Most rock climbers know to be cautious when climbing on Cannon Cliff, but this is underscored when you see loose talus with bolts in place. Taken in September of 2004, this photo shows some talus below Cannon Cliff in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. The climbers are Jennifer Tennican and Will Mayo, we were heading up to climb some pitches for Jennifer’s film Benedictus.

Photo Details: Nikon F100 with 17-35mm f/2.8 AF-S lens and Fuji slide film.

Bernadette Regan on Nobody Walks in LA (5.9). December 15, 2009. Joshua Tree National Park, California.

Photo Details: Panasonic Lumix LX3 in 16:9 ratio format, 1/800s @ f/5.6 and ISO 80, basic B&W conversion in Photoshop.

Photo Details: 3 vertical photos taken with Canon SD800 IS, 1/400s @ f/5.8, joined in Photoshop Photomerge.

Heading way back into the archives, this photo is from March of 1999. Taken near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro (19,340′) in Tanzania, you’re looking at penitentes and ice layers in the margin of the Southern Icefield. You can also see the summit of Mount Meru at 14,980′ on the horizon.

Photo Details: I think this was taken with an Olympus Stylus Epic point and shoot with Fuji slide film.

*Update* Sarah’s book Flakes, Jugs, and Splitters won Best Book in the Mountain Exposition category at the 2009 Banff Mountain Film Festival!

Flakes, Jugs, and Splitters is A Rock Climber’s Guide to Geology by Sarah Garlick. This is a great book if you are a rock climber, geologist, or just interested in the processes that have shaped the Earth. As a geology major in my college days, it was great to refresh my knowledge of the different climbing areas I’ve visited. I’ll post a few of the photos that I have in the book below (along with Sarah’s text). You should go find this book at a local store or order from the Amazon link above.

Shiprock, in northwest New Mexico, is the eroded neck of a volcano.

The North Fork of the Virgin River has rapidly cut down through the soft sedimentary rocks of the Colorado Plateau, forming the big walls of Zion National Park.

Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is a stratovolcano.

The large granite dome on the right is The Sheepshead in Cochise Stronghold, Arizona. I’ll be flying to Arizona in exactly two weeks and hope to check out some of the multi pitch routes on The Sheepshead.

Photo Details: Nikon D2X on tripod w/ 70-200mm f/2.8 VR AF-S lens @ 175mm, 1/80s @ f/5.6 and ISO 200.

December 25, 2004. After sunset at Dead Horse Point State Park in southern Utah.

Photo Details: Nikon D70 on tripod w/ 70-200mm f/2.8 VR lens with Singh-Ray graduated neutral density filter, 2.5s at f/16 and ISO 200.

Canyon de Chelly in northeast Arizona on March 18, 2007. Spider Rock is the obvious tower on the left. It has been climbed, but is currently off limits.

Photo Details: Nikon D2X on tripod w/ 12-24mm f/4 DX lens with Singh-Ray graduated neutral density filter, 1.6s at f/8 and ISO 200.

It’s a cool and cloudy day in Jackson, New Hampshire so here’s a February 23, 2006 photo from Cabezon Peak in New Mexico. Cabezon Peak is a volcanic plug in the Rio Puerco Valley in Northern New Mexico and tops out at 7786′. This photo is of Alana Sagin on a non technical route that involves 3rd to 4th class terrain on trails, a gully, and broken rock.

Photo Details: Nikon D70 w/ 17-55mm f/2.8 lens at 17mm, 1/640s at f/8 and ISO 200.

Star Lake on June 4, 2005. Located at 4896′ in the col between Mount Madison and Mount Adams in the Northern Presidential Range of New Hampshire.

Photo Details: Nikon D2X on tripod w/ 12-24mm DX lens at 14mm, Singh-Ray graduated neutral density filter, 0.4s at f/16 and ISO 100.