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Matrix Direct, The Other One: Bones places a screw in the better ice

The Fecalator: One-arm hang, attempting to rest

Mystery Achievement: Will leading the beautiful 5.9 hand crack after a night of heavy partying

Posing with Lori

Hooligans: Tad, following the second pitch of Hooligans, Hurricane Crag

Kingdom Come: Jim climbs the first pitch (5.11c) of Kingdom Come; the route continues left, then climbs the broken arching rock rightwards to a belay

Creation of the World: Jeremy climbs the thin face past the bolt at the start (Copyright © Will Mayo)

Creation of the World: The crack turns to wide fists before becoming off-width just above (2nd pitch) (Copyright © Will Mayo)

Goats Foot: Jim leading Goats Foot, Poko

Hidden Pique: Jim high in the Hidden Pique corner, Poko (Copyright © Simeon Warner)

Bushido: Thin steep ice on Bushido, Poko

Positive Thinking: Close-up of Jim high up in the hand crack of Positive Thinking, first pitch

Midlife Crisis: Leading the top column of Midlife Crisis in cold, brittle conditions (Copyright © Ade Miller)

Waterfall: Tommy leading an ambitious line on the Waterfall with Katherine Snead

Hold the Mayo: Jim leading pitch 2 of "Hold the Mayo"

The Jackal: Setting pro high before climbing the crux; The Jackal overhangs gently for most of its length

Double Diamond: Climbing through the crux, Jeremy places more gear

Double Diamond: Grabbing the bucket past the crux

Fear and Loathing in Keene Valley: Series 3: Struggling with the crux of the route

It's Only Entertainment: Placing gear at midpoint on the diagonal crack

Ku Klux Ken: Awkard jams at the start of Ku Klux Ken

Ku Klux Ken: Chris powers through a couple strnuous moves

Ku Klux Ken: Pretty cool pinch hold

Ku Klux Ken: Laybacks near the top

Mental Blocks: Jim leading the second pitch of Mental Blocks, Wallface

Master Craft: Joe follows the steep initial pitch of Master Craft (led by Dennis unseen above)

Wind Jammer: Unknown climber high on Wind Jammer, a perfect splitter crack

Yellow Pillars: Joe gets established after the traverse and prepares to climb the overhanging ice above

Taking pictures in Vermont

Bouldering in the early morning light

Resignation: Jim leading steep rock on Resignation

Resignation: Martin at a belay on Resignation

Lamplighter: Jim and Martin at the top of the Pharos after completing Lamplighter

Arachnus: Martin at the third belay of Arachnus

Batteries Not Included: Rappelling through the "eye" of the needle at the top of Batteries Not Included (Copyright © Colin O'Connor)

Batteries Not Included: Colin follows P1 of Batteries Not Included; crisp limestone

The Ben as seeon from the approach (Copyright © Eric Gregory)

Descending the Ben toward the Red Burn area

Point Five Gully: Breaking through the cornice onto the flat summit plateau (Copyright © Eric Gregory)

Descending off the summit through intermetent white out (Copyright © Eric Gregory)

Inconceivable: Avoiding the snow in the high country, we retreated to Blacktail Butte and climbed a couple routes (Copyright © Colin O'Connor)

Rocks littering the field near our camp site

Rock hoping around the top of Elk Rock

The Road Goes On Forever: Super fun climbing on a freezing cold day (Copyright © Colin O'Connor)

The Road Goes On Forever: Super fun climbing on a freezing cold day (Copyright © Colin O'Connor)

Rat King: Big buckets on steep rock, but piggin' cold (Copyright © Colin O'Connor)

Lucie being blown by the wind at sunset (she's actually doing a handspring)

Pretty sailboat and men repainting a boat hull at low tide

Mephisto Waltz: Bones dances up the wet and drippy Mephisto Waltz

Rice terraces between Banga-an and Tanulong

The jeepney on the way to Batad became stuck, so we all grabbed our stuff and continued on foot

View of the rugged Batad valley and its rice terraces

Emiliano working on a bulul carving

View of coffins hanging on a cliff face in Echo Valley

View of coffins hanging on a cliff face in Echo Valley

Lucie plants rice with Gloria, a native of Tanulong

A man and his grandson take a break from working in the rice terraces

A man turns up the soil in a rice patty using a carabao (Copyright © Lucie Wellner)

