Photos by ratherbe

Gmburns2000 takes the airy first step of P2.

Ratherbe leading pitch 2 and smiling all the way during a nice relaxing afternoon.

I was welcomed at the top of the first pitch of Raunchy (5.8) by this lovely fat rat snake. It was not phased by my presence and hung around while I decided to leave instead of continuing the climb.

Taking a break before the crux on my first Gunks 5.9 lead. Thanks to the party waiting who took the picture.

Comfy belay seat on a beautiful July day.

Lovely climbing that offers a stellar photo op.

Just an example of the type of sucky climbs you find at Farley.

ratherbe enjoys a much needed rest in the hueco halfway through Golden Locks

Who says it's too hot to climb at Smith in August? We found the shade and some stellar climbs on Mesa Verde wall. Here I am tip toeing up Moons of Pluto, enjoying the views as well as the fun moves.

Ratherbe nearing the corner move on Disneyland. The plan was to beat the impending rain by stringing the whole climb into one pitch. A little drag resulted, and unfortunately the rain came too soon for the second to finish.

A few short days before leaving for CO, Chris heeded the call for one more New England route. Here, he is pulling through the crux of the final pitch of Whitney Gilman.

GO ready for the final pitch, the headwall of Frigid Air. Fingers, hands, knee bar... all kinds of jamming possibilities.

Tim works out the moves on this 5.9+. Later he said he jumped up to do it thinking it was a 5.7 climb.

This felt harder this year than when I first led it late last summer. The difference between a summer of climbing and a winter of plastic perhaps.

Julius prepares to pull around the roof on this 5.7. The climb was burly, the descent was scary. Is that what makes is "classic"?

One of my first J Tree lead climbs, Frosty Cone (5.7) offered a comforting amount of face holds around the crack.

This 5.7 was a great way to round out our week in J Tree. Many thanks to the party with the 70 meter rope for the rappel.

A better shot of the Frosty Cone line than the one I'm leading. I never did get the names of the leader shown here or her belayer.

Bianca makes a strong start up the slabby climb in the second schoolhouse section of wall street. I like the perspective of this picture with towering walls above and blue sky.

This is the view you're rewarded with when you've finished the chimney.

Here's Quinn finishing up the very exposed traverse a few short moves from the top of the tower.

After the mind-blowing traverse from the belay station to the diving board, I pretend to be ready to keep climbing to the top.

Nothing but air up there. Here's Quinn setting out for the final few moves.

Jeremy doing it up with style. He finished off this 10d after a nearby party had to back down.

Outstanding climb! While I was finishing up this though, a miniature beagle (or some other small dog) was trying to free solo the climb to my right!

I've always heard it's important to start your day with a good breakfast! Nice climb on a crisp morning.

We passed by Fortress Rock to get to Rappel Rock. This just showed me the multitude of climbing options on Mt. Lemmon. I need to go back.

The last 2 pitches of Standard Route go over these chickenheads, I couldn't resist going on lead for this.

I was neatly tucked into the best notch and this was what I was forced to look at while belaying (a camelback makes for good padding to lean against)! Tough day.

I thought it was great to only have climbed one pitch, but still get this view!

We opted to climb this crack (Bender Axen) then link to Standard Route the rest of the way. Some exciting stuff!

I had fun following this 5.7 climb - up the right crack and the challenging traverse under the roof.

Finishing up a fun climb on a beautiful day. The belay ledge this leads to is the perfect spot for hanging out at the end of the climb.

A great climb on a great day. Many thanks to the party ahead of us that stuck around to take this and other wonderful photos. And thanks to cracklover for making the photo post-able!