Gunks, NY climbing

welcome to the Gunks

top roping off the carriage road

Fat City Direct rappel

Yab Yum, 5 pitches of adventure

Jason, Lorisa and Jason

our guide Jason was like a tiny mountain goat with oakleys

this spider was seriously the size of my fist so i named him cody and took his picture

 selfie sticks are overrated 

our protection: three tiny cams in a crack.  TRUST was the word of the day

"yeah, im pretty sure it'll hold..."

New Paltz in background

our feet hang off the tiny belay ledge as we prepare for another pitch

Mt. Katahdin, Maine

Chimney Pond

Cathedral Trail

Pamola Peak and Knife Edge Trail

2nd Cathedral, Chimney Pond in the background

Pamola Peak from Cathedral

first view of the Knife Edge Trail

getting closer to Pamola Peak

Fernando rocks

The Knife Edge

Pamola Peak

Baxter Peak, Knife Edge Trail in clouds

bottom of Dudley Trail

beauty death spring casino trip

theres an old mystery casino hidden deep in the forrest on the top of a mountain overlooking a town

Cody was sure I'd fall through the floor, but I proved him wrong. I think he's just sensitive about his weight..

Girl was like, "Check out my bangin' ass." Done and done.

its not often you find parts of a dismembered deer sticking out the trunk of a tree

Epic Beacon to Cold Spring Hike

if i read the map correctly, this is Lake Surprise

i saw a wolf, but it was too quick to get a picture, so i captured this tree instead

the trail was not for the novice hiker. we traversed several more peaks after this 

From the top of Breakneck Ridge you can see there is an island on the Hudson that has an old castle on it.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollepel_Island