Photos by pmagistro

Resting after a failed attempt on the Arteson, this is the view that greeted us as we lounged in sleeping bags when the clouds finally lifted.

We started in mid-afternoon on Artesonraju in order to take advantage of the evening clearing we had observed for three days. I am getting ready for a l-o-n-g night as the sun set behind the peak.

Quebrada Paron, home to a variety of majestic peaks, begins as a steep ravine with El Cap sized granite walls on either side.

The North Face of Huandoy Norte glowed brilliantly orange every night under the rays of the setting sun....leaving us wondering why we were waiting and waiting under the forever-cloudy Artesonraju.

From Artesonraju moraine camp, I shot this picture of the full moon rising over Piramide de Garcilaso. The locals say that the full moon brings bad weather and I believe it! Six days of clouds left few photo opportunities...I was lucky to get this one!

First morning at base camp, the Arteson showed its spectacular southeast profile under the mid-morning sun for a few hours before disappearing into clouds for the next six days.

The West Face of Shaqsha in the evening before a brief snowstorm. Taken from camp in the puna below the glacier. Should have climbed the hill to get the whole mtn!!

Looking at the normal route on Maparaju on a misty morning in June, 2004.

My partner Sean Yaw late in the afternoon on our descent of the West Face of Shaqsha Central.

We tried to do the complete Exum in a day, but got held up behind a few parties on the Lower Exum. So we stopped at Wall Street, ate some lunch, and headed for home.

After scrambling up to Wall Street Ledge from the Lower Saddle, Sean and I roped up and ran for a few ropelengths. I exited a gully system onto the ridge and Sean snapped this photo.

Perched high above the Lower Saddle. You can just make out the huts of the Exum guides fifteen hundred feet below.

I'm no 5.13 climber, so we tackled Twilight Zone with a full complement of clean aid gear. Perhaps I was a bit off-route, but plenty of old pins and manky fixed heads made for an interesting ascent anyhow. Photo by Eric Bauernschmidt, May 2002.

You climb a grade harder with your shirt off, right? It didn't help much. That's me pumping out on Peter Pan. Photo by Chris Kozub, Summer 2002.

What a newbie! This pic was taken back in October of 2000. Captures my first time climbing real rock, no less a beautiful Seneca trad route like Exctasy Jr. Thanks to Phil Sidel for the photo!

That's me folks, perched at the first belay for Gunsight to South Peak (5.3) at Seneca Rocks, WV.