Photos by hosebeats

Another stellar route at New Joes. With blue skies and perfect temps we had the entire area to ourselfs. Climber is science.

Bieng the one and only night I was able to hang out with Andy we did Car Bombs and drank beer. It made for a rough morning and hike up to the climb.

Just finding the route was the hardest part. We racked up and started off on a bushy gully. Two pieces of pro in 30m.

This is the view from my moms back yard. Not bad at all.

This is me feeling pretty good the night prior to climbing the NW Ridge of the Thumb with Chris (cdog).

Well the last roped pitch had a bit of everything. Bushes, cracks, funky dirty ledges, anything you can think of on a backcountry classic.

Chris and I made it to the summit with all of our limbs. We were only missing my helmet (damn tree).

Perhaps drinking the night before with Andy was a bad idea. My stomache was in knots from the beer and bad food mix I had poured in a few hours prior.

This is what the tram looks like from the top of the Thumb. If you've ever ridden the Tram you know that's pretty damed high.

This was the last bit of technical down climbing, the rest was boulder hopping and the 2 mile walk back up the mountain to the car.

During one of my frequent rests on the hike back up to the car I noticed the remains of a fossil trapped in the limestone that makes up the top layer of Sandia Crest.

This is my first attempt of the day on White Rastafarian, my favorite line ever. I couldn't keep myself calm enough for the send. The next trip out to Josh it will go. =)

After a full day of climbing Mike decides to give his fingers another reason to hate him. Super gritty, a lot like J-Tree, Chicken Tenders is rough on the hands if you peel.

Red Rocks is the only place I've ever seen this sign and wild burros. I took the picture from a moving car so the quality isnt the best.

I took this during my first trip to Yosemite. That place sure lives up to the hype. I'm glad we drove in at night, otherwise we probably would have crashed into a tour bus after popping out of Wawona tunnel due to all of our gawking. Half Dome is just so damn impressive lording over the valley like the bad mammajamma it is.

The guide I had for the Happies was totally worthless so my girlfriend and I just wandered around climbing anything that looked fun. At first this looked really hard but after a few tries it turned out to be kind of easy. Some very chalked up two finger pockets were sucker holds and could be skipped entirely. All in all a great first trip to Bishop.

The best sport climb for its grade in Paynes. Don't forget to sign the register in the cave!

Just another of the amazing boulders to be found at Flock Hill.