Photos by yanqui

Tim wants to check out the new 5.10c

Mariano Maceri climbs 'Como nene con un juguete nuevo' one of the several quality 5.10 face climbs on Torres Gemelas in Cordoba's La Ola.

Gaby Cendoya belays Mariano Maceri on 'Merece un buen nombre', one of several excellent 5.10 face climbs on the Torres Gemalas in the Sierras of Cordoba.

Foot massage is one of the more enjoyable 10a's in the La Ola area. But actually the route is fairly juggy, so why does it get called 'Foot Massage'?

Gaby Cendoya on the crux underclings in a top rope ascent of the 5.10d jug haul 'There is no spoon'.

A 10 foot roof followed by a short, juggy, 20 degree overhanging headwall, just may make Trinity the most fun 4 bolt 5.11c in the world.

Neo: Trinity? The Trinity? The Trinity that cracked the I.R.S. Kansas City D-Base? I just thought... you were a guy. Trinity: Most guys do.

Cecilia Jane Bratten and our dog Rubio, styling out, at the base of the low boulders, in Balcarce.

El Pato is one of the great new bouldering areas in Sierra de los Padres. You have to walk a bit to get there, but the reward is more isolation and less litter. Here we see the 3 year-old Cecilia Jane Bratten practising her campus technique on an endurance, low-ball traverse problem.

Have a cookie is yet another short but sweet Balcarce 5.10, this time with bomber horizontal hand jams and great cam placements.

Tim Bratten (code name yanqui) on a V2 boulder at Techos de Mierde in Balcarce. The problem sit starts on the chalked holds down and right and heel hooks to the top.

Tim Bratten (code name: yanqui) making faces on a V2 boulder problem at Techos de mierda in Balcarce.

Tim Bratten (yanqui), in profile, cranking the easy top out moves of a great V3 boulder at Techos de mierda in Balcarce.

For all you noobs out there, Tim Bratten (yanqui) demonstrates correct chalk bag positioning for a sketched boulderer working to send a roofy V4 lowball, at Techos de mierda in Balcarce.

Tim Bratten (code name: yanqui) with his daughter Cecilia and her friend Rafael on their way to do some climbing.

Pastelito playing on a V4 variation to some other stuff we'd already done. Later, he'll be heel hooking that left hand hold he's got, and use that to crank to a jug.

Mariano Maceri makes short shrift of Cell block left while my dog Rubio fills in with his impressive imitation of my missing Mad Rock crash pad

Gabriela Cendoya (code name: labarrosa) enjoys the Ready Arete, a fun 5.9 situated on Sierra La Barrosa.

Tim Bratten (code name: yanqui) showing the kids he can still finagle his way up a thing or two, as he prepares to send the bouldery crux of his 5.11d route North American Invasion.

Juancho ends his first attempt on the bouldery roof of Morsa's Big Swing (5.12a). Just as you manage the iron cross reach to crimpers over the roof, your feet wanna to cut out. If you let them cut out a bit too hard, here's what happens.

Juancho showing his considerable strength by redpointing the Morsa's Big Swing (5.12a) on his second go.

Pastelito (Luciano) cleaned up this one just because it looked so pretty. Here he is enjoying the fruits of his labor. With a bit more cleaning, the face below could be home to several more V0 problems.

Juancho loosens up on V0 pump love while the rest of the guys work on loosening up their faces and tongues. So important for cutting-edge bouldering.

Ruben 'Mishi' Molina, the 2005 Sierra de los Padres Festival de Boulder champion climbing hard to send the V8 boulder problem, Asperix on La Barrosa.

The second of three photos of Juancho cruising up Baby Boom. Here he gets to the business on the exciting exit roof.