climbing

After a winter/spring recovering from a broken leg I finally got out for a good full day hike/climb yesterday up one of my favorite local mountains, Vesper Pk. I normally ski it at least once a year, but this time too much snow had melted on the lower mountain to make bringing the skis worth...

Since many members seem to frequent Yosemite, and then of course shoot the biggest wall there, I thought I'd share a few pictures from a climb of the Salathe Wall back in the early 70s. Shot with a Rollie 35 on Kodachrome 64. Early Climb (63) by Jim Dockery posted Jun 2, 2018 at 9:54 AM Me...

These are all old slides (mostly Kodachrome) from the late 70s - early 80s, scanned with Nikon Coolscan 4000. Climbing-Mt.-Temple-N-face by Jim Dockery posted Feb 7, 2018 at 9:20 AM Near the top of Mt. Temple's North Face Climbers-on-Mt.-Athabasca by Jim Dockery posted Feb 7, 2018 at 9:18 AM...

Mt. Index is one of the easiest access dramatic peaks in the Cascade mountains of Washington, sitting right next to Hwy 2 not far from Seattle. It's north peak is also one of the hardest to reach, with no easy way up (or down). In the summer it presents an interesting mix of hard to protect...

One of my favorite shots from climbing in Germany in the 80s. I was on top of another cliff after an evening climb when I saw these two and waited for the leader to reach up on the overhang. I tried a couple more as he pulled up, but he moved around the corner so they didn't come out. We were...

I lived in Germany for ~8 years in the 80s teaching for the Department of Defense Schools. Most of those summers were spent climbing in the Alps, with a lot of the time around Chamonix France. Descent off The Triolet On The Walker Spur, Grand Jorasse Climbing the North Face of Les Courtes...