Iceless in Iceland

This was a trip of firsts for me, in more ways than one...


stuck in Boston on the way out, a blessing in disguise


that's where we're heading, way up there to the arctic, should be cold right?


this was the extent of ice we found and the only pitch we did over the next 5 days. so basically, Iceland suffers from erratic ocean currents which can warm up the climate on a weekly basis, which happened to us. it got warm and all the ice fell down which meant no climbing. for the first time on any trip, i got completely skunked.


so we did some sightseeing


and lots of drinking


and more sightseeing...


the stormy northern atlantic ocean


the melting Vatnajökull glacier


the blue lagoon


Hvannadalshnukur 6,952' - icelands highest peak


nice frosted tips!


a bathroom bivy - another first!

Hawaii - The Big Island II

Part II - the other (west) side


the digs


place of refuge


tangs


free diving


the evening line-up


manta rays


the lovely kaia


turtles & the fam


beach life


on the way back, high over LA

Hawaii - The Big Island I

Part I - the east side aka the wet side


akaka falls




one of the super cool banyan trees


of course some surfing


and volcanos


and lava


and crazy tire art


be nice to Pele or else!


old graffiti


and the family walking like dinosaurs down a lava tube

Montana

a few panoramas from bozeman (aka boozeman) and the amazing hyalite canyon


cleopatra's needle


roman candle


guess who?


who else then java jack tackle


con-


-rad


joe joe


will gadd salutes the house


vices


???


local hero pete tapley


finding some trouble on main street

California Girls

the big blue pacific & the farallon islands


rust never sleeps at mickey's beach


reflections of an old thornburg route w/ scary bolts


a classic tony yaniro route :: walk the thin line


sex porpoises


yup, the bolts are still scary, are glue-ins supposed to spin?


clipping


sunset sending


stinson beach


one for the puzzle series


bubba gump heading home