Me trying the projectPositive Vibrations at Northwest Branch.

Me trying the Ultimate Doom at Northwest Branch.. word.

Me trying the Ultimate Doom at Northwest Branch.. word.

Me on the FA of Crimps (V9) at Northwest Branch. Come repeat!!

This is Mantel in a Haystack at NorthWest Branch MD. I think it ranks up there with the most pathetic problems ever established. I got the FA of course because I am a loser and live in MD.

A weird blurred sequence of Slab Dyno V6 at North West Branch. It is pretty fun but is real scrunched up you can see the chalked start crimps.

Me in the middle of the V8 the Speed of Life at NorthWest Branch. I got the second balancy ascent after Gabor.

Finally, I go on to send after the stick of this crazy and hard first move. The low chalked hold which is closest to me is the right hand start hold, so you have to lock off completely over your right hand and trust you feet on an improbable smear and a sick drop knee which ends up being a rand smear as you can see.I guess you can not quite tell in this picture but the right foot is not on a good foot, it is just a section of the roof which has a little bitty bulge to smear on. The move after this is also really tweaky because your right foot peels and flags and you have layback all your weight on this horrible down-facing three finger crimp and you launch for a two finger third-of-a-pad crystal.

Me sticking the first hard lock-off move of Dirty Ernie's Rampage (V9). Your left hand comes off of the chalked crimp rail down and left. One of the reasons this move is so hard is the feet; your left is in a sick deep drop knee which ends up being more of a toe-rand smear, and the right foot is just smearing on almost a roof. This adds up to a very insecure position. It took me 5 sessions before I sent

Man, I’m so happy, this will get bombed like all my photos, But I don’t really care this is right before one of the happier moments in my life. Me on the last section of a local project at NorthWest Branch "Seam Nightmares" V8. You follow the thin seam up to the top with only the seam for hands. I don’t even remember me climbing it after the crux, I was concentrating so hard with the rock.

Me moving into the crux on the FA of Seam Nightmares. This is the hard keyboard match on one of the few useable parts of the seam you have to follow up to the top.

This place is so beautiful and there is still so much unclimbed rock if we would just suck it up and take a water landing.

Me on Snowflake Traverse (hard and sharp)V4. It is actually easier going the other way.

Me working out the upper section of Doom V6. Every rock in Maryland is covered in graffiti.....I hate this state.

It's real short but has one interesting move. Nice holds with a nasty fall into a pit..........

Me sticking the first move on Doom; V7/8(from 8a.nu records). There were 4 different ways of doing the first move, I stuck with campusing because it suited me best and had the cleanest fall. There is at toe hook way out there but then if you fall, it hurts.

This is a map that was made a few years ago that bounced around with e-mails and descriptions of problems. It is clearly not to scale, but if you are familiar with the area, it will make sense.

Gabor getting the first ascent of this cool new line at Northwest Branch, MD. The pic was taked with a camera-phone, so the quality isnt very good.

Gabor getting the FA on this new project in Northwest Branch.

Me Climbing The Tulip, V7, this shot was taken with a cameraphone (very professional, I know), and cartoonized. Not high quality, but kinda cool I think.

Andrea getting the second ascent on The Tulip (V7) at Northwest Branch, MD.

Andrea getting the second ascent on The Tulip (V7) at Northwest Branch, MD.

Andrea getting the second ascent on The Tulip (V7) at Northwest Branch, MD.

Northwest Branch bouldering.

Me nailing the crux of this V2.