Lines

Drove out to Wyoming over the weekend to meet Mr. Fryberger and snatch a portrait for an upcoming article/interview for Urban Climber

chuckfryberger.com


he's super into wind turbines and believes that they will server as a symbol for our generation


and the rain, it seemed to rain everywhere on saturday


but we got lost in utah on the way and got a pitch in before getting soaked


still lost, but now at a crag where you can climb in a down pour


heller + power


power + sky


yikes! spikes!

Legends

one stopped by the office today...


Steve 'Crusher' Bartlett - Desert Mud Aficionado

Crusher dropped by to pick up a few photos for his upcoming coffee table book about desert towers and their history. He was mostly interested in FA and FAA photos, so i had him covered on Cottontail and the Shark's Fin. Hopefully i'll sneak a few others in too. It should be out in time for the holidays. I'm a sucker for climbing lore and history - so i'm way psyched to be a part (albeit small) of this project!

Life + Family

Memorial Day Weekend and my family's annual diving trip to Van Damme State Park, near Mendocino, California




california poppy










my sister-in-law showing the boys how its done


brent long and one of his vw's


my brother tony and one of the many sea caves in the area


daughter kaia sampling some of daddy's medicine

Return to the City

City of Rocks, ID that is.


moments before the execution


old wasp house


turkey vulture, big but not as cool as a hawk


the classic 'strategic defense'


two views of 'bombs over tripoli' - 1


2 - after several attempts over several years, my good friend Ari, sending :)


'technicolor'


something to the right of 'vice grips' that scott carson may or might not have done, it's probably at least 12+ or 13-, i'll call it 'jimmy grips' for the time being.


two views of 'beef jello' - 1


2


the classic 'cairo'


sending the not so easy 'roughleg'

Covers

A couple of my recent covers at your local gear shop or in your mailbox this summer...


Jason Haas of Fixed Pin Publishing and Sharpend teamed up to put out a truly spectacular book on the Flatirons


The Backcountry.com Summer 09 Catalog (or not).
The following is an exert from the first page:
This is not a catalog. We've tried that before-many times, in fact. And no matter what we did, it left the same bland taste in our mouths. It always seemed like something that came ou of an ad agency in Chicago, not from a bunch of dirtbag ski bums in Park City. The smattering of products and staid format never felt true to our voice or to those passionate about gear and the outdoors.
So we trashed it. But rather than using a tanking economy as an excuse to bag the whole project, we switched it up and focused instead on what sets Backcountry.com apart-you, the community....
....Call this whatever you want-a catalog, a magazine, a print-form bastard-child of a blog-we don't care. We just ask that you keep the Backcountry.com community in mind the next time you're lost in some side canyon or hunkering down for along night in the tent. After all, we're going to need some new stories for next year. - Justin Mool (Senior Editor)

Tres Piedras

and a few of the boulders...

the warmups


the fins


getto stimulator


arrogant bastard (FA)


commitment boulders


chickenhead direct


crescent moon


again


unnamed


the (sun)set

Faces of Taos

an original bat cave topo


the rio grande gorge and


some of its climbing.


the kaia monster