Photos by leinosaur

Jason B leadin' up the first route of the day, perfect choice for introducing Scott to Lincoln. Fun trad.

This is a good one for showing that this one is still kind of steep for a 5.7 . . . Beam feeling his salt today!

a taste of what's to come - first sweet jam on the warmer-upper section, leading up to the roof crack proper. Thanks to jen (manat315) for the photo!

thanks to jen (manat315) for this photo, though it doesn't capture what a wrestling match I made of this "hard 9" roof crack. Are you supposed to kick the key pro, repeatedly? This is said to be a "good intro" to roof cracks, since you place your pro from a good stance before you pull up into the business. I was psyched for the redpoint it after hangdogging the hell out of it following berkly a year ago or so. Herndon's rad for soloing it on the FA - maybe "only" 5.9 but, who knew? The pro's so bomber, too! Same with roof corner, which I haven't even hit yet. Let's call it "preserving the onsight," shall we?

Jason P on the Locks of Bald-y! He followed this with a fine lead on Kingfish Caravan, a wild one for somebody's first chimney route! Thanks to jen for photoggin' it!

Jason P on the Locks of Bald-y! Thin-ass crimps on this baby, but homeslice can hang. Tnx 2 jen (manat315) 4 foto

i like the action of this one, if only he had a brightly colored shirt on, eh? These crimps are bomber compared to what he turned the bulge on . .. thanks again to jen (manat315) for the photo

Sean Skedaddling up a probably new, definitely adventurous line on less-than-stellar-looking but actually-not-that-bad rock. The roof is rad and the fun doesn't stop there.

balancing on the sideways smear past small gear in less-than-confidence-inspiring rock . . . 3rd ascent of Tarzan Traverse

meself getting into the traverse proper, on great hands and thin but adequate feet. photo by colorado john

I'll admit it took me a bit, re-fiddling the gear and adding a piece, before pulling the hi-step up onto a sideways smear on fairly polished rock. Fresh resoles helped a bit! Photo by colorado john

he'll be drivin' six white horses when he comes . . . Colorado John taking the high road around the corner. Some of us head up there when the going gets real thin feet-wise, just before this point. Juan made it look pretty easy, though. Fun route! Photo by Sean A.

John snapped this one with Sean's camera, of leinosaur (yo) leading up the 3rd ascent of our buddy Chris' Tarzan Traverse. This was my fourth day climbing out of five between Xmas & New Year's. After seconding the FA on this, I'd been looking forward to the redpoint ever since. Terry & Matt snagged the 2ndA on the FA afternoon . . .

sweeping view of the south (and only) face at this sweet private-land spot: this one's the easiest and rightmost route.

One bolt below, One more to go Cool customer! Wish I'd kept camera in hand for pictures of Chris (belaying) on Snow White 10b RX, another 2-bolter on the left.

Marksalot somewhere earlyish on Amazon Woman - just past the 2nd bolt, I believe?

Detail just for variety, see if it looks any better than the big one. Too friggin' grainy! I was pretty far away though.

Kicking off an afternoon of family-oriented climbing with Accidents Will Happen, in order to set up a TR for the crew. Fun route, though, and heady when you get, oh, 15-20 feet above that first bolt . . . Accidents DIDN'T Happen, though. (knocknocknock) Thanks to manat315 for the photo!

Not the sexiest profile shot but typical of this season, so far - following Chris's bold leads up harder and harder stuff - happy to have the belay and the tailwind on my side . . . I think this is right before I FINALLY got my hooks onto the headwall, which succombed to my charms in the end. Another one I look forward to leading . . . on a very good day!

Yours truly seconding berkly's redpoint of Last of the Good Guys at the fall gathering. This was the crux for me, getting onto the headwall itself. I'll spare you the details but I finally made it up, and the vert section is SWEET. Nice lead, Chris!

just getting to the business end of women on mopeds, following up berkly's onsight. His hands are almost healed up - I'll be tapin' for the redpoint!

Beth saw this wee beastie on our rainy-day hike out to spot the Wintergarden Wall. Great day for an August hike, if a tad steamy.

beth shot this one on our hike out to spot the fabled wintergarden wall. a drizzly august day better for a hike than climb, made for great photos

yet another incredible sight on the drizzly hike out to scope the wintergarden wall (in august!)

Rob diggin' the drive to Aspen - thanks for the turn at the wheel, Mr. Marks!