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Bugaboo Provincial Park, British-Columbia, Canada. Can you spot the person walking? |
Bugaboo Provincial Park, British-Columbia, Canada. A spectacular sunrise during an early morning start to a climb. |
Bugaboo Provincial Park, British-Columbia, Canada. Dramatic clouds over the rugged spires. Pigeon Spire to the left and the Howser Towers far centre. |
Bugaboo Provincial Park, British-Columbia, Canada. Last light touching a selected few spires. Taken as we descended the Beckey-Chouinard route on South Howser Spire. |
Bugaboo Provincial Park, British-Columbia, Canada. My brother, Pat, reaching the glacier after having climbed the Beckey-Chouinard route on South Howser Spire. |
Bugaboo Provincial Park, British-Columbia, Canada. A reflexion of Bugaboo Spire. |
Bugaboo Provincial Park, British-Columbia, Canada. A morning shot of Snowpatch Spire with the glacier bare of snow bellow. |
Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. The first snowfall mixing in with fall colors. |
Mt. Gimli, British-Columbia, Canada. A night shot taken from my sleeping bag. |
Mt. Gimli, British-Columbia, Canada. Pat stayed in his sleeping bag as the sun slowly warmed the air. |
Pat took a photo of me as I composed a photo at sunrise. |
Trout Creek, Oregon, US. Volcanic basalt columns lean outward buying time before gravity wins over. |
Outside Smith Rocks National Park, Oregon, US. Sunrise over the hills. |
Smith Rocks, Oregon, US. Pat rappelling down the Monkey Face. |
Smith Rocks, Oregon, US. The last rays of sunlight slowly lowering behind the cliffs. |
Northern California coast, US. Black and white photo taken along the dark, grey and misty coast. |
Yosemite National Park, California, US. Yosemite Falls in the backdrop of a foggy morning. |
Yosemite National Park, California, US. "The rope swing" which was shown to me by a friend. We all gave it a try and swung out nearly 100m! |
Yosemite National Park, California, US. Taken on the return from a climb. |
Yosemite National Park, California, US. The immense Half Dome silhouetted at sunset. |
Yosemite National Park, California, US. White-tailed deer. |
Yosemite National Park, California, US. White-tailed deer eating fall foliage. |
The "Buttermilks" near Bishop, California, US. Sunrise across the desert landscape. |
The "Buttermilks" near Bishop, California, US. Pat searching for a foot hold on a bouldering problem. |
Bishop, California, US. A self taken photo of myself climbing a boulder. It wasn't a difficult boulder, but it involved running to reach it before the self-timer went off. |
The "Happies" near Bishop, California, US. A climbing friend committing to the next hold. |
The "Happies" near Bishop, California, US. A climbing friend silhouetted on a boulder problem. |
The "Buttermilks" near Bishop, California, US. Early morning frost bring out the footsteps in the desert. |
The "Buttermilks" near Bishop, California, US. A panoramic shot of the landscape after snow fell overnight higher up. |
Somewhere along long drive on Hwy# 6. I woke up as the sun started to display vivid colors and ran out from the comfort of the van to take this shot. |
Somewhere along Hwy# 6. A golden eagle holding on to its diner. |
Indian Creek, Utah, US. A tree stands out without its foliage against the red sandstone of Indian Creek. |
Moab, Utah, US. Moab, the mountain biking capital of the world. An interesting cloud stood above as Pat wheeled by. |
Moab, Utah, US. Pat stopping for a drink with a great view! |
Indian Creek, Utah, US. A panoramic shot of the landscape taken during a foggy morning. |
Indian Creek, Utah, US. The colors of the sun setting with a tower silhouetted. |
Indian Creek, Utah, US. Our buddy Reese shows his enthousiasm before climbing this thin crack. |
Indian Creek, Utah, US. A climber taking in the scenery from higher up. |
Indian Creek, Utah, US. A great shot of a climber working his way up a crack. |
Indian Creek, Utah, US. An interesting shadow displayed on the rock. |
Zion National Park, Utah, US. Riverside tranquility. |
Zion National Park, Utah, US. The landscape taken from above West Temple. |
Zion National Park, Utah, US. Pat displaying the climbing gear and taped hands. |
Zion National Park, Utah, US. A summit shot of us on top of Moonlight Buttress. |
Red Rocks, Nevada, US. Clouds cover the top of a few cliffs. One of which we climbed later that day. |
Joshua Tree, California, US. Pat looks on as a friend attemps a tough overhanging crack. |
Stanley Headwall, Yoho National Park, Alberta, Canada. Ice climbing on Suffer Machine (A2, WI5). |
Montana, US. I stopped to take this photo of the sunrise and an old farm house as we drove straight up from Joshua Tree, California. |
Montana, US. A fallen old farm house next to the previous photo. |