Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Valley View and Horsetail Fall

I tried to photograph horsetail fall last night. The clouds came in and covered the sunset so it never turned red. This is what I got though.. Which is still cool but nothing like it could have been.
If it had turned out right the water would glow red... maybe next time.
Horsetail and Birds
Our first trip into the valley (two weeks after we got here) we just drove up to Tunnel View to see the valley again and i shot a couple frames... here they are.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Our first day of climbing!! and some more snow pics

The down river view from the porch at the B&B, during the big snow!
The tree I think is very pretty!
Stonequest 5.8+R, a route that Ron put up back in the day.
(Topo from Falcon Guide, Don Reid)
Krystina following the third pitch on Stonequest, a slab route on Parkline slab.Old school bolts.
Joel leading the forth pitch...it was a good day and refreshing to be outside!
Joel getting ready to rap down.
It was a very pretty view from the edge.
The down river view, looking toward the hotel and bed and breakfast.
Being happy! after a really good day out in the sun.

More from the road trip...

Joel pulling a move around the roof just before he fell.
Joel climbing a 5.12a in some big limestone cave, the first day of rain!
Same route as above. Hiding from the rain.
A neat view in Red Rocks, looking toward the city.
A Flower...made of an orange peel!
5.11 b at Red Rocks.
Joel climbing a 5.11b at Red Rocks, Carnivore Crag, the last day before it rained!!!
Being "Hero"ic on a V1 in Bishop, CA at the Buttermilks, on warmer day!
Krystina bouldering in Bishop..."Hero" V1

Saturday, February 14, 2009

First Couple Days In Yosemite

PURRRRENGER.... I love this cat. Ron and Liz have two at the BandB and they are both really cool but this is my favoriate.
Ron and Liz have a great place. It is full of amazing things. They are amazing people and really cool to be able to get to know them better.
more snow
once again two of the same
Man this place is beautiful.
It really snowed and the flakes were huge. around 3-4 inches wide.
Sepia tone of the snow just after it started.
Morning snow
Wet snow on limbs.
There are three coons that come and look for food every night and there tracks were everywhere in the morning. We also have a Ringtailed Cat that comes around but im going to have to get a wireless release to get a good shot.
Close up of needles.


The Second day we were in Yosemite it snowed in El Portal.. We got about 3 inches in an hour or two.. Then it quit and rained the rest of the time.
The first day seeing the green here was amazing. It was all so dead when we were here last year and now its beautiful green and lush... I just cant cross the river to get to the shots i want.
yep BandW copy agian
Evening light on the Merced
Calico Sandstone in Redrocks. The layers in this are amazing.
Calico Sandstone
Red Rocks on our last day. We had so much rain and snow we cut our road trip a week short and headed to Yosemite early.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Bouldering in Bishop

We spent a week in Bishop bouldering. The place was amazing and one of the first times Ive really liked bouldering.
We spent the last day of our stay in Bishop at the Sad Boulders. Joe and I worked a V5 called Molly. It was the hardest problem I did while we were there. The Grades feel much harder than home but we started to figure out the style by the end of the week.
Molly V5
Molly V5
Molly V5
Molly V5
We camped in a campground called The Pit. It is basically a pit and during the night the wind blows off the snow covered mountains and it feels like you are camping in a fridge. We woke up with ice on the inside of the tent from our breath a couple mornings but by the middle of the day it was nice.
Solarium, A V3 that I finally got after a lot of work.... Things seemed harder than I was used to.. Well,,, except for the Valley's stuff.
Yep, That thing is hard
At the dump getting pallets to burn for fire wood. We were really glad to find out that they were free and that we could get them on the bike rack. It made the nights much more bearable...
The View of our "Fridge mountains" from the Happy Boulders parking lot.
Me on some V4 on the Bang Your Head Boulder at the Happy Boulders. And once again it took me a couple goes.
Joe on the Bang Your Head Boulder
Krystina at the Buttermilks
One of the Buttermilks 4 star V3s on the Bowling Pin Boulder that I could only get half way up.
Joe slinging chalk.
This was one of my fav routes. A V3 on the Loaf Boulder. Super crimpy and technical. Heading into the Milks on a snowy day.
Yeah, Thats Snow...
Joe on a V5 at the Milks in a snowstorm.
Krystina on Birthday Left V0.. Nice little high ball.
Same as Above but a better look for the photo.
Joe on a classic V2.
Krystina climbing Birthday Left V0