Photos by dbrayack

My friend Mike and I met a group of beautiful ladies from Colorado. We watched as the played on the desperate "Mushroom Roof"

A boulderer sets up for the first crux of Mousie Adame (V7) at Heuco Tanks. I almost biffed it bad getting this photo set. I was soloing up the wall, when a hole broke. Thankfully I landed on the one dude who padded my landing! Nikon D70, 10.5mm fisheye

Mike Kelly sets up for the first crux of Mousie Adame (V7) at Heuco Tanks. Nikon D70, 10.5mm fisheye

A boulderer sets up for the first crux of Mousie Adame (V7) at Heuco Tanks. I almost biffed it bad getting this photo set. I was soloing up the wall, when a hole broke. Thankfully I landed on the one dude who padded my landing! Nikon D70, 10.5mm fisheye

A climber enjoying the beautiful November sun on Moby's Dick (V3) at Tilted Tree. I've always talked crap on this problem, but then I started doing it and realized how cool it is! Maybe I'm just becoming more of a bouldered and less of a sport climber. Lens is Nikon 50mm F1.4 (shooting at F2), Filter is 81a, camera is Nikon D70. Photo by Bill Bauer

Another classic clean face at Cooper's Rock State Forest, Northern West Virginia.

A climber sending the beautiful, proud overhanging "PC7" at Cooper's Rock State Forest, West Virginia.

Tim starting his project roof at Cooper's Rock. This problem will probably settle in around V7 or V8. Bad holds seperated by big reaches....quite awesome watching Tim climbing it. Cooper's Rock, WV

Everytime we come out to Whipperwill to water boulder, we try this arete. Its 11d in the guide, but with wet shoes, heel-hooking/toe hooking the crux is pretty hard, its a great route, and its high enough, that when you blow it in the precarious "crux" position, you come flying off crazily!

The crappies rigging of my life....not the rigging itself, but rigging it, well actually getting to where I needed to be to rig it. There was no way around it, 15 feet of thick, nasty green briar, and it really hurt, considering I was wearing swim shorts and no shirt! DOH! Tim Keenan "Water Boulder" at Whipperwill, Summersville Lake, WV.

The crappies rigging of my life....not the rigging itself, but rigging it, well actually getting to where I needed to be to rig it. There was no way around it, 15 feet of thick, nasty green briar, and it really hurt, considering I was wearing swim shorts and no shirt! DOH! Tim Keenan "Water Boulder" at Whipperwill, Summersville Lake, WV.

The crappies rigging of my life....not the rigging itself, but rigging it, well actually getting to where I needed to be to rig it. There was no way around it, 15 feet of thick, nasty green briar, and it really hurt, considering I was wearing swim shorts and no shirt! DOH! Tim Keenan "Water Boulder" at Whipperwill, Summersville Lake, WV.

"Dan, there's no holds here" -Tim, "Just throw for something, it'll make a good shot" -Dan...Tim Keenan "Water Boulder" at Whipperwill, Summersville Lake, WV.

A climber styling on MENSA (5.11d.5.12a) at Beauty Mountain, New River Gorge, West Virginia. You're classic New River Gorge crux, good small holds seperated by long reaches.

A climber placing gear on the elegant and super classic Triple S (5.8), Seneca Rocks West Virginia

A climber on a super highball, the Four Ton Mantis (V3/4?) at Cooper's Rock. The crux is at the 15 foot mark with another hard move at the 25 foot mark. Did I mention that it's slab?

A great day for climbing, but a terrible day for photos. Direct sun, coming through trees. This is the only spot on the whole route that I could get a shot, But I think that it looks really cool with the trees, it really highlights the climber. Mac on Black and Tan (5.10a), New River Gorge, West Virginia. You see that booty nut? After hammering on it for a few minutes, it now resides on my booty rack :).

A climber running it out over the crux on Team Jesus (5.10a/b) at Junkyard, New River Gorge, West Virginia. 50mm F1.4 Digital.

A beautiful climber on an awesome route at Red River Gorge, Kentucky. Lens is Nikon 35mm F2, Digital.

Lesley Styling on Crazy Fingers at Red River Gorge, Kentucky. I have been looking at a lot of Mshore's photos and have been inspired to start trying to immitate, what I am sure he is doing with (real)filters,(I am doing) in photoshop. The apperature "focus" is real, of course, but I underexposed one stop and then worked with the contrast in photoshop to brodden the contrast range, since digital has a much narrower contrast between white and black than film and slide (so i hear). I'm just an amateur inspired by a really good photographer.

Vicky on the Green Block Test Piece (V5). A candidate guidebook shot. And she is 14, so I dont want to have any crude comments on this photo or I'll pull it again!! Cooper's Rock, WV

Vicky shows the boys how its done on Helicopter (V5), a boulder problem that is right on the main trail, yet few know of its existance.

They drug me kicking and screaming...I said "but they're aren't any sport climbs up there, and we drove 5 hours to get here", but then I saw the two beautiiful cracks, arachnid and africa...and all of a sudden life was good again. Tower Rock, Red River Gorge Kentucky. Photo by: Adam Whistoff

Tom McConnel on Africa (5.9), an awesome, full on jam crack at Tower Rock, Red River Gorge Kentucky. Nice flash dude!

Tom McConnel on Africa (5.9), an awesome, full on jam crack at Tower Rock, Red River Gorge Kentucky. Nice flash dude!