Mandel as a puppy. League City, TX -- June, 1990
Mandel as a puppy. League City, TX -- June, 1990
Lance. League City, TX -- Spring, 1991
Lance. League City, TX -- Spring, 1991
Lance and Jeff. Hightstown, NY -- 7/2000
Lance. Hightstown, NY -- 7/2000
Mandel Ithaca, NY -- January 2004
Mandel at home. This is the last picture I have of Mandel before his death on 11/20/2004. Ithaca, NY -- 11/12/04
Marah doing yoga at The Gallery. Red Rock, Nevada -- 3/10/2008
Katie examining a yucca blossom. Red Rock, Nevada -- 3/20/2008
It Smells Like Creamy Vanilla!
Katie experiencing a Joshua Tree blossom. Red Rock, Nevada -- 3/20/2008
Jeff and Kristin at the top of Frogland. Red Rock, Nevada -- 3/25/2008
All sorts of good campus problems on the composting toilets. (Stitty's photo) Red Rock, Nevada -- 3/18/2008
Desert Tortise trying to hide among his helmet friends. (Anna's photo) Red Rock, Nevada -- 3/15/2008
Jeff leading. Lick Brook -- 1/26/2008
Beth following Space Boyz. El Potrero Chico, Mexico -- 1/5/2008
Kenny, Kristin and Beth walking to Potrero. El Potrero Chico, Mexico -- 1/6/2008
Kenny working a very hard climb above Upper Virgin Wall. El Potrero Chico, Mexico