Photos by yankeebama

I love climbing partly because it always challenges me. Even if friends of mine can crush routes I struggle on...its that struggle that makes it fun. I'm the funny looking one with the red tie.

We sewed up the second pitch and then had trouble getting out a cam at the start....here is Mike coming back down to work on it.

The third pitch is arguably the best with a great step out over an exposed ledge with sparse footing and then up a fun off-width.

Nothing beats the climbing community. After posting a "call-out" for somebody to climb with during my short stay in Sedona, Mike and Ryan took me to the Mace. What a great day! You can she Mike and I have finished the first pitch and Ryan is at the crux.

I started climbing in 2000 and quickly became addicted.