Photos by addiroids

This is that big slab in the back of the canyon as seen from Palm Springs. Jim Bridwell put up some routes there. It goes in the shade like at 2pm since it is so close to the big mountain. The granite is a bit greasy (not from climbers) but the routes on this slab are good. There are also some steep slick hard routes along the right wall. Not much is known about this place, but hopefully this will help.

Okay, so maybe I have sport climbed more than once. This is in the Black Corridor in Red Rocks. The route was really bad assed because of all the different features to it. I lead this onsight placing the draws my self. Aren't I a big boy!!

So this is more a pic of my tatoo than the route. I had to hang a bit on this, but it's sport climbing, so style and ethics are already compromised.

This is me and Chris at the 2001 PBC where it was raining and cold. I got to talk to him and play hackey sack with him for half an hour. He is a really mellow dude, and nice guy. But damn, can he climb!!!

This is Frank Sanders of the Devil's Tower Lodge (www.thedevilstowerlodge.com) kissing the summit register after soloing the Tower for the 1 millionth time. He is a great guy and really hospitable. He was a Valley denizen back in the 1970s when the PO Wall was still the hardest in the country.

This is when we arrived in the Valley after graduation and our 3 day trip to Devil's Tower. Some day I will climb this pitch.

This is just a beautiful picture from the top of Glacier Point. It just goes on forever. What a wonderful place.

A bit windy on the Column that day. There are some slow guys from Berkeley above us that ppt'd us bailing due to lost time waiting for them to get their asses in gear.

I just thought this was a cool pic because of the shadow on the rock at 6am. It was a fun jug, but I wish I had known about the Frog System.

This is my buddy belaying me on Left Ski Track. He is moving to Phoenix from Palm Springs soon, why, nobody knows. It's colder, hotter, crappier climbing, and farther from his grandson in LA than PSCA.

This will just be for the routes section. We went there just before I started medical school as a last trip of freedom.

This is the route Traitor Horn on Tahquitz Rock in SoCal. It is a fun 5.8 route that starts from the left, goes under the triangle, then up and over the horn to the right.

Most people take the left of the two parallel cracks. It makes for some fun 5.8 climbing. Be sure to bring a double length sling for the big horn on the second pitch called the Mummy Crack.

This was on my birthday at Tahquitz in 2001. I met this beautiful Brazilian girl that had just done Whodunit. She is beautiful and since I spoke Spanish, I was able to communicate (flirt) with her. She was climbing with Todd Gordon's ex girlfriend. When we did West Face of Leaning Tower in the Valley 2 weeks later, my belayer (Wallhammer) said he saw her again. I was leading and didn't see her, but we did talk. They bailed, but it sure would have been nice to share Awhanhee ledge with her.

This is a pic of a Japanese guy soloing Wet Denim Daydream. It sure shows how overhanging the wall is.

This is our wonderful anchor on W Face of LT on Awhanhee Ledge at the end of day 1. Organization is the key. Really this is organized, it's just a lot of gear.

So I lead 5 and 6 of West Face and Wallhammer says someone wants to pass us. I didn't like the idea, but when the dude cleaned the two pitches in like 15 minutes, I was cool with it. So this cute girl comes jugging up the haul like from Awhanhee Ledge and I'm like: "Are you Julie DeJesus (from Rampage bouldering video)?" and she's like: "Yes I am!" then I'm all: "You sure do look like yourself!" And she's all: "Thanks!" So I showed her how to haul and then Chris VanLueven (Spaz) came up and I belayed him on the next pitch.

We came across this sign in Red Rocks. What a beautiful sign, and what a strong sentiment it expresses.

This is the Mayor of Joshua Tree and "former" head of the Gordon Ranch. His room is all painted up now because he is getting married. Gandy from England painted the whole house and it looks really cool.

This is the way things were at the Gordon Ranch. There was a guidebook for every climbing spot in the entire USA and many interntional ones too. A climber's paradise!!

This is from the days when tube chocks preceeded Big Bros. It's amazing that technology actually produced a crappier thing than the original (aka Big Bros suck ass!).

This brilliant route in Red Rocks on Brownstone Wall ascends the right facing dihedral between the pillar on the left and the wall on the right. Get out the #5 boys and girls (and slide it 80 feet up this bitch placing crap behind it because your partner used the #3 and #4 in the anchor).

This is a common scene. Hard trad/wall climbers sitting around the table, pondering a game of Scrabble or Jenja. From left to right are: Raleigh, Tucker Tech, a dude, Larry (from Utah) Grant Hiskas, Linus (from Utah)

This is where it all started. We all had a ton of fun and met a lot of really great people. Hopefully this year will be just as good!! From L to R: rrrAdam, Sauron, Fo_d, Ann, Nikegirl, Addiroids, Hangerlessbolt. In the back are Meadors and i.Karen

So when I took a leave of absense, the first thing I did was go to Zion. This is my buddy from Nebraska leading P1 of Prodigal Son.