Balboa Peninsula Summer Fun!

Check out the nice, round keg this guy just got spit out of at 39th St! Gettin a groove on at Scotsmans' Cove Rights! It's great to back at my "home break" 3112 Ocean front (the tall white one) - Our beach house for the week.

Scott, ripping it up on the bodyboard in the warm, (74 degree!) water!

The locals "forecast" from Mutt Lynch's bar- Newport Beach is in the "949" area code - 909 and 951 are for the masses from inland, where temps hovered just below 100 degrees last week. Obviously, many 909 / 951 'ers (and a few 541'ers!) made their way to the cooler (80's) temps at the beach...

Many of the best waves last week were at the 'RJ's" break, right in front of the Santa Ana Rivermouth, where enough partially treated sewage to fill Anaheim Stadium two times runs into the ocean everyday. This is what can happen if you 'eat shit' on a wave at RJ's...

Back from the beach!

The views changed dramatically from summer fun on the beach yesterday, to some considerable expsoure while taking in the views from "Wherever I may Roam", a 5-pitch new-school classic at Smith Rock in the afternoon. Here I am, trying to snap off a couple shots while leading the second pitch.

As we got even higher, we found everyone else climbing the usual routes...I'm pretty sure this is Alejandro climbing, with everybody else looking on... Finally, we topped out, and rather than the usual rap down, we went looking for a supposed walk-off we had seen another party pull off. This is John, ledging away from the safety of the rap while I ran off to look for the way down from the top of the Smith pinnacle.

We never found an easy way down the west side, and the east side had lots of slings and rotten gear, so we bailed back to the anchors, and rapped back down for some well-deserved beers with the rest of the Tues. night climbing crew....

Summer's here, and the livin's easy!

Great Surf yesterday - Even went out for quite a while in trunks, sans wetsuit!

Surf was fun 3' peaks, with nobody out in the water at all, dead glass. We also went out this morning and 'caught' several clams at the beach out front. They ended up being Clam chowder dinner, with bread, salad, and a couple of Alaskan IPA's...

You're not Old....

Think you are an old climber? - Check out Fred Beckey, having the "time of his life" on the latest Patagucci catlog - Be sure and pick one of these up if you don't receive it - Some GREAT photos and stories, as usual...

4th of July Freedom Ride!

4th of July Summer fun!

Happy 4th of July! - Here's some summer shots from Big Lake Camping this last weekend. Big Lake lies just North of Mt. Washington - Here's a plan for some July turns - Head up to the PCT junction, and scramble up onto the N. Ridge, setting up this nice descent down the NE Slopes.... We just hung out and had a good time around camp, though. Reminds me of the good ol days when I used to ride bikes with my grandpa Bill down in Lake Elsinore... Scott with his new little Honda 50 at Sand Mountain today....