Photos by pawilkes

The route has a great little pillar next to it that makes a great place to take pictures. The routes got a tricky cross through at the crux; thats what got me on the onsight.

thin, balancy route that is nearly impossible during the summer's heat and humidity. really fun route. picture is of me and was taken by dancingmadlybackwards of me at the lake in Spring 2005

i snapped this on my first trip down at the red. the guy in the chair has the such a great look on his face, all confused like. deuce, quiet possibly the most handsome dog in the history of the red, is chilling in the background.

Kenny warming up on "Special Boy", warmly named after our friend's handsome but mildly thick dog, Deuce. Thanks to Kenny for developing the new area.

Jen pulling past the second bolt on "Paradise Lost" at Purgatory, a new crag at the Red River Gorge, on a beautiful day during the first weekend of December 2004.

this is a picture of my woodie when it was about 90 percent complete. the kicker pannel at the bottom is only half on and the back lateral supports aren't attached but you get the general idea. if you want more info or drawings let me know.

a few weeks ago we went up to the lake for some absolutely beautiful november climbing. we saw practically no one the entire day and got to climb whatever we wanted... the only problem was that we forgot all our webbing so we had to make our anchors really compact. this set up was placed mostly on the face of the route just over the ledge so it looked like the anchor only had one piece from the top. oh and um, the guy in the picture is my buddy doug, and i took it.

me doing some bouldering in my dorm room. i cut my hair, so i don't totally look like this anymore but you get the idea. photographer was my friend kelly.

Honestly I can't remember what the route is called, it is a 25 on the Australian scale, somewhere in the 5.11 range. The picture is of Frogett's Edge right outside of Wharapapa (the Wh- if pronounced like an "f") in New Zealand. Great place to go craggin', about 5 places within a 20 minute drive of the school/campground. The photo may look panoramic but it's only b/c I had to cut off the bottom because my finger was over the lense. Climber: Liam Silan, Photographer: Phil Wilkes

I took this in the Winds on a NOLS mountaineering course a few years back. It is right at the base of an area they called The Fortress, but that may just be a NOLS things. Anyhow, it looked pretty good and turned out ok. Photographer: Phil Wilkes

Stretcher (5.9+/5.10a) on the East Bluff at Devil's Lake, WI. The climb is really thin and balancy, I don't know how this thing would ever be lead. Really fun route though, one of my new favorites.