Photos by rock_diva

This is a problem that Holly showed me... one she worked last time she was here. It's a crimpy, vertical, highball problem... easy and fun. The rock at Joe's has amazing color - so beautiful! Here I'm getting ready to traverse left and top out.

Better than coffee is a great crack climb with some tough moves. There are lots of fun warmups in the area...Dem Bones is just around the corner to the left.

The coffin is a beautiful finger crack... gets a little off-fingers for small ones like me, but a great route - great gear - great experience!

This was my first time leading a route that requires a pendulum. Lucky for me there is a fixed rope... makes the pendulum a fun easy swing over to a huge flake.

Ran into some people who agreed to climb with me the one day I was in the city. They recommended this route, and I wasn't disappointed!

Some of the most beautiful rock at Red Rocks.

Jamming feet high on Atman... this route is fabulous! It starts with thin hands, but quickly becomes nice hand jams. At the top it gets wide (I used a couple arm bars) with jugs for the last move. Stellar route!

I remember the first time I went to Red Rocks (as a new climber) and tried to follow up Atman without much success. It was exhilirating to see the route again, and this time to lead up it cleanly. Here I'm clipping high, just below the wide section.

Stephanie is climbing Valentine's Day on a sunny, breezy Sunday afternoon in March. Valentine's Day is a beautiful route, but has a few sections of hollow rock near the start.

I met up with Camhead and Stephanie in Red Rocks to climb some beautiful rock. Here's Paul leading up Atman.

The last pitch of Coyote Tower is fun and steep! We even heard the coyotes between 3:00 and 4:00, just like the guide book says!

Jon leads up the North Face of Castleton Tower... this pitch is wide hands, but the route has wide variety of crack sizes. Stellar route!

This is a route I'd wanted to lead ever since I'd top-roped it on my first trip to Indian Creek. After Aaron had taken a few whippers, I had to show him how it's done :) Thanks for taking the photo, Aaron!

In between snow flurries, Aaron makes it up Supercrack.

Climbing a route at Echo Cove in JTree on a warm November day. Photo by Amy.

Hong is leading a 5.11 route at the Indian Cove campground... sorry, don't remember the name of the route.

The 4th pitch of the Coatimundi/Candyland route traverses out under this great route. Jon leads this very fun, exposed pitch.

... because that's all I got that day. Gotta go back and work it some more... figure out how to get my feet back on when I pop for the hold at the first crux... any suggestions? Pic by Tony

A fun roof boulder problem - those tough enough like to campus the whole problem, but I'm all about the feet.

While climbing up at The Pit we ran into Tony (tonygrieb), a fellow rc.com-er. He was climbing strong on True Value.

Climbing Mr. Slate is a must do at The Pit... fun, classic route.

Knowing about the big bucket around the right side is key to finishing up Power Trip.

Stemming is key in climbing the mace...that, and lots of off-width climbing. The big gear is heavy but I definitely was glad I hauled it up.

Aaron sticks a tough move on Desert Devil (5.13) in the Pond area.

Vertical climbing up a pocketed face; if the hold is not extremely positive, you're in the wrong pocket. Always a favorite, Pocket Puzzle is a must-do.

This is a top-roped alternate start to one of the routes next to the pond... would be a great boulder problem except for the bad landing.

Fletcher and Becky finish up a variation of Absinthe of Mallet on Sheepshead in Cochise Stronghold.

Getting ready to lead the first pitch on Sheepshead.

A nice multi-pitch trad route; apparently bolts have been added to help the sketched out leader in the slabby/no pro sections. Aaron let me led the first and third pitches - what a blast!

After a cold day climbing, the view of the rock in the setting sun was amazing.

This was probably my first lead ever in Joshua Tree... a typical autumn day - cold and windy! Great rock, great fun. Photo by Rex

This is Amy on her first attempt of Pocket Puzzle. Photo by Rock Diva.

Small pockets and small crimps for Rock_diva's first .12 lead!

Jamming a classic boulder problem near Camp 4. Photo by Jody Langford.

This is me(Shelley) bouldering behind Camp 4 in Yosemite. I enjoyed this problem which included a pretty neat dyno.