Photos by lockie

Dave grits his teeth through the thin, reachy crux of Bear on a Wire (5.11d/12a) at Old Baldy.

Looking west from Echo Rock in Joshua Tree; the ubiquitous J-Tree silhouette shot.

Jessica gritting through the last few fist-jams after 25 meters of vertical Gem (5.8) crack.

Fernando beginning the WI 4 second pitch of Obsession, three quarters of the way up a 100 meter waterfall (see inset) in Orient Bay, Ontario.

John preparing to come out onto the face of Narcissus (12a), while Bryden waits attentively for the second clip. I was trying to capture the situation - climber relying on belayer, belayer fearing for climber - which epitomizes the intense moments of climbing.