Yes Joel, that's a tensile structure. Camp at 11,600 feet. 

Jeff in the coulior between the upper and lower saddle with Middle Teton looking on. 

Jeff. Anya, and Seftick, chugging to the upper saddle. 

LE GUIDE DE HAUTE MONTAGNE. Joel at the second belay on the Owen-Spalding. - "Now just go climb that mixed chimney over there and you're summit bound."

Dicey mixed climbing over with, Anya sets the controls for the heart of the summit on the final snowfield. 

Joel on the last steps to the summit. 

VIVA LA SUMMIT. Joel and Anya as sitting royalty of the Tetons at 13,770 feet.

Joel getting to the good climbing, starting up the second pitch of Baxter's Pinnacle, Tetons, July 3rd 2005. 

College Boy topping out the ridge on the third pitch of Baxter's Pinnacle. 

The Doctor pulling summit holds on Baxter's Pinnacle above Jenny Lake in the Tetons, July 3rd. 

A Quick Note

I have re-organized the page to only show the last 5 days posted. To look at older photos going back to February of this year please utilize the archive links on the lower right of the page. This should reduce load time considerably. ----Thanks.

Anya packing up after summiting. Kind of an OK campsite view...... 

Anya cramponing up the vast snowfield of the west ridge of Black Mountain south of LIvingston, MT. 

A Saturday Solo. This 3,700' pencil line of a coulior was a great climb.

Is this thing working??? Joel on route. 

A close up on the upper half of the east buttress of Mt. Shepherd 10,912' in the beartooths. My route on Saturday took the streamlined coulior that slashes up left. This photo was taken April 25th from accross the canyon near the California Ice approach gully. All other photos in this series of four were taken on Saturday June 11th.

Looking southeast at the frosting covered Sundance Mountain and Mount Inabit from the summit plateau of Mt. Shepherd at 10,700 feet. 

Joel packing it into Rimrock lake in the Beartooths. 

Lost again in the Beartooths. 

I have been informed some of you haven't even heard of or seen Devils Tower so here is a photo from our camp site. Looks like a bad SUV advertisement. 

The Aeroplane Flies High

Nearly a month since the last post! What happened? Costa Rica, Minnesota, overtime, rain, snow, and more rain, sick, more overtime......but finally we got out again to good weather and good times with fellow Billings climbers Ari and Daniel over on Devils tower. Hopefully these trends will continue........

Viva La Summit. 

Anya jamming with good style on her way up to the summit of Devils Tower via "Bon Homme." 

Anya showing the tourists how its done going up the finger crack first pitch of "El Matador" on Devils Tower. 

Questioning the body's structure and flexibility, Joel fights the pain and stems his way up with Daniel hiding from the sun below on "El Matador" on Devils Tower.

Nearing the tope of the elevator shaft of "El Matador" on Devils Tower. 

Finally! I got to ride the horses AND eat an ice cream cone.