Tying in
Location: Little Si
To start climbing, you really need to know just one knot: the figure 8. Now if I could just remember how to tie it...

The Big Easy
Location: Little Si
This is a nice little 5.9 that could have been nicer if it hadn't been raining on us. It was quite long; after lowering we had only ~4m of our 60m rope left. Whew, as it were.

Nice scenery
Location: Little Si
I just can't capture the lush, greenlike nirvana you enter when hiking in the cascades with a camera. Trust me, it's super-noot.

Desperate for a pump
Location: REI Redmond
Expelled from Little Si by rain, we stop by our second home and hop on the plastic while we're there.

"The Twelve"
Location: REI Redmond
That's what they call this climb, even though they rate it .11b/c

How they gawk
Location: REI Redmond
Bryan distracts a couple of weekend adventurers with his god-like cranking ability.

Drew gets ready for some crack
Location: REI Redmond
Feed the addiction.

Stick it where?
Location: REI Redmond
There's nothing like the feeling of wedging your hands into cracks... and then pulling up.