On our last day, the sky cleared enough for us to see the surrounding peaks

La Pomme D'or: Will following the crux 5th pitch

La Pomme D'or: Will leading the 7th pitch

Chilliwack mountains

Northeast Buttress: The summit of Mt. Slesse as seen from the east

Lucie, modeling above 16,000 feet

Animal Cracker: Tommy shows his stuff at the start of Animal Cracker

Colossus: Moving through the initial bulge on big jugs

New York Is Not The City: Crimpy changeover in order to make the clip

Terror in Tiny Town: Jim grabs the better holds at the start of the route; the technical crux lies above

Tommy and Michelle drinking…how about a beer?

Michelle and Beverly hike into the area behind Parking Lot Rock

Sabbatical: Tommy belays Jim on Sabbatical

Looker: Crimpy holds on Looker

South Creek as seen from Flaming Rock; Bumblie Rock is right of center and Slabbage Patch is left of center

Intruding Dike: Tommy and Michelle climbing in the cold morning wind

Mean Green: Joe climbs the crux pitch of Mean Green (WI5), belayed by Tommy

Tommy happy out on the range

Colin trying to look all buff and stuff

Another view inside the Mother Ship

Southwest Face, Normal Route: High camp

Southwest Face, Normal Route: Llamas carrying gear to base camp at Laguna Negra

Southwest Face, Normal Route: Illampu (6368m) in Bolivia, taken from high on the ridge on Ancohuma (Copyright © Chris Wurster)

Southwest Face, Normal Route: Establishing base camp

Southwest Face, Normal Route: View of mountains from base camp

Southwest Face, Normal Route: Ancohuma (6427m) From Camp I. The climbing route we attempted ascends the ice fall to the rght of the picture onto the glacial plateau above.

Southwest Face, Normal Route: A view of Ancohuma (6427m) from high camp at 5600m. The climbing route we attempted crosses the glacial cirque towards the peak, then traverses right to a snowy ramp that is climbed to a plateau. From the plateau, the route turns left traversing to the base of a steep face, which is ascended up to the summit ridge, which is followed to the top. (Copyright © Simeon Warner)

Southwest Face, Normal Route: Enjoying the sunset at Camp I (Copyright © Simeon Warner)

Southwest Face, Normal Route: Llamas carry gear to/from base camp

Southwest Face, Normal Route: Camp II at sunset; everyone has already gone to bed in preparation for the climb (Copyright © Simeon Warner)

Three girls in Cocoyo

Expedition photo taken by a local in the town of Cocoyo (taken during the trek back from base camp to Sorata)

A family peels a field of potatos

Lucie doing some cleaning at base camp

Rowland's Magical Mystery Tour: Ben completing the traverse on the third pitch

Rowland's Magical Mystery Tour: Ian and Ben at the belay at the end of the third pitch

Sudor y Sangre: Climbing a beautiful orange corner system

Approaching Abra de Warmiwañusqa (Dead Woman Pass) at 4200m, a porter struggles under an enormous load of gear that tourists refuse to carry; this is the highest point on the Inca Trail

Machu Picchu in the early morning

Denali from Foraker base camp

Southeast Ridge: Arriving at base camp

Foraker as seen from the Kahiltna glacier

Awesome Devil's Tower

Solar: Excellent corner jamming on P2

El Matador: Climbers on the famous P2 of El Matador. The woman following was barely able to make the stem.

Sassolungo towers from the height of the pass near the Sella towers

South-West Arete "Delagokante": John nearing the second belay on the South-West Arete of Delago Tower

The Hands formation in the late afternoon light

View of the Dragoons from the west, with views of Whale Dome, Westworld Dome, Squaretop, and Rockfellow Group

Warpaint: Dennis leading the third pitch of Warpaint; this part is about 5.9

California Ice: Starting the first pitch (WI4) of California Ice

California Ice: Joe climbs the second pitch (WI4) in a snow squal

Returning from a failed attempt at Sand Dune Falls

Blind Faith: Jamming through the final steep crack

Stolen Chimney: Leading the corkscrew -- one of the wildest summits anywhere. The ropes are arched to the right due to strong winds

