Photos by afreeclimber

East Face of Mt. Whitney, early July 2005. Winter conditions still existed, so we climbed with the necessary gear (note ice axe).

Camera angle makes this slab look more vertical than it is. The first pitch can be climbed without using handholds!

A picture of my Blue CCH Alien. The axle is too long and allowed the spring to detach on one side. The axle is longer than the ones on my Green, Yellow, and Red Aliens. I think this makes the unit unreliable.