Keepin' up with the times...

So I decided that it was high time for me to sell my soul to the devil keep up with the times of photography. Below is an image I took and (basically butchered) tweaked a little bit; I just (oversaturated) helped the colors, and added some (absurd and impractical) subtle (I don't have a Holga or any other means of drawing natural attention to the subject) vignetting, (not to mention there is no highball like this at Way Lake so I had to crop Jeff off a picture of Natalie V8, shrink him and put him back on the same problem to get "the feel" I was going for).

Note - I do actually have a Holga and it creates really artistic, natural vignetting... I find it interesting that the more we move forward in technology, the more we strive to be old school cave-people...


Jeff on Jeff on Fake Natalie, VMagic.
Photo by art by shameless and blatant misuse of artistic license by - Eric Lang

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Now that's out of the way... there is a new addition to the Eastside Bouldering crew (that is, if Abbie ever allows her to visit the Eastside)... I give you; Sad Daisy...


Daisy being sad that she is no longer the token barnyard animal of the Eastside crew... poor little pig dog...
Photo - Eric Lang

No but really, we have a new dog. Her name is Sadie (which I would like to add is just a hodge podge of the sounds that make up the name, Daisy). She is a mix of Jack or Parson Russell terrier and hobo and goat... BEHOLD!!!









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... and then Derek Spencer came to California (and by "and then" i mean prior to everything else in this blog, since it is exactly backwards)


Derek has made the Sierra angry...
photo - Eric Lang

There has been climbing, but I couldn't care less... stupid shoulder...


Derek pushing the "oh fuck, i'm pumped... fuck, i'm gonna fall" button on King Spud, 5.12a at Clark Canyon, CA
Photo - Jeff Sillcox


Derek Spencer getting the presumed 3rd ascent of the season of Secret Pinches, V5... after Jeff and I cut steps in the landing.
Photo - Jeff Sillcox

Enjoy climbing with all of your healthy body parts, audience...

Chumscrubber

That was fast. Here's the footage of Nic killing Chumscrubber (V12) today. Photos soon if I don't get lazy.

video - Andrew Stevens
edit - Dom Palmero

So hot right now

I'd like to take a moment to complain about how hot it is. Heat makes boulder problems hard. And it grows mosquitoes. And it makes people grumpy. Okay, that's enough. Photos of people climbing on rocks as promised...

Eduardo cruising up Riding Dirty (V8) at June Lake.


photos - Jeff Sillcox

Andrew working Meadow Face (V9) at Way Lake.

photo - Jeff Sillcox

Noah and Nathan spent a little time improving the scenery near the Meadow Roof boulder.




photos - Jeff Sillcox

Eduardo came really close to finishing Chumscrubber (V12) this week. He will send soon.



photos - Jeff Sillcox

I finished this one off last weekend for the second ascent and Nic crushed it today for the third. Video of Nic coming soon...

Vail

Lisa slab climbing.


Andre representing some country up North somewhere.


A whole bunch of people watching some girl from Belgium.


Nalle punting... fortunately he turned things around and crushed boulders shortly after the comp.


Kyle killing semifinals.


Nic in his Little Red Riding Hood costume.


Alex dynoing.


Nic and Pinto watching Alex dynoing.


Alex dynoing again.


Dave and Nalle showed up fashionably late for finals. Notice Nic in the middle trying to sneak around in the VIP section.


Alex giving out bad beta for the finals problems.


Like this double dyno campus beta...


This one's for you Andy.


Photos of people climbing on rocks coming soon...

Colorado Part 3

Mt. Evans

Nic warming up on The Ladder

photo - Jeff Sillcox

Chucking a lap on The Dali (V8)

photo - Jeff Sillcox

Nic threw himself at the shoulder move on No More Greener Grasses (V12) for a while and came very close to doing it...





photos - Jeff Sillcox

Until this happened...

photo - Jeff Sillcox