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Fresh after my best friends wedding we headed down to Summersville for some deep water soloing.

Sandrine climbing "The Maypole", a very good circular traverse passing through the west cave.

jakob montoya going for it on an unnamed 45ft line on a quarry in concord, NH nothing but water below

i climbed this line at a concord NH quarry almost 10 years ago...i went back and repeated it yesterday...this is a shot of my boy jakob on the same rt, just before he broke a hold and took a 25 ft fall down in to the deep water...

About 15ft. up or so, on a big blocky jug-haul on N. Baldwin cove's boulder. Pace Bend Park, Spicewood, TX.

Tom about to top out on his notorious route Backslapper, the route which he named shortly after he had one from the 10m mark! Heh heh.

Not a bad way to finish off the year, Tom about to tackle the crux during our trip to Backslapper Wall in the holidays just after Christmas.

This was my son Jason's (11 yrs old) time DWSing. Here he is at the top of Backslapper 10m (30ft) above the water and cool as a cucumber.

This route had no name. We rented a pontoon boat and stopped at random walls climbing everything in sight. IF someone wants to name it, call it "Your Moma." It is just a cool picture for anyone who would like to know about deep water soloing. Climber is Justin Sylvester, and photographer is Mike Wallace a.k.a. Mike Wall-ACE.

"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.

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.

Wallace deep water soloing on the Lake of Bays. There are two lines so far. The crack under the tree (5.7) and the small dihedral to the left of it (10+). Both started from the slab on the right.

So this is the best part of deep-water-soloing. Vegas took this shot- after I tried to follow Okinelli's path up to the top- I did not have the proper equipment to get to the top (ie: watermelon sized testicles), but still had a pretty good jump. And yes, I straightened out before landing. That time.

This was taken by the incomparable EvilMoose, at Summersville Lake, WV. I like how it looks like I'm super nutty, given that you're unable to see the deep water directly below me...this wasn't any route, just some fun traversing.

Deep water soloing weekend at the lake... nice landing, if you fall right. No 'lowering', though. This is the only way down. On the up side, the impact helps to flush the poo out of your trunks. Picture by Vegas.

Megan, an Australian climber who is doing graduate work in DC at the moment, deep water soloing at Summersville Lake. elementalphotos.com

Maybe you have seen this area, maybe not. Just outside of Austin is Pace Bend park. Several coves have overhanging cliffs into deep water. Nice way to beat the heat.

Boated around various areas, climbed in old shoes. Hands were wet at first by dried fast. Made sure we jumped in deep water. Fun as hell.

MR Hungus deep water solo pic at Lake Ouachita.

Jon Biddle on the steep finish of "Sliding Down the Banister", a very safe DWS at Stair Hole

This is a picture of one of my buddies deep water free soloing just outside of Honolulu. We hiked up a river for about a mile because we heard of some good cliffjumping. It turns out when we got there the cliff had this sweet 50 foot, 5.10+ overhanging crack, it was a little dirty but good fun none the less. We spent most of the day just climbing... good thing we brought our shoes!

An awesome finish to a great day of climbing. The morning at Bubba City, and the evening messing around on the overhanging cliffs of Summersville Lake.

Even with a clean drop into deep water, your mind instinctively tells you that you really don't want to fall. Diving back in once you get to the top is a different story. Photo by Mark (Canon S100)