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!
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Quick ski trip to the Incredible Hulk | Another lap on Serenity+Sons in Yosemite Valley | On top of Lower Cathedral Spire, Yosemite |
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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! |
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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 |
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Splitter Sierra granite at Cardinal Pinnacle, near Bishop | Evening climb at the Black Wall, Donner Summit | Lots of great mountain biking around Tahoe! |
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Best day ever! | Melissa coming up the Tibetan Tower high on Calaveras Dome | A beautiful Sierra sunset |
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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 |
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Sweet finger crack in Cochamo | The Frey, near Bariloche, Argentina | Climbing Torre Principal at The Frey |
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A condor near the top of Torre Principal. | The most we saw of Cerro Torre (half of it is in the cloud) |