Desert Season '16 Desert Season '16 Fun Facts Desert Season 2016 started in a blizzard driving out of Wyoming on October 19th. It ended on December 20th. October 21st was the first day of climbing (in Red Rocks). The
Arizona Season's End An Interlude Back Home When I got back from the blur of long nights out on the town on my business trip in Denver (so close to home, yet still two weeks from
Climbing The Waterfall I hereby award The Waterfall with the coveted "Best Single Pitch Trad Climbing Award" of 2016. The columnar basalt requires not just that you be an excellent crack climber, or that
Climbing Sedona's Towers I called Megan from the side of a gas station by the Walmart in Yuma, Arizona. We made plans to climb something with more than one pitch in Sedona, but nothing more specific
Climbing Californian Deserts Joshua Tree Phil and Amy. I hadn't known them long at all before they'd seen my naked bits. That didn't seem to put them off of me though, as a little over a
Climbing Purblind Pillar Gallery I was excited for my first-ever simulclimb, where both climbers are climbing simultaneously (get it?). It's fast and efficient, but more-or-less requires that you're moving on terrain where you "know"
red rocks Flying Solo (With Friends) Gallery This was the first part of Desert Season I was flying solo on, but it didn't really feel that way, as everywhere I was going I had friends to find. Megan, Matt
Climbing Indian Creek | Part 5 Indian Creek 2016 Photo Gallery Second Meat A Second Time The last morning of the Creek. It would just be Steele, Nate, Reese, Nate, Thomas and I this last time around. The morning
Climbing Indian Creek | Part 4 Indian Creek 2016 Photo Gallery Creeksgiving Feast We all convened around the campfire after our lovely day at The Wall to come together to remember a time when Native Americans gave pilgrims cams
Climbing Indian Creek | Part 3 Indian Creek 2016 Photo Gallery Ken! I don't have any words for this one! Just write the opening of The Little Prince in Japanese. And so: rokusai no toki, genshirin no koto wo
Climbing Indian Creek | Part 2 Indian Creek 2016 Photo Gallery Time flew by in Salt Lake City, hanging with the white dog and - at long last - hooking up all the electrical in the van. The cedar
Climbing Indian Creek | Part 1 Indian Creek 2016 Photo Gallery. Well worth it. In fact, I'd skip the post and just go there. Two trips to Red Rocks, a good tour of Limekiln Canyon and the St. George
night photography The Chasm of Doom The stars traced long arcs The coyotes howled in the dark And the spirits came out to play. Between great granite stones Haunted by the wind's quiet moans Went we, somewhere ne'er touched
Climbing The Richness Of It All Le gallery If you've ever wondered about the logistics of multipitch photography, so far as I see it, there are three solutions (with minor variations within each). The photographer and a partner constitute
Desert Season '16 St. George | Turtle & Chuckwalla Walls Just the photos Disa and I were overjoyed to see a Mr. Meyer's blue Honda CRV pull into the Chuckwalla Parking Lot north of St. George, Utah. We had last seen Dave at
red rocks Red Rocks The Red Rocks climbing was sporadic at the start of Desert Season, what with the trip to Limekiln in the middle of it. I rolled into Red Rocks campground late at night and
Climbing Limekiln Canyon Just the photos, please! Desert Season Desert season's begun. It's an escape from Wyoming's wearying shoulder season into that-much-longer of a summer. I left Wyoming in a snow storm and have been climbing