A picture of my Blue CCH Alien. The axle is too long and allowed the spring to detach on one side. The axle is longer than the ones on my Green, Yellow, and Red Aliens. I think this makes the unit unreliable.

Climbing with my arm buried deep in the crux of the seldom climbed Diagonal left. This route is short but sweet, definately worth doing. Especially in the summer because its guarinteed not to have a line and its in the shade all the time. The diagonal right looks good too but I hav'nt had time to give it a go.

Perfect granite, sunshine, dry conditions in a crack that is notoriously wet in winter, tempature's in the high 60's and in February. Nothing beats California for climbing......Period.

Early october snow storm dusts the crags

Kole working it on this 5.11 crux with few finger pockets - thin hands for ladies, hainous for beefy construction worker hands, and very bad feet. In the photo, Kole is not smiling, he's straining... Give it a shot after going up the fracture (5.10d)

It looks like Kole's swimming in a rocky ocean. At least that's the intent of this photo. The pic doesn't show very well the route features, but I wouldn't want to blow your onsight of this decent warmup route with too much beta :). Constructive criticism welcome.

Kole calls this climb the best 5.10d finger crach he's ever done. It's one of those finger cracks that keeps on giving. When you think it's gotten harder, you realize the next move kicks it yet another notch. Feet are smearing on disappearing features, and fingers squeeze in ever smaller and scarcer holds. Bring a black alien for the crux! The photo is obviously a backlight shot attempt, with exposure on the sky plus a fill-in flash to bring out the rock texture in the forefront to create an surrealistic scene. Constructive criticism welcome.

Jack takes a fall on the bouldery lower moves of "Taurus," 5.11b, at Sugarloaf near Lake Tahoe.

My friend Aaron on Pony express a classic liback left facing flake at the loaf.

This is a pic i took last weekend of my buddy it is on a 5.10b called hyperspace (my favorite climb up there)

agin my friend arron leading the 5.9 first pitch on ponny express a classic

Big chimney at the Loaf it was my first trad lead and first pic to the site.

What is believed to be Sugarloaf near Lake Tahoe after coming over the big pass from Carson City, on the north side of the road.

"Dauntless" is the 5th face route to left, starting at Flight Deck.

Pulling through the crux of Annabelladonna on the Sugar Bun.

Photo shows Flight Deck, Goony Dunes, and Turning Point

Routes on the WSW face.

This is I cleaning Grand Illusion, possibly the best crack in Tahoe

See route description. 11 bolts plus sling.

The three routes.

This rock is just below and a little east of Midway Rock. Climbs are on east face, with early sun and late-day shade.

Up on the northern part of the east face.

Red X's show "It Seams To Go To Mid Way", yellow X's = "Wish It Was A Palm Tree". Blue X is a shared bolt. Also, crack at lower left is a nicely cleaned up variation to old climb called "Undercling", or later, "Diagonal Right".

FA team at base.