Below are my favorite photos from 2013, with a short blurb explaining why I picked them. Sometimes it's not the photographic quality of the picture, but rather the memories and emotions that it brings!
We started the year in Vietnam, by hiking to the top of Mt Fansipan near Sapa | Skiing in Carson Pass near Kirkwood | Sunset at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe |
Rock climbing at Woodfords, near Lake Tahoe | McWay falls on the California Coast, from a trip to Big Sur | The Fang and The Fist, a climb I've done many times, Canadian Rockies |
Upper Weeping Wall on the Icefields Parkway | Starting up Nemesis, another favorite ice climb in the Rockies | Twin Lakes near Bridgeport, CA - one of my favorite places ever |
Quick ski trip to the Incredible Hulk | Another lap on Serenity+Sons in Yosemite Valley | On top of Lower Cathedral Spire, Yosemite |
Climber on Thin Ice, a classic climb at the Needles | A party figuring out the crux pitch of Positive Vibrations, Incredible Hulk | Happy climbers on top of the Third Pillar of Dana! |
The last pitch of Sunshine Crack - the cherry on top! | Topping out on Sunshine Crack with the Howsers in the background | The Bugaboos is a gorgeous place to chill out |
Splitter Sierra granite at Cardinal Pinnacle, near Bishop | Evening climb at the Black Wall, Donner Summit | Lots of great mountain biking around Tahoe! |
Best day ever! | Melissa coming up the Tibetan Tower high on Calaveras Dome | A beautiful Sierra sunset |
Third Pillar of Dana with some fall color for foreground | Emerald Bay and Cascade Lake (left) from the air, while flying over Lake Tahoe | Cochamo, Chile - the Yosemite Valley of South America |
Sweet finger crack in Cochamo | The Frey, near Bariloche, Argentina | Climbing Torre Principal at The Frey |
A condor near the top of Torre Principal. | The most we saw of Cerro Torre (half of it is in the cloud) |