Just another photo of the climb and not another dorky pic of me after topping out at the second belay.

My wife styling through the crux section of the first pitch of Calypso in Eldorado Canyon. This is such a classic route!

Just kidding, Tracy really isn't looking for a spot to place a cam. Butt, a good crack is always useful for gear placement!

Me, Lisa and Tracy in the parking lot getting ready to head to Eldorado.

Me, Lisa and Tracy with our blue eyes blazing. May 26, 2005

Great climbing with Mother_sheep (taking pic) and Nicerack. First time I ended "needing" my headlamp. Was pretty thrilling.

The night was creeping in fast and we ended our rapells by lamplight.

Southernsuz and Bustinmins take a break. Taking this picture was much harder than the route. No tripod available so we had to balance the little digital camera from a rock just above the anchor.

My first climb was in Eldo on The Bomb with bustinmins. I couldn't help goofing around when we got to the top because I was ready to sh*t my pants on the way up.

Randy is my gym and sport climbin friend. He's one of the few people that you meet in life that you would hang the moon for if you could. A great friend indeed. Here we are on a ledge on Wind Tower one day after work.

The rack weighed almost as much as she did. My daughter getting ready for her first multi-pitch climb!

At the belay above pitch 1 on Calypso. I don't know which of us was more excited

The exposure wasn't bothering her at all. She just cruised up, smiling all the way.

I've always hated rappelling, but watching Katie spider rappelling down a chossy wall was ten times worse than doing it myself!

Eldorado Canyon, Wind Tower, Calypso. Top of first pitch just past the roof traverse. This route has three starts 5,8,6 respectively from the bottom. Then climbs a nice dihedral(4) to a roof. Protect the roof and round it. Route goes at a (6) after you pass around the roof with minimal protection. Yellow and Green Alien worked well in piton scars just around the right side of the roof. Not bomber but good. If your pieces pull here - you pendulum into the block of the dihedral - not good. Climb gets a little slick here but is good climbing. Once you pass a few feet up then you begin to find some good pro again. Save a #3 for the top 10 feet of the pitch. Climber: bustinmins/Photo taken by Nextascent

This is me following P2 of Breezy. The picture is way better than the route.

Dave's leading the pitch, Vince's belaying, I am taking pictures.

I'm not sure if this route is even in the route DB right now. It starts in a chimney on the far left side on the Wind Tower. It's the first route I got to climb in Eldorado Canyon and it was a lot of fun.

taken by jsj42 with pentax optio s digital. Ran the first two pitches into one using a 200ft rope. 15ft left.

Enjoying a beautiful January day in Eldo.

This is a pic of me on second mid way up pitch 2 on Wind Ridge. This route is one of the best in the canyon. Period....Bar None.

This is a picture of Sparky on our 1st ever trad climb. You can see our huge rack on the REI sling. We lead all of Calypso using only one set of stoppers and one set of hexes and a couple slings. I am surprised that we did not die.

This is Peter on pitch one of the wind ridge. It has about 10 minutes after this picture was taken that Nick and Peter became known as Team Rope Drop. You can read the story at me and Matt's site: www.geocities.com/climb_eldorado/

This is me sending the second mini-roof on Lemmings, one of Eldorado Canyon's bolder 5.8 routes due to sketchy pro and some loose rocks. This picture was taken with my friends panaramic camera.

This is Matt (sparky) and his haning belay at the end of pitch 2 of Boulder Direct. You can see about 200ft of exposure below him.