Climbing (and other fun things) with my Adventure Buddies. We have matching sweaters.
04/28/2012: Nadine, Nicky, John G, Dee, Will, et al.
04/13/2012 - 04/14/2012: You, sir, are the scum of the earth! Abu Dhabi Alpine Club.
04/06/2012: It's getting hot in here. Toufic, Thomas, John G.
03/24/2012: Climbing with Lana in Dreznica.
03/16/2012 - 03/17/2012: John G, Blair, Thoby, John H, Walid. No, there aren't any pictures of Discworld. =P
02/28/2012 - 03/03/2012: Meters of snow. No lifts running. Bummer.
02/10/2012 - 02/11/2012: Where we did things with people. I was a bit busy so I only took one photo.
02/03/2012 - 02/04/2012: After 5 more months of cake, headed to Ras Al Khaimah, meeting up with John Gregory & Co (muchos gracias for putting up with us). Hung out at Roadside flailing around pathetically on Franklin Right-Hand, D…
09/09/2011: A pre-season climbing session Hatta with Sgouris, Gail, Sébastien, and Maurizio. There was some pretty pathetic flailing after a whole summer of cake.
07/16/2011: Belay monkey.
05/13/2011: Deep water soloing in Dibba
05/06/2011: A late season excursion with the DeWeerths
03/25/2011 - 03/26/2011: An experiment with a sketchy bolt, dehydration, and hypothermia.
03/04/2011 - 03/05/2011: A pretty tame week at Wonderwall. We practiced our Chris Sharma yells, and led a totally runout but easy climb. Dane won my heart and peed on the rope.
02/25/2011 - 02/26/2011: At Hatta again with The Crew. Climbed: Blade Runner (F5+, nobody finished it except for me, so I'll upgrade it to F8d), Atomic Anteater (F6b, awesome overhanging monkeying), Hallucinogenic Abduction (F6a+)…
02/17/2011 - 02/19/2011: In celebration of the Prophet's birthday, Fabrice, Regina, and I headed to the Omani mountains for some more climbing. The climbs were generally fun, especially the one where I made my own 35m route diagon…
02/05/2011: Climbing @ Wonderwall, an experiment with Regina. I desperately needed to get my lead on, and Regina wanted to try out her shiny new gear, so we trekked out to Wonderwall, and climbed on Spaghetti Western. Just before …
01/22/2011 - 01/23/2011: Climbing in northern UAE/Oman with a bunch of climbing deities. I flailed/hangdogged my way up a 6c/5.11a "Stone Pussy", and was promptly pumped for the rest of the weekend. Camping was interesting, interr…
12/03/2010 - 12/04/2010: Climbing @ Hatta, Oman. My first experience with the "chossaneering" quality of rock in and around the UAE. I proudly "red pointed" Spider Pig, an F6b (5.10c?), a super duper "5-star" route with something …
09/26/2010: Climbing @ Gecko Escalade, a really fantastic gym in the middle of nowhere, Switzerland. The gym was located in a small village, surrounded by land with lots of grazing cows. The barn-like structure of the gym allowed …
09/18/2010: Climbing @ Villeneuve, Switzerland. Chossy rock and a damp day made for pretty mediocre climbing. =( Oddly enough, Jeff & Ming were there with me. In Swizzlesticks.
09/12/2010: Climbing @ Pierre du Moelle (Swiss Alps!), w/ Manu, Lorenzo, Anieze, & Celine. It was insanely beautiful, and the unique rock was lots of fun.
08/29/2010: Dingleberries
07/05/2010: Bouldering @ Boat Rock w/ Jon, Ming, and a Super Soaker™.
06/27/2010: w/ Jeff & a bloody wrist.
05/23/2010: Climbing @ Foster Falls w/ Jeff, Jon, Sheila, & Nicolas
06/06/2010: Went to Leda after getting rained out at the work day somewhere else in Tennessee w/ Wei-Ming & the Atlanta Climbing Club. I only remember the terrifying trad route.
04/05/2010: Climbing @ Foster Falls w/ Jon, Ming, Wei-Ming, and I.
Routes: Rolffed (5.9+), Fish-eyed Fool (5.10b), Moonscape (5.10b), It's all Good (5.9+), Ethnic Cleansing (5.12b, made it to 4th bolt only), something else in th…
05/14/2010 - 05/17/2010: Climbing @ Red River Gorge again!
03/21/2010 - 03/28/2010: Climbing beautiful sandstone @ Red River Gorge & Linville Gorge w/ Dave, Hunter, Sean, and a few other Gatech students.
Roadside Crag: Up Yonder (attempted), Crazy Fingers, You Can Tune a Piano, but You C…
03/14/2010: Vertical Caving w/ ORGT (Andreas, Sean, many more)
Rusty's Cave @ Fox Mountain, GA
Static rope is wierd.
03/07/2010: Currahee w/ Atlanta Climbing Club & Jon
Fell our way up a lead climb on Comfortably Numb. Sorta flashed No Name Crack maybe. Slipped and slid all over Stranger than Friction.
More pictures on Reagan's album and Ja'net…
03/01/2010: Jon, Wei-Ming & I
Notably: Keeper of the Boat (Jon) & Yellow Arete (!!!!), & several V2s and V3s along the way (Poplar Slab, Bear Hug, Short Mantle...). Attempted: Firewoman, Lost Digits, Yellow Wall Slab, Paint Can..…
02/21/2010: Wei-Ming & I with the Atlanta Climbing Club @ T-Wall in Tennessee. More pictures on Reagan's album.
Routes: Greener Pastures (5.10a), Silver Spurs (5.10b), Soul Searchers (5.7), Path of the Misfits (5.9), Cake Walk (5…
02/08/2010: Trad class w/ ORGT @ Palisades.
01/31/2010: Jon, Wei-Ming & the Atlanta Climbing Club @ the Palisades in Alabama.
Routes: Trivial Pursuit (fake), Boobs, something to the right of Boobs, R&D, Cashmere, Trivial Pursuit (real)
01/23/2010: Float the Boat bouldering competition. Wei-Ming, Markus, and miscellaneous people.
Credit to Wei-Ming for the untitled pictures shot with the Canon EOS Rebel XTi.
01/18/2010: Jon & I.
Mikey's Mantel: 10a slab (on lead!) that starts with a tough mantel. Edging and crimping the rest of the way up.
Power Flyer: 10b/c on the Brick Wall (on lead!)
Dreams: 11c with a crux that requires a huge leg…
12/20/2009 Parking Lot boulder w/ Pokai & Colleen
11/01/2009
Pigs on a Wing, random route on Buzzard Wall, Ming Jon Dustin
9/7/2009
Climbing with Jon, Ming, and I. We went outdoors top roping at the Lost Wall, a large section of sandstone cliff in Northern Georgia. We set up anchors for the first time and didn't die. Hurray!