Photos by too_far_gone

Eric is cleaning up the last of our gear after a good day at Pacific Wall.

Masaya hesitating before he pops to the next pocket. He has only been climbing with us for about 4 months on the weekends and he is already leading hard.

Masaya willing his hand to stay on the rock on his hardest lead to date. This is a no namer 11a. If does have a name it is probably Japanese and I can't spell it anyway.

One of my Japanese partners, Masaya, going for the next hold.

This is Barbara on her "birthday route" on Pacific Wall. No lead bolts yet. Can you guess what she wants for her birthday?? Looks like she is havig fun.

Here is Barb looking at the upper section of the dihidral. It gets hard when you get to the base of the crack.

This is me on a short, but really fun route at Pacific Wall. When you make the stem and look between your legs all you see is "the ocean ready to eat you alive."

Saw this at a recent bouldering competition. I can only imagine if I started at that age.

Zanpa Point is beautiful, but hard. The easiest climb here is the 5.9 climb out. Other than that it is 11's and up.

Eman on Little Sidepulls from Hell (5.12) The name of the route says it all.

Karen on a fun problem. The holds are all good, but sharp. This one starts off with a short traverse that is off to the left of the roof, after the traverse you work you way into the roof.

This is Clint's first time. He had a hard time with this slabby problem. It didn't help that our finger tips were raw from early in the day.

A view from the beach at Gushikami. Its a beautiful area to climb, as all the areas here in Japan are. You just have to get used to being so close to the ocean.

Me belaying one of the easier routes in The Cave. Its 5.10ish. Nice area to climb, but hard.