Photos by mjwestla

Picture of the rope line my partner took on the unknown route located under and left of the rap for Southern Exposure.

Leader pulling the fun final roof of target practice. Big holds and big exposure close out the end of the route. Fun in the style of the nearby DC Comics route but easier. Just watch out for loose blocks.

Rope line for Pitch one of Dromedary, at least the way I went. Several variations possible. Route continues up and out right up the face and out the v-slot in the upper right. Continue up and left from there to reach the gully with the rap station.

Photo of the bolt and pulley system at the top of the second pitch of Sentinel Buttress. The guide I used said it was 110' to the crows nest (start of the 2nd pitch). I was able to reach it with a single 70m rope.

This is a picture showing the start (mainly) of an unknown 5.7+ climb between Golden Earring and Breaking Rocks is Hard to Do. Taken with a wide angle lens to get most of the route, it's kind of a screwy perspective, making the bottom longer and the top foreshortened.

Short trad route at Pebble Beach area, Red River Gorge KY. 11/2008

Our guide workin' his way up the Armatron. Such an awesome area, just a pain to get to.

Picture of me partway up Myster Z (5.7) in Red Rocks. Went up with a guide. Behind me you can see the wall that has Crimson Chrysalis. We heard climbers shouting to each other but hard a hard time finding them until we realized that they were the ant-sized objects about 1/3rd of the way up.

This is a view of the wall above Golden Earring before you start the traverse (GE ends a little below the trees in the middle right). I've not climbed Step and Fetch so I'm not sure where the line goes, but it's somewhere up this face. This picture was taken from the ledge/rap station at the top of Breaking Rocks is Hard to Do/Stab in the Dark.

The start of the Breaking Rocks is Hard to Do is the wide crack well to the left of the rap line in the picture. I primarily stayed in this feature; the little crack to the right was of no use to me at all. Note that the ground is actually about 6-8 feet below where the crack starts in this picture, so there is a bit of exposed burly bouldering to get to the first piece of gear.

Breaking Rocks is Hard to Do - Looking up above the cruxy bouldery start you can see the line the route takes as it follows the main crack. Eventually the main crack peters out and you can follow a horizontal crack to the right to a new crack system that takes you to the top. Here it looks a bit like a diagonal up and right.

Shot of the middle section of the climb. More or less done with the main crack, and traveling up and increasingly to the right. Nice rest point at the start of this section.

Top out/rap station shot for Breaking Rocks is Hard to Do. There is a nice big ledge to hang out on up here. The rap station, is your classic Moore's deal - some fixed gear with a few steel cable loops through a ring.

A peek at a couple of the fixed pieces comprising the rap station. I think there is one more in there too that you can't see in this picture. There is a really creepy loose green rock below this, but the pieces themselves appear to be in good rock.

Pic of someone's rope line (superimposed green line) on Raise Hell. The leader was seemed a bit stressed to discover some bats in one of the cracks he was planning to use at one point so he might have gone a little off route or just skipped putting pro in that crack!

Leftovers wall. Route goes mostly straight up, traverse right, then up and left into the corner left of the stripes. Anchor up and right a few feet. The stripes make it hard to miss and are part of what drew me to it!

The line for Fish Story goes up and right. Near the dark little squared off piece in the upper right corner (with a tiny bit of greenery to it's left) is the "hidden" bolt, if I remember correctly.

Face with the route.

Face with the route I took highlighted.

Face with Turn Styles on it.

Face with Turn Styles on it and the route I followed.

Hindu Kush, via the trad line. Although this is technically easier (5.8) than the 2-bolt "sport" start (5.9) it was quite a bit more nerve-racking and had a number of moves I felt were just as challenging. The gear was all small and sketchy or in hollow flakes. It may not be obvious from the picture but the start is a bit runout to boot. The last move before the big ledge that meets up with the sport line requires some commitment. Be sure to protect just after that on the big ledge or your second will face a big pendulum at a tough move.

Climber working FTZ on top rope. Note that there are a couple directionals in place on the bolt line and he is just below the first bolt (to his right) at the first crux - some tricky face moves. The second crux, which is harder, is at the V-notch just above the big crack. 2 bolts one right after another there and then nothing more till the 2 bolt anchor, which is a bit strenuous to reach.

Climber mid-way up the route on TR.

Air show line (Note: *considerably* foreshortened) taken from P1 belay up sentinel chimney.