Early in the cold autum morning there is no better place to be!!! I hate to be cold and I did NOT want to unzip that bag. But I had to, couldn't very well climb in that sleeping bag!

Here is Dad giving a little "Technical assistance" for my favorite climing partner!

Here we are on our Fall CC (CC=Camping and Climbing, doesn't get any better than that!!) Trip, sitting beside the fire ring at our campsite at Black Mountain climbing area. It was cool and breezy but we had a blast!! Dad and his little sweetheart!!

Here's a picture of me climbing somewhere.. I dont remeber where... Simon took this pic of me and then I develped it in the black room... I love develping my own pics! :)

I'm 95% sure this photo by James Stevens documents the first ascent of Tityos 12a by Glenn Ritter. This picture also was on the cover of a small self-published guide that was distrubuted locally in TN in the 90's. Most of the bolts at Black Mt have since been removed making many of the climbs better suited for toproping.

My least favorate part of climbing... coming down!! Thats the biggest reason I dont like boudlering that much.. but thought it was a funny pic...

Here's Me, Matt, John and Chris at the overlook at Black Mtn... Black Mtn is great for begginers... I actually took Matt and John there for the first time in this pic!

This was the first time we ever went climbing outdoor... The picture is of Addie, Simon's sister... She's an awesome climber and only 13!

Just about to the top of the highest quality climb at BM. If you think the TR makes is sissy, then feel free to Solo it. It's been done...

Crazy kid... this was like his first time on real rock... check out his face... what more can i say?

Here's an okay pic of me bouldering at Black... not the hardest problem, but fun...

Here's a picture of me bouldering at black... thought it was a cool picture.. gotta love my determind look... I'm higher than you think! =P

Here's a pic of Simon bouldering on some roof at Black Mtn... Not sure of the name... Pretty fun problem, and if you fall, you dont fall far.. LOL

Here's another pretty cool pic of me bouldering at black... This is the same problem that Simon started on, but this is closer to the end of the prob.. if that makes any sense...

Gotta love bouldering pics!! Here is one of me at Black Mt in Tennessee... Thought it was a pretty good pic! Man I love to boudler! =)

This was the first climb I ever climbed on real rock!! What a great one to start out on!! Its really fun and calls your name to come back to all the time.. really easy set up for top rope!! Enjoy!

Just a picture of me climbing raped my rap... pretty gun climb.. good to climb like three or four times to build endurance... really good for begginners... hard to est up toprope.. bring lots of webbing!

Most of the rock at Black Mountain is crumbly conglomerate, but there are some noteworthy exceptions. Al Jazeera is one of them. It climbs out a sequency 45-degree arete to the top-out slopers shown here. I think I did the FA in December 2001, can anyone recognize it? Walter Chan gets the last moves sussed, as Patrick Schaerer spots. Photo by Dirk Peters.