Photos by kilgymrats

Joe "Slab Master" Johnson keeping his head in the game and finally reaching a rest as he sends Mercury's Lead, Stone Mountain, NC.

Joe "Slab Master" Johnson keeping his head in the game as he sends Mercury's Lead, Stone Mountain, NC.

Just a pic of me half way up Loose Lady. Probably one of my favorie climbs in the park. Photo by: Joe Johnson

I don't know if this is the crux of the climb...between bolt 1,2, and 3, but it's the hardest for me. This is a series throught the crux.

This is a pic of me going up Cryptic on the New Years 2005 JTree trip.

Dylan Hettinger (glyrocks) making sure to stay calm on the 2nd ascent of Head Control.

I was out on my line and decided to put my snowskate on the line and see what I could do. Well..pretty much nothing. The bottom of the deck is way to slick. I was able to turn 360's on the board but I wanted to do more. I'm going to cover the bottom in cloth tape sometime and give it another go and see how bad I can hurt myself. Rock on!

Nice picture from Joe of me crossing the Angel's Attic gap at Table rock. Super fun with a lot of exposure. ~60' across; ~140' high. Great pictures joe!

Nice picture from Joe of me crossing the Angel's Attic gap at Table rock. Super fun with a lot of exposure. ~60' across; ~140' high. Great pictures joe!

Another pic of the line out at Table rock. Super fun with a lot of exposure. ~60' across; ~140' high. Great pictures joe!

This is a pic of the line out at Table rock. Super fun with a lot of exposure. ~60' across; ~140' high.

This is just a close up shot of me I like how you can see the road down below.

Another shot of the line from out on the point. You can see down the gap here, but it's hard to get the prespective.

Another view of the Snap Gap. Such great views!

This is a picture of me walking Ship Rock's 1st highline. I wiped out a few times but I ended up getting it. Awesome exposure! Get out there and do it! Thanks to everyone who helped set it all up..it was a great day!

Here I am headed up to Big Sandy ledge through the dbl. cracks. What a neat pitch w/ good exposure.

This is me hanging out in the middle of the traverse. This is sooo awesome if your in the area I would hightly recomend this route!

This is me hanging out in the middle of the traverse. This is sooo awesome if your in the area I would hightly recomend this route!

Here we are racken' up for Washington Column. Super Topos was right on in the gear selection.

This is a shot of the view from dinner ledge. Can't get a much better camping spot with a view of Half Dome in the Valley.

This is dinner ledge bivi at night. The ledge is huge with plenty of room.

It's me after completing most of the chim. pitches on the route. Dave is far below in the pic. jugging up to me. I would HIGHLY suggest freeing this section.

Loving the thin aid on p6 on South Face. Bring a ton of nuts for this one..even some small cams.

This is a shot of my buddy Dave from Dinner Ledge. Great Views of Half Dome and TONS of room!

Description: This photo was taken from just North of the Linn Cove Viaduct. The routes marked are some of the most popular. However there are MANY more great routes. This is just an overview to get you looken' in the right spots. Please don't walk off from the top. Access is being threatened because of "climbers trails" on top. Rapp back to the bottom and walk out. Enjoy

This pano was taken from Wise Mans View on the west side of the gorge. The formations from left to right are Halks Bill, Table Rock, Carolina Wall, and way down there is Shortoff Mtn.

This route is just right of Jump Start. I just liked the focus of the hand and the chalk. Playen' with the new digi cam.

It's El Cap, no matter how many times you look at it it's still just awesome.

Just a lazy afternoon of bouldering out at Santee. Loven' the wonderfull SD weather!

This pic was taken on some route that had no name in the guide book is pretty short and well protected. It goes from slab to slightly past verticle. Small but fun. Good lead Chris.

This pic of my buddy Chris was taken when we stopped in Hawaii for a few days. Beautiful water...and the climbing isn't too shabby either. Should have brought our shoes!

This is a pano of me on p2 of Hindu Kush just as the sun is going down.

This is a route that I was given the 411 on. Don't remember where exactely it is..but it's a pretty big bolt line for increasing your aiding speed. Fun anyway.

This is my buddy Chris rappen' off the top of Headstone...on a typical beautiful JTree day.

This is me doen' the ole' Knee Drop. My neighbors think i'm nuts.

This was taken just off the Blue Ridge Parkway while I was out snowshoeing. Very peacefull.

This a picture of me after a long day out in the bitter cold!