Photos by cragchica

This was me last New Years at Red Rocks. What a trip! Ask me about my Canyon Ranch Spa story... a dirtbag's delight!

This is Andria jamming up a gorgeous 5.9 hand crack at Paradise Forks. Photo taken by Chris Ferguson (azrocklizard).

Wow... overhung offwidth?!?! Okay, I confess, I played with the angles a bit, though it really was an offwidth.

Here's Ben leading an offwidth at the End Chimneys at Cochise Stronghold last fall on the weekend of my very first Beanfest. This climb also marked my very first encounter with trad climbing.

After sleeping in the Volvo on the side of the highway, Ben and I awoke on New Year's Eve to a most maginificent scene... the morning clouds rising off the colorful cliffs of Calico Basin at dawn.

I opened my eyes on the morning of New Year's Eve and peered over the dashboard of the Volvo to see this gorgeous view! Red Rocks never fails to amaze me.

Here I am leading Puppy Chow on Lost Hawk Pinnacle (Mt. Lemmon, AZ). It's a great climb and even more challenging when you're racing the settin sun you've lost one of your contact lenses.

Scrambling up the 5.6 chimney right next to this classic 5.9 face climb provided a nice vantage point to snap this photo of our favorite rc.com photographer herself - 'climbsomething' (aka Hillary Davis).

Here I am (Cragchica) soloing up the bottom of Lost Hawk Pinnacle, hoping to find a good vantage point for the subsequent photos of my partner Climbsomething. In case you were wondering... it was indeed worth the exploration.

I wish I could remember on which pitch of Royal Arches this was taken. From the looks of the little trees below... it's pretty dang high! I wonder what I'm doing without a rope...

This is me at the top of After Six - my very first Valley climb. Notice I'm wearing my running shoes - I wore them for the last five pitches (out of six) because my insanely tight, sportclimbing shoes were hurting my broken toe so badly on the first pitch that I climbed the second half barefoot and switched into my comfy running shoes at the first belay. It would have been a pretty nice photo... especially if my partner had understood composition as well as he understood climbing, oh well. I think I'll see whether I can pull some photoshop magic tricks out of my hat and crop myself out of this photo and onto the backdrop of the photo I took of him. It'll be tricky, but the results could be worth it... I'll see.

After exploring the views, I stopped to pose for Climbsomething's camera... could I possible resist another photo op?

This is a headshot picture as a profile picture for cragchica's profile.

Here I am looking puzzled... probably scanning the rock for the next bolt on a route that I'm pretty sure is a 10a on the Casino cliffs of Jacks's Canyon. In case you were wondering... I found it.

This is me attentively belaying while my friend and fellow climber chica - Hillary (aka 'climbsomething') snaps an unannounced photo.

This is me (Andria) leading a 5.7 on the Casino Cliffs wall of Jacks Canyon, AZ. The credit for this shot goes to my friend Hillary who documented some of my first leading experiences.

This is me (Andria) again, leading another route at Jacks Canyon. After catching my breath and holding this position for what seemed like an eternity, I discovered that the remainder of the route was much less stressful.