Photos by blueeyedclimber

This is not the Dover climbing gym, but you have to put in a climbing area and we were driving through Dover. We were on our way up to North Conway and were amazed at how the sky looked. I rummaged around for my camera and took a few quick shots through the windshield. I can't believe how this one turned out.

This is not me, although from above he kinda looks like it. This is the top of an awesome route called Rock on (5.10a). They were behind us and although I think we were a little slower then they would have liked, they were extremely nice. I wish I could remember their names, but they were from Quebec. Heres a shout out to those dudes from Quebec...hey wait a minute, did I just say "shout out?"

Here is the beautiful wonderwoman about to tie in. We were at the forgotten wall at Cheakamus. There were some great routes there. There are at least two routes there that I must get back to a later date. I was just one fall too weak.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!! Oh, it's just me. OK, honey...I'll put the camera down in a minute. Did you know you can fit over 1000 photos on this thing?"

Every night, it never failed. "Watch where you step!" wonderwoman would say. But, nooooooo, Did I listen? There is just nothing more disgusting then slug between your toes. In a vile, slimy kind of way they are kind of cute.

This was a fun little two pitch sport climb called Charlottes Web (5.9). This was a fantastic vacation but we didn't get many action photos with just the two of us, wonderwoman and I.

Yeah, she may be following my lead right here, but wonderwoman lead the crux pitch (5.11a). 5.11a roof....EASY!, 5.11a slab, that's a whole nuther story. I have to admit, my heart was racing on the 5.10b first pitch.

This is the Lions' Gate Bridge heading out of Vancouver towards Squamish. I was very excited at this point, although the airline did lose one of our bags. But I was trying to have a good attitude and was shooting photos left and right.

Actually I dont' think this is Garibaldi, but you have to put an area in before submitting the photo and I have no idea what mountain this is. Squamish is unbelievably pretty with snow covered peaks surrounding the multitude of rock.

THis is a fun climb but I think I had a mental block on it. Last time I was on it, I fell, even though I should have done it easily. Well, this time it was easy. Another one checked off my list.

This was an easy but fun climb. We did it to get my brother on something that he could do in his hiking boots. This is more face climby and ledgy like we are used to in the Northeast. I led and set up camp to take pictures.

This is my brother's first time outside. He doesn't have shoes and said mine were too painfully tight, so he opted for his hiking boots. Well, this was a climb I found that I thought he could get up. It was easy, but i still enjoyed it.

This was our first trip of hopefully many to Joshua Tree. I went with my wife (wonderwoman) and my brother (who doesn't climb). I have heard of the stiffness of the grades, and combine that with my crack noobiness, I didn't expect to put too much emphasis on the grades. THis route was a lot of fun, once you get past the crux at the start of the route. 5.6? YEah, right!

This is my beautiful wife getting her self ready on our first ever trip to Jtree. We were like kids in a candy factory. We were sad to only have two days to climb. Oh Well, we'll be back!

We love this place, even though us northeast face climbers are getting spanked by these western cracks. Everything seems hard, but in a good way. We only had two days to climb but had a blast!

This was a great climb. I got a little spooked at the top and read it wrong but finished it out after a hang to clear my head. Wasn't so much difficult as mental. I'll know better next time.

This is a pic of East Railay where all the longtail boats come in. This is about 6-7 months before the tsunami. I am not sure how it looks now. You can see the limestone cliffs in the background. I can't wait to go back!

Josh, just about to get on Yukon Cornelius. Isn't he a hottie? ;-)

There is nothing like climbing in New England in the Fall. It is fantastic. Although the days are much shorter.This route was long and fun, about 15 bolts.

This was a very cool climb, crimpy and technical. You could tell not many people climb it however. It was full of lichen.

This was the first time I tried this very long climb at Yellowknife Buttress. Judging by the lichen on the rock, not many people get up here. It made it hard to find the VERY small holds. Nice moves, though. I liked it a lot.

Here is a good way to belay at the top of a climb if your only options are trees set back from the edge (or even if they are close to the edge). Just walk around the tree when you top out, pull up enough slack to tie an overhand on a bight with the two sides and belay off the bight with an autlocker.

This was on a rest day this summer. We went to Acadia with some non-climbing friends and did a rare hike.

I was on an overnight hiking trip with Fourth-Sixth graders and on our way down from Lonesome Lake we came across a couple of meese bathing. THis time of year is dangerous to get too close. The bull will think you are moving in on his territory. All he wants to do is get laid? You gotta respect that.

I am starting up a great 5.10 called Jolt. I can't remember if i actually needed to do this move or I knew Tiff was taking a picture of me. Either way, I love this climb.