“Lyle Closs on Albert’s Tomb, Organ Pipes, Mt Wellington, Tasmania Australia 1974” [Source]
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“Lyle Closs on Albert’s Tomb, Organ Pipes, Mt Wellington, Tasmania Australia 1974” [Source]

New Route Potential #10: Devetashka Cave, Bulgaria
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New Route Potential #10: Devetashka Cave, Bulgaria

Ideal Climber Houses #12: Aescher-Wildkirchli on Säntis (that’s the name of the mountain), Switzerland
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Ideal Climber Houses #12: Aescher-Wildkirchli on Säntis (that’s the name of the mountain), Switzerland

Climbing in the Needles, South Dakota. [via]
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Climbing in the Needles, South Dakota. [via]

No-hands rest like a boss. [Rufus Miller doing the bat hang on Bucket Roof (V6), Hueco Tanks, Texas. Source]
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No-hands rest like a boss.

[Rufus Miller doing the bat hang on Bucket Roof (V6), Hueco Tanks, Texas. Source]

Amazing Mountains #2: Stetind, Norway’s national mountain. The easiest route is 5.6, but the long, multi-pitch 5.10 routes are apparently the real draw. [via]
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Amazing Mountains #2: Stetind, Norway’s national mountain. The easiest route is 5.6, but the long, multi-pitch 5.10 routes are apparently the real draw. [via]

Me yesterday on top of Ancient Art for the second time. I love living 4 hours from Moab. Three photos were stitched together for this pic.
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Me yesterday on top of Ancient Art for the second time. I love living 4 hours from Moab. Three photos were stitched together for this pic.

Amazing mountains #1: Chief Mountain (9080 ft or 2768 m), Montana [via]
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Amazing mountains #1: Chief Mountain (9080 ft or 2768 m), Montana [via]

Rhumsiki, Cameroon. [via]
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Rhumsiki, Cameroon. [via]

Ideal climber houses #9: Catacombs in Turkey[Source]
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Ideal climber houses #9: Catacombs in Turkey
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So I just went hiking in a nearby canyon to check out some crags. I was hiking along the base of a cliff, looked up, saw this guy, and just about had a heart attack.  And then I took a picture.
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So I just went hiking in a nearby canyon to check out some crags. I was hiking along the base of a cliff, looked up, saw this guy, and just about had a heart attack. 

And then I took a picture.

Ideal Climber Houses #8, in Norway[Source] 
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Ideal Climber Houses #8, in Norway
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Trip Report: First Ascent of One of the Steepest Big Walls in the World

And it’s in Venezuela, is 21 pitches long, and climbs behind a waterfall. This is a great new trip report, complete with tons of awesome photos.

Here are 10 more photos from my various adventures of the past few years. Click on each one for the larger version and a caption. Other sets of my photos are here and here. 

Pratt’s Crack, Pine Creek Canyon, CA. [via]
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Pratt’s Crack, Pine Creek Canyon, CA. 
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