Black Dike: Jim, just after the rock traverse on the Black Dike

Bennedictus Direct: Pulling the monster roof on the 5th pitch (Copyright © David Le Pagne)

Bennedictus Direct: Climbing the slab below the overlap on the 5th pitch (Copyright © David Le Pagne)

Bennedictus Direct: Bones at the crux of the first pitch; from here, the route continues [climber's] left on an unprotected 5.8 face

Bennedictus Direct: Bones runs it out on the thin 5.9 traverse on the 4th pitch

Bennedictus Direct: At the belay at the start of the 4th pitch, scoping out the pitch ahead (Copyright © Brian Post)

Bennedictus Direct: Following the 4th pitch (Copyright © Brian Post)

Bennedictus Direct: Taking a photo as Will leads the 4th pitch (Copyright © Brian Post)

Nikos climbs another hill on the lower section of Zippy Da Do Da

Vegetables in the street market

Lucie shows how it's done (Copyright © John Lawyer)

Uncomfortably Numb: Tommy sending at Hellgate (Copyright © Colin O'Connor)

Weird Science: Colin leads up the awesome wall

Weird Science: Colin leads up the awesome wall

Melt Down: Not much difference between the 11s and the 9s on this wall (Copyright © Colin O'Connor)

Melt Down: Not much difference between the 11s and the 9s on this wall (Copyright © Colin O'Connor)

Uncomfortably Numb: Tommy sending at Hellgate (Copyright © Colin O'Connor)

Danger sign…don't climb here!

The Arete: Jim at the belay on Catastrophe (Copyright © Eric Gregory)

Want some beans?

Sweden-Ringle: Chris sends Swedin-Ringle, making it look like 5.10

Cave Route: Near the top of the crack Colin finally gets a rest by stemming to the opposite wall

Estes Point Pillar: High on the pillar the ice is fractured and thin, with water visible through the ice veil

Flowering joshua tree (Copyright © Lucie Wellner)

Garden Angel: Weird layback moves up the arete of Garden Angel

Cryptic: Allen leading Cryptic

Wild Wind: Yvon nearing the top of Hidden Tower

The gang, gathered in Joshua Tree

Thackray enjoying the conviviality at camp

Illusion Dweller: Low on the all time perfect crack

Rubicon: Jim Lawyer and Allen Steck on Rubicon

Double Cross: Following the all-time classic hand crack

Boogers on a Lampshade: After the crux; the next piece is the tied off chicken head visible just above

Figures on a Landscape: John Morton traverses across to the first belay

Solid Gold: Tom sends Solid Gold

The little town of Kandersteg surrounded by high mountains

Bäretritt: We climbed the rock on the left to avoid breaking the fragile pillar

Arbonium: Traversing left at the start of P2

Arbonium: Following the steep pillars of P2

The Last Gentleman: Leading the fragile third pitch of the Gentleman

The Last Gentleman: Climber leading the second pitch of the Gentleman in fat conditions

The Promenade: Will leading the crux columns of The Promenade

Reign of Terror: Reign of Terror as seen from The Promenade

Orbit: Kristy enjoying the perfect 5.9 flake on the third pitch

Green Traverse: Bouldering on Moss Island

Our camp at Observation Point; it snowed…again

Cheap Date: Leading the awesome finger crack of Cheap Date; this route makes a great alternative finish to Fat City

Romulan Territory: Climbing the crux bulge on the second pitch; the difficulty of this pitch is in placing gear, as it's thin and technical

Male elephant and approaching storm

Wildebeest

Some bird, which type I've forgotten

Giraffe and baby

Lion

Zebra

Lions feasting on a topi

Two impala sparring

Two white rhinos

Eland

Two crown cranes

Leopard in tree

Lion

Giraffe and baby giraffe

Sparring zebras

Nursing elephant

Mother and baby elephants

Jumping vervet monkey

Es geht auch ohne!: Nikos rapping off the top

Pillar of Dreams: Looking down from the second belay -- a sea of knobs and pebbles

The town of Kastraki

The town of Kastraki with the distinctive Meteora towers in the background

Hypotenuse: Close-up of Aris and Fondas at a belay on Hypotenuse

Fingertip and Sky: Jim attempting a harder route (VIII+)