Photos by coldclimb

Kelsey (prezwoodz) frees a nut while following up Diedre 5.7 on the Stawamus Chief, Squamish, BC.

Kelsey (prezwoodz) eyes the camera while following Whodunit 5.9, Tahquitz Rock, Idyllwild, California.

Kelsey (prezwoodz) stands dwarfed by White Rastafarian in JTree during the heat of the summer.

Kelsey (prezwoodz) struggles up the heinous offwidth of The Mace 5.9+. I obviously need to brush up on my offwidth skills, this thing owned me.

Kelsey (prezwoodz) looks all happy from the hanging belay at the top of the second pitch of Touchstone Wall. This was near the start of our day, before we ran out of water halfway through, spent 11.5 hours total on the wall, and rapped off after dark, almost too weak to pull the ropes together. Good times!

We took a break from the slippery quartzite to check out the old sandstone area at Devil's Lake. This is Lisa finishing up Gargantua 5.10b.

Casey (Niles) walks the Monkey Face Highline in Smith, with a couple climbers looking on.

Life off the rocks in the Red. Miguel himself shows a group of climbers how to catch a copperhead. It's Labor Day Weekend and Miguel's Pizza is packed with climbers. Red River Gorge, Kentucky.

El Capitan reflects the early morning light.

Lost Lake offers up reflections of Half Dome in Little Yosemite Valley. Six pics stitched together to make a wider angle.

We brought way too much gear for this route, but luckily I was able to con Kelsey (prezwoodz) into carrying it all on lead (heh heh heh). Here's one of the infamous near-full-pitch runouts on Snake Dike, and yes, that bolt is his only pro for this pitch.

Kelsey (Prezwoodz) looks down from atop Ancient Art. Climbed it in the cool of the early morning, and I wish I could have sat at the top all day. I'll go back again for this one. Shot with my little point and shoot, which wasn't man enough for the angle, so this is three pics stitched together.

Mike (Phugganut) stretches past the crux on Maypop 5.11a on a Labor Day Weekend visit to the Red River Gorge. Several hundred climbers converged for some great times at Miguel's over the three or four days away from work, and the climbing was most excellent!

Topped out on a nearby climb and Kasia was kind enough to allow me to shoot some pics of her sending Too Many Puppies, 5.12a. A blind man could hardly have taken a bad shot.

Kelsey (Prezwoodz) reaches to make the clip on Oz, 5.11c in the Red River Gorge. Somehow we mistook this for a 5.10c in the guidebook and sandbagged ourselves, but we did alright.

Kelsey (Prezwoodz) pops over the lip during our onsight up- and down-climb free solo in the rain wearing street shoes of the Owen-Spalding Route up the Grand Teton. It's not nearly as impressive as it sounds, but it's just a whole lot of fun to say!

Casey (Niles)gives off a grin as he approaches the mouth of the Monkey in Smith Rock, Oregon. The 300-something feet of overhang exposure makes this route quite awesomely gripping. Life on the road is good!

Of course this photo is ENTIRELY photoshopped. When leaving Alaska on a multi-month road trip, both me and Kelsey (Prezwoodz) simultaneously expressed a lifelong dream of buildering a bridge, and promtply decided to fulfill said dream. If this were real, that would be Kelsey on top of the Tanana River Bridge, but of course, nobody would actually DO such a thing. That's illegal!

Dylan (slackinghigh) warms up with his morning brew against the backdrop of Red Rocks.

Corbin's toes stretch for foundation in the air over Red Rocks as his shadow heads off in another direction.

Larry Harpe (areyoumydude) walks over the chasm of the shorter line rigged at the 2006 Red Rock Rendezvous.

Dylan (Slackinghigh) walks the Birthday Gap line at Slackfest Moab: 2005. Sorry to all you slackers who missed out!

The climbing isn't much, but the reward after the send is great. Shasta watches the Turnagain Arm from high above the Seward Highway.

This is myself working a highball above the Lane Hut, in Lane Valley, Alaska. Photo taken by Ben (bigboulderboarderbinerben).

Laura adds some sparkle to an already colorful day on the boulders of Weiner Lake, Alaska.