Photos by krustyklimber

Sam as in Sammantha! This Brit chick was a big wall hottie! And the sweetest girl ever! We let her and her ultra resourceful partner Justin pass, as Smithclimber and I were in no hurry. They left us a note and two liters of water at the base, which we needed ever so badly.

Got gear? I hope so, now you are gonna have to team up with another guy/girl who also has a lot of gear, and then you have enough for a big wall. This is Smithclimber after a big day on Washington Column.

This is Smithclimber on the beginning of Pitch 5 of the Leaning Tower, this place is beautiful in the morning light. Photo by Krustylimber.

This is the view you see from the Wawona tunnel viewpoint, we were famous when a tourbus guide decided to make us part of the tour!

On the left in this picture is Expressway a wonderful Owens Classic, it kicked my butt, it is early on my list the next time... while I am still fresh.

This is the New Century Walls Complex, the trail up there is unmarked and lies in an ORV area, finding the right one without me would be very problematic, I hope to finish marking it one day.

This is a picture of Smithclimber on the summit of Tenaya Peak, I have never seen a guy so happy to be out in the bright sun! It was chilly climbing the north side. Photo by Krustyklimber *Mod Please move to smithclimbers pic page*

This is a pic of my solo tag rack, the only modification I have made is to now run the blue main cord through the "stock webbing" on the fifi hook so if the eye of the hook breaks I won't loose my rack. And for redundancy added a 5mm keeper cord from the main cord to the 'biner.

Apparently I had this picture wrong... It is not Wallbanger but is indeed Book of Bones corner, and the climber on the right and higher in the pic is on Bone Up. Thanks go out to Greg Barnes for sorting this out for me

This is a close-up of the clip-in point on the Krustyledge. It has two extra loops for gear... Thanks Metolius! This also shows the pull-up bar well.

Please switch this over to Krustyklimber.

Thanks, Pete.

Krusty made this swell homemade ledge. Looks pretty bitchin', eh?

This is a photo of the right hand side of the wall, taken from the "tounge" (a small flat area) at the base of the watercourse. My brother and I had an epic day slogging up here in the snow!

The route follows the buttress that runs from the middle of the photo from lower left to upper right. And starts on the ledge with the dark trees. The descent follows the large amphitheater that is left of the route around it's rim and them carefully down ledges to the boulder field inside the bowl and back to the start of the route, which can just about be anywhere you want. Don't forget your camera, the summit views of the valley and Mathes Crest are incredible!