Yosemite Pics

Here are some photos from my trip to Yosemite with Kyle O last weekend. It was a great trip... perfect weather, no crowds, and some quality time with friends. Good times...

Kyle and Me on The Wave

Me on Great White, one of the most fun climbs of the trip

Which Way to the Boulders?

The Bearhug Mantle - a quality lowball

Battle of the Bulge

The Beta Dance

Jackie on The Titanic

Lastly, some rad Merced River Boulders Kyle found off Route 140...

Midnight Lightning Vid

Here's a short video of Kyle O'Meara climbing Midnight Lightning in Yosemite. Kyle has climbed half the problems on the Columbia Boulder, and impressively still hasn't fallen off of the boulder once. I didn't fare quite as well, but I had a wonderful trip. I'll have some photos up in a few days...

Enjoy! Be sure to click through to Vimeo to watch in HD.

Update: Also, here is a short video Kyle just posted of him flashing Panic Room and sending King Air, the latter of which has to be one of the most impressive lines in the country. Good job Kyle!!

Headed to Yosemite...

I've decided to take advantage of the unprecedentedly-awesome winter conditions in Yosemite and the cheap airfare on Alaska Airlines, and I'm taking a short trip to California this weekend to visit Kyle O'Meara and return to the Valley. I'm psyched!!!

Here's an image of the 10-day forecast for Yosemite that I took last Saturday - can you tell why I'm going?

Leftovers

The climbing here in Washington has definitely slowed down over the past two months, and it has given me time to go through some old photos from the fall of last year. Here are a few of my favorites:

Joel On the Mega-Project On The Fist

John Stordahl On and Off a New Problem Near Little Bridge Creek Wall

Drew Schick On A Powerful New Problem On the Same Boulder

Cortney on Kompressor Crack, A Quality Obscurity Also Near Little Bridge Creek Wall

Max "GQ" Hasson

The Machine Gun

Isaac Howard on Claim Jumper

The 420 Slab