An excellent 3/4 moon was the fill for this shot. 350sec f8.0 18mm Canon 40D
We went out to Smith Rocks again this week! My wife took the sharp end of the rope for another round and squashed the spider on the first pitch of Spiderman Buttress a 5.7 slab for her third lead climb ever. Naturally while out there to climb I also seized the opportunity to get some more photos.
Our neighbor in camp
Just found this nice video of some good work in the Ruth Gorge of Alaska. Jon Bracey and Matt Helliker climb two new routes on prominent features in the Gorge during a two week journey.
Bracey/Helliker, Alaska, new routes from Matt Helliker on Vimeo.
For another Alaskan feat this summer go here.
Well, I’m climbing Mount Hood over the next two days. However, I just got back from Colorado and wanted to make a quick post about my trip with my wife. First we hiked a portion of the Continental Divide South of Loveland Pass towards Snikatu and Grizzly Peak.
This is my wife getting to that above view
Then later that week we went to Estes Park for some bouldering in the area known as Lumpy Ridge below the formations of rock called Twin Owls.
After our time on the rocks I set up this wonderful self portrait of us utilizing a fairly large shelf on the boulder we were previously climbing.
I will update more info after my climb during the next two days.
I got this shot the other evening when Ariel and I were taking a sunset hike up to Silcox Hut.
Below is a posting of the above image in a competion that I entered:
Going through my Photos I found these two shots I took this winter on Mount Hood about a quarter of the way up the Palmer Snowfield on the south side of Mount Hood. I thought they merited a quick post. I loved how the moon lit the snow around me that night.
