Photos by ktwo

Deep down here by the dark water lived old Cammum, a small slimy creature. I don't know where he came from, nor who or what he was. He was Cammum - as dark as darkness, except for two big round red eyes in his thin face. He had a little rack, and he climbed about quite quietly on the crag; for crag it was, wide and tall and deadly overhanging. He climbed it with large feet dangling in the air, but never a tick mark did he make. Not he. He was looking out of his red demon-like eyes for old trad climbers, which he grabbed with his strong fingers as quick as thinking. He liked sporties too. Boulderer he thought good, when he could get it; but he took care they never found him out. He just throttled them from behind, if they ever came down alone anywhere along the belay ledges, while he was prowling about. They very seldom did, for they had a feeling that something unpleasant was lurking down there, down at the very roots of the cliff. They had come on the crag when they were bolting long ago, and had found they could rappell no further, so there their routes ended in that direction, and there was no reason to climb that way -- unless they dropped gear from the higher crags. Sometimes trad climbers would lose things from high up and come down here searching for them, and neither climber nor gear would return.

Admittedly a copy of jmlangfords, but a cool picture nonetheless. I can't remember the settings used to take the photograph, as I just pointed it towards the sun, saved the settings, and then snapped it. Ah, the advantages of automatic cameras! (I think that jmlangfords had much better composition, by far)

Marc working on an unnamed travers at Wagon wheel. It wasn't much of a route, but it made for some good pictures!

This is ktwo ascending a classic route on "The Sharks Fin" at Alabama Hills. When you first approach the rock, it looks rather small, but when you get on it, it is quite large.

Cloudbreak on "The Sharks Fin" at Alabama Hills. This is a classic route, which is also featured on the cover of the guidebook.

Don (dgraham) on the middle route of la femme. This is coming over the bulge at the top, which (other than getting off the ground) is the crux of the climb.

Bill (wyoclimber) working on a traverse at the bottom of the cliff. It starts out pretty easy, but then gets extremely difficult. There was one cool hold on it though, that had slots for you fingers to fit sideways.

This is lance on the middle route. This was one of his first few times out climbing, and he enjoyed it.

This is me (Matt/Ktwo) on the Right climb at La Femme. Bill (wyoclimber) took the picture.

Just me standing at the base before we make out attempt. A better picture of the rock than the one put up by Bill (wyoclimber).

Me (ktwo) on the second pitch of the south side of the pulpit. There is actually a ledge that you can stand on about 40 feet from the top, and there are no bolts between it and the top. Maybe I should have taken trad gear?

Me pulling over the roof of Stud Alert (5.10d) at The Sinks in Wyoming. This was my second try on the route, and my first redpoint of something that hard.[]