My brother Matt at the start of an unknown route on the main wall (to the right of blackened).

There are a few actual hand jams on this route. Chris near the top on Hand Job 5.12a. Photo by Brian Boyd

Another steep and fun jug haul...i love the knee bar that traps your hand in with it!

It may not be the foremost ice climbing destination, but Arizona is hard to beat for bolt-clipping in the dead of winter. Here, Rob runs a lap on Trick Mechanics on a gorgeous January day.

Under Attack is a 12a route on the Main Wall at Jack's Canyon. It is a tough onsight for the grade due to some specific beta for hands and smearing feet. Like many Jack's routes, it is hard to clear the roof and then it eases off up higher (but you're gettin' tired by that point). Some PS used to adjust exposure and shadows/highlights. Photo suggestions welcome.

Evil Offspring is a great, fun climb at Jack's Canyon. Four increasingly steep bolts get you to the horizontal. Traverse three more bolts to the double draw in the picture. Clip this across your body from a good hand and a bicycle step under the roof (that I think sucks) and hope that you don't peel here because you will either deck or hit the protruding boulder. After that, power through the pocket crux and up the arete for another three or four bolts. So much fun. John Reyher climbing.

Afternoon light on Swiss Arete, 5.12. Photo by Hillary Davis.

Jon Freiks on "Evil Offspring" at Jacks Canyon. This traverse part is really fun. Photo by Gary Beyer.

no longer a project. Thanks for the photo Z!

Chris at lower crux on Twisted Sister 12c

Main wall @ jack's canyon in the winter. There's about 10 feet of water covering so many good routes...

This is working the power trip. I didn't send the route this time, but I did send it later.

This is Todd, at the crux of Genesis, on the Main Wall in Jack's Canyon.

Jonathan A. on the well-traveled Under Attack, a Jack's Canyon classic.

I forgot this guy's name, but he had a stick clip as long as mine (!) Not that he needed it for Jack Jumped (5.12a)- he made this route look easy. Fun with polarizing filters!

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

I skipped the last last bolt to the top and fell clipping the anchors. If i wouldn't have clpped the anchors I would have decked. Ouch!!

Under Attack 5.12A - A Great Climb in a fun sport climbing area in Arizona. Jacks has lots of climbs from 5.8 to 5.13 - and its easy to follow the shade all day long!

This is the 1st shot I took of Jon near the start of Under Attack. I think the photo provides a good lesson on why you sometimes need to use your flash, even in full sunlight. As you can see, the rest of the photos of him on the route turned out better.

This 2nd shot of Jon on Under Attack easily shows how much using your flash, even in full sunlight, can make a difference.

This 3rd shot of Jon is still low on the route. He's clipping the 4th bolt. Using the flash, when shooting steeper routes like this, makes a big difference.

This 4th shot of Jon on Under Attack is taken from the opposite angle of the first 3 shots.

This photo of Jon (as well as #4) is taken from the opposite side than photos #1-3.

This is Jeremiah on the lower section of Friendly Fire.

Me working the onsight of Gensis, a great route on the Main Wall.