Stefan squeezing and high-stepping up the Sixth Easy Piece - a fun V1 at the Santee Boulders.

I actually ended up on the other side of the lens for this one. I passed off the camera to Stefan and he fired off a bunch of shots while I ran a few laps on this classic, thin V1.

This sandbaggy V2 takes a lot of balance and finesse. Stefan shows us how it's done.

Stefan liebacks up the big sidepull after the commiting lunge.

Brent crimps on some small edges on the Warm-Up boulder in Santee.

Alisha slaps for the next sidepull on a problem on the W. end of the Warm-Up boulder in Santee.

The south face of V-Rock entertains the friction conniseur's with difficult smears and scary topouts.

Requiring somewhat delicate balance this is the start to a traverse along the bottom of more difficult problems. This is also the opening sequence to the severe Eppi's Lunge above. Photo: BVB collection

Work through the bottom crux section and you'll find yourself at a point of no return! Photo: unknown

lil bouldering in santee - i had just started climbing - purchased a crash pad shortly after this trip

Melissa eyes the rail at the top of the 10a problem on Lieback Rock. Santee Boulders, San Diego, CA

Jason crimps hard on the good 1/2-pad crimps of "Walkman" at the Santee Boulders.

Jason crimps hard on the good 1/2-pad crimps of "Walkman" at the Santee Boulders.

Lyndsie working the Masochist crack with some serious focus and devotion. Didn't quite get it yet, but getting closer everyday.

Another photo-topo from the guide I'm working on. Ratings, descriptions, and quality rankings are my opnion alone. If you disagree, please comment here. Thanks!

A photo-topo from the guide I'm putting together for the Santee Boulders. The ratings, descriptions, and quality rankings are my opinion. If you disagree, please post a comment and let me know what you think they should be. Thanks!

A photo-topo from the guide I'm putting together for the Santee Boulders. The ratings, descriptions, and quality rankings are my opinion. If you disagree, please post a comment and let me know what you think they should be. Thanks!

has every problem wired. But I guess that's what happens when you do a problem 1000+ times in your life. Dick is no exception.

Beehive boulder in the morning. This is a pic of my friend during his first day of bouldering. The girl was also out for her first day (and did fabulous). Photo's contrast was altered post-shot. Original photo by Justin Kerr.

This was taken from Santee boulders on a winter evening.It may sound cliche, but the sky really looked like it was on fire.

me doing a small yet intermediate level lieback problem

Me on a fun 10+ slab problem on the Amphitheater boulder. Taken by Cris Benton, this pic offers a fresh perspective of Santee in the late afternoon.

This picture is an experiment with contrast/colour tones. It was taken around 7:30 in the morning so the shadows were pretty horizontal which added to the effect that I manipulated. For the climb I used the lieback route, without actually liebacking it, then dyno'ed to the ledge that I am hanging from. Photo taken by Justin Kerr

My friend Steven warming up on a thin 5.8 slab at the Amphitheater in Santee. Photo taken by Cris Benton