Wednesday, June 25, 2008

It's Been A Long Time But Here It Is Folks...YeeeHa

Half Dome never gets old!
YEAH!!!
Holy Crap Its A DEER...AND A BIRD
Half Dome
View from Sentinel Dome.
Krystina missing a jump over the creek... heha
Water Ripples
Tuolumne
Rain clearing over El Portal.
El Portal.. Off the back porch.
Upper Yosemite Falls and Half Dome.
Yep flowers and water... oh yeah and a tree
Top of Yosemite Falls looking toward Glacier point.
Top of El Cap looking toward Half Dome
Two amazing colors of green.

This neon green moss grows on the trees in the high country and is one of my favorite things about this area.
Snow Plant and Moss. The snow plants tunnel up through the snow to find the light.
Steve on our day hike the other day!! Just another beautiful day in the high country...
Kevin and Josh came and hung out for around two weeks... after climbing for a couple days we needed rest and were bored so decided to shoot some portraits of Kevins Mustache.....MMmmmm
Josh and #6
Josh
Big cam Kevin
Sober Kevin
Loyal Cantwell.
Kev and I at the base of my fav climb in the valley so far. Central Pillar Of Frenzy 5.9 its 5 pitches of awesome cracks and has the best views of anything ive done so far.
Awwww... 
Hanging out before Gathering. 
Boy Im Perty!!
I wanted a day off and Kev still wanted to climb so i gave in :) and went with him to do After 6. its a little 5.7 on the manure pile buttress. he complained the whole way up the pitch about his toe burning and i called him a wuss the whole way, i mean my feet were hot too... well turns out they were not as hot as his.. the rubber on the toe of his shoes heated to the point that it actually caused this burn on his toe... pretty gnarley huh?
At the top of the East Buttress of Middle Cathedral. Kev and I climbed this route one afternoon. Its about 1100ft tall 5.9 and has great views. 
Krystina moving up to the summit block on Cathedral Peak. We climbed this peak twice in a little over a week. The first time withKev and Josh. and the second time with Diana and Paul. its like 3 miles to get to it and then 5 easy long pitches to the top.. I cant wait to do it again.
Just after getting to the top at 10,646ft. The summit is amazing (size of a table top) and provides a 360 view of the high country.
Krystina has gotten so much more comfortable. I think she is really starting to enjoy the sport.
I love this shot
Kev and I on the summit.
Hobbit feet on Cathedral Peak
Kevin sliding down the trail... super fun and i didnt fall until my last run... it was a real back buster but well worth it...
Shea and Carrie crossing a stream on the way back from Cathedral Lakes. These two are amazing people and we have really enjoyed getting to know them.
Dont mess with Carrie or you'll get shot full of splinters...
Two King snakes having a little fun... :) at the base of Glacier Point Apron.
Krystina Leading the 5.6 second pitch of The Grack. It was really cool. She placed all her own gear and built her first natural anchor.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

i miss you guys...photos look good, fluty, but dang, leave those poor rodents alone.