue with Erin and Bill and the New York crew on the right. We had a great time. Too bad there were some fools throwing fire works in the bon fire.

An excellent climb which starts of with some crack leading to a cool dihedral with some powerful and technical moves to transition to pull a small roof up top. Well worth doing.

All the flowers were blooming and had vibrant colors. (June 4th 2006)

I passed this very small baby Rattle snake on the trail out. It was soo cool and small with a tiny rattle.

A burly 12c left of Presidents Day. First try got stumped. That's me in the green and the blue guy is on President's Day.

Great column climb, Devil Dog it's called. Lots of fun leading to a 12 something above. This was a cool climb for a first route and visit to the Grotto.

Back then this had been my first trad lead in some time. The climb was great but the pro really sketched me out and I was confident of only my stoppers and hexes.