Sunday, April 27, 2008

Better late than never

Yes, parts of the crew went to Joe's Valley LAST WEEKEND. Yes, it has taken this long to put up some media from that glorious weekend. STFU already! Without further ado, here are the times that the rest of the clowns missed out on... Kevin is quite a comedian himself. Here, he climbs a problem that bears this particular namesake. However, all who were in the area can confirm that the noises he made while grunting up this piece of stone were anything but funny. Thomas is a total bad ass. Some of you know this. Some of you don't. But wise up. Here is photographic evidence of Mr. Betterton making it rain. (Fingerhut V10)
Whoa GUNS!!! Where did those come from!?!? Bec on The Comedian is no laughing matter.
Diggity on Comedian as Thomas is clearly becoming bored with the monologue.
Cat throws the heel hook confidently knowing that Ben is right behind her NOT making funny faces and being a VERY attentive spotter.
I have no idea whats going on here. It looks like CPR on a butt. Ask the two involved what happened.
Ben looking calm and composed in the face of a total need for adult diapers.
SERIOUSLY! Have you ever SEEN the wind below? This thing is taller than most IMAX screens. It appears to have just about as many holds as well. Here Thomas moves casually through a very nice picture.
Unfortunately nobody told Thomas that floating the problem up to the finishing holds requires you to... well... finish. Blow up the picture and see that crazed look in his eye. It's TOTALLY worth it. Oh yea, and he TOTALLY sent as well.
Ben Elkon on the wind below. On closer inspection of the picture, he is also climbing right next to that pathetic Christmas tree from charlie brown. Sure made for a pretty shot though!
Here we see Kevin Brown on Planet of the Apes. This was his goal for the trip and I'm pleased to report that he totally sent it after falling off of the finishing holds no less than 4 (four) times. I guess he just really enjoyed it and wasn't ready to be done yet!
What perfect lighting! Thomas on Worst Case Scenario.
What terrible lighting! Ben on Worst Case Scenario.
He sure looks awesome avoiding Kevin's lobster like grip. Oh, and sticking the TERRIBLE crimp as well.
With time growing short and a brutal wind making things unpleasant, Bec decided the only course of action was to get WWWAAAAAYYYYYY off the deck on a terrible off-width. Proud way to finish up a weekend climbing trip!
Ben decided the off width was a little too spicy for his tastes and opted to get high on some slab-tastic face. Isn't his beanie cute!?!? He looks just like a little snowball!
As you can see, it was a totally wicked trip and good times were had by all. So next time a session is planned for Joe's, I expect all of you to play hookie from work / school and carry pads to my projects! Psyched?

4 comments:

sock hands said...

word to your photos! and your face! your faceandyourphotos!

Olecram said...

The picture monologue is killer! Nice send on another good Joe's trip.

sock hands said...

upon closer inspection, i lolzed at ben the lil' snowball.

Unknown said...

Kristin you are awesome!! I enjoyed reading your captions to all of the pictures. :) Let's climb outside this weekend!