Taking a quick break after completing one of my first Bouldering Problems

The standard spot for a "Hip Belay" on piece of Cake 5.7.

This tree is rooted at Interstae National Park. He is growing on the rocks, and trees like this amaze me how they can grow on nothing but rocks.

A fun and easy first lead of keyhole, it was a beautiful day out and a very enjoyable first lead and seconding of keyhole

Getting a view of slicksides from more of a climbers stand points... wouldnt be nearly as hard if the walls wernt as smooth as glass...

5.10a Cosmos, excellent climb. Plus there not many better feelings than climbing above water. Watch out for the wasps though...

This is me (Brian) on an attempt of Slicksides, at Taylors Falls, 5.9+. Very well named, for this climb had absolotely no room for smearing. Fun route though, could be bouldered with a mat.

Had a free weekend and went out for a climb at Taylors Falls, Minnesota.

Had a free weekend and went out for a climb at Taylors Falls, Minnesota.

Went to Taylor's Falls for a day of climbing, Hibby11 climbing an unkown route

coming out onto the overhang your body is almost fully horizontal which adds to the enjoyment

the parallel cracks provide for some interesting variations, none which were tried on this attempt

First time not too rough, but a great fun climb.

Finally made this climb, its only about 25 ft but before this time had given me many troubles

This is a great first 10 lead. Most of the gear is placed above your position and the thing eats gear.

This is Luke climbing B-52 out at Taylors Falls. This is a good problem. Neither Luke or I topped out on it, but we got most of the way. The crux is 6 feet of smooth rock 12 feet off the deck with only two small crimpers for holds. We highly recomend this problem to anyone in Taylors Falls.

Me and my friend were at Taylors Falls for a weekend, and it was almost dark, we were walking back to our campsite when we saw this problem. it was pretty easy, but fun. We both sent it in 1-2 tries. It is in the potholes area in Taylors Falls.

My friend took this picture after we had just climbed for 8 hours already. We were both pretty tired, and were just having fun trying some new routes and messing around. We had set up a hammock by the problems we were working on and we took turns taking pictures and resting and trying the routes. This was a prety fun problem. After the move in the picture, it got pretty hard, but it was cool.

This is a photo of a problem me and a friend found on the way back to our campsite. it was easy, but fun after a hard day of tough climbs. If you find it its worth doing. it only takes a few minutes to figure it out.

This is me on an overhang about 10 feet off the deck, it's a fun problem with not too bad a landing. It's in the Boneyards area, it's pretty interesting if you make the tree pockets (one of which my foot is in) off limits.

This is the sickest place to climb (literally sick) I'm above this nasty pothole filled with sick, nasty water. Ben took this photo at great risk to falling into the pothole, which would have ruined the whole trip. We decided it would be better to do it without shoes in case we fell. there's a monster ledge for your hands about 7 feet above the water so it's unlikely you'll fall, but nevertheless, it's a crazy feeling climbing there and hearing the guy taking the shot say: "Just a sec, stay there a little longer..." and then your fingers start to slip...

Batman starts with a lie-back, traverses just a little to the left and moves up through a crux section. The upper part of the route is mostly small crimpers.

First time climbing Sentinel, Ryan rested on the rope once, and then completed the climb. Hibby went next and flashed it. Ryan, angry that his friend had one-upped him, said "I'm doing it again," and this time made it up without resting. This picture is of Ryan's first attempt.

If it looks like Ryan is trying too hard on this route, that's because he really is. FUN ROUTE with great hand jams. Ryan absolutly loves his hand jams.

This photo was taken by Jake. Easy route, probably would have been a good lead because there was plenty of spots for good pro.