Yosemite 2007
 

Ramon Jummars on 'Southwest' on the Washington Column

Ramon aids the Kor Roof

Stefan aids a traverse on the Washington Column

Half Dome

Rainbows in the Yosemite Valley

Views of Half Dome on the way down

Wendy Hikes Past Cathedral Peak above Tuolumne Meadows

Simon the Sane wears his new Creation

View from Upper Cathedral Lake

Simon checks out the Topo

View from Cathedral Peak's Southeast Buttress

Stefan on Cathedral Peak, the Eikhorn Pinnacle Below

Half Dome

Wendy starts up 'Nutcracker'

Simon belays Stefan on 'Nutcracker' pitch 3

Simon tops out on 'Nutcracker'

With Wendy and Simon on top of the Manure Pile

Iris on the face right of Swan Slab Gully

Matt, Stefan and Iris atop Swan Slab Gully in Yosemite

Yosemite with Matt, Iris, Aylene, Patrick, Andre and Kevin - November 9th to 11th, 2007

Matt makes coffee

outside the park

Matt's first aid lead

Stefan on 'Pot Belly' at Knob Hill

Sunset solo

The Valley

with Iris

El Majesty

and a worshipper

Iris' first climb

at Swan Slab

Autumn fashions

Swan Slab face

2nd pitch

atop p2

Fearless leader#1

Topout

and more

Nails before and

after climbing

Wawona house

and spare room

Mariposa grove

Mule deer

Termite trails

Fallen giant

J-Food

Washington Column Southwest Face in Yosemite with Ramon - October 27th to 28th, 2007

Day 1:

Route

Cutting glove tips

Start

pitch 1

Start pitch 2

Dinner ledge

Cooking lunch

Ropes

Lunch

for

two

Half Dome

Ramon

leads

over

the

Kor

roof

Ramon jugs

up to the belay

Stefan

self portrait

sundowner

last

of the

light

Day 2:

Morning leak

Stefan jugs

up the Kor roof

Stefan's traverse

Ramon's traverse

El Capitan

Ye Mighty

Fog below

Ramon comes up

My Captain

Rainbows

on Half Dome

Ramon

Views as

we

rap

down

Church Bowl and Swan Slab crags in Yosemite with Ramon - October 26th and 29th, 2007

Ramon comes up

the 'Church Bowl Lieback'

Stefan goes up P2

of 'Church Bowl Terrace'

Crows

Aid practice

View from 'Penelope's Problem'

Toproping after 'Grant's Crack'

Autumn

view of Lost Arrow Spire

Cathedral Lake and Peak in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite, with Simon and Wendy - June 2nd to 3rd, 2007

Nap in the parking lot

In

Tuolumne

Meadows

Saturday morning

Man without hat

makes one

Setting off

Finding our way

through

trees and

lunatics

into the

wild

open

spaces,

with views

and rivers

stumbling

into marmots

and beauty

beyond belief.

Hey mon,

let's climb

dat,

wit dis,

OK?

Upper Cathedral Lake

Book-man

Deer

investigate

us.

Simon reads from John Muir.

Lake

Never on my site.

Before the

light fades.

Cones.

Oooo, wow.

Minihaha

Our camp

Bear box

Setting off

Simon pitch 1

2nd belay

Simon leads

Simon pitch 4

Be

lay views

Pre-summit blocks

Ahhh

ooooooh

Shimoon

woooooow

eeeeeeeee

summit

shots

Eikhorn below

descent

Mister

Marmot

Bear clawmarks

Leaving

church.

Yosemite Valley with Simon and Wendy - April 28th and 29th, 2007

Half Dome

Living

in

the

infamous

campground

Camp

Four

camping donkey

Celebrations

continue

Dogwood blooms

Comes the man

around ze corner

El Capitan

you who are so huge

North America

We

bow

to you

'Nutcracker' in Yosemite Valley with Simon and Wendy - April 29th, 2007

Attentive belayer

'Nutcracker pitch 1'

a great crack

Wendy

on the slippery crux

Wendy

comes

up

pitch 1

Simon

Follows

2nd belay

ledge

View

Stefan on

the exposed finger crack

coming up pitch 4

Summit belay

Simon finishes

Chris

View

Done!

Simon&Wendy

Summit shot

On the drip

Nutcracker

behind

'After Six' in Yosemite Valley with Simon and Wendy - April 28th, 2007

Five minute

hike in...

Wendy pitch 1

Simon pitch 1

Pitch 3 chimney

coming up pitch 3

Shimon

Whendy

Pitch 4

Last belay

Last pitch

belayer

Simon last pitch

Raw food guests

Simon is pushed over the edge

Summit

shots

Lieback

S&W

Ballet tights

Stefan on

'Haley's Comet'

Simon

does it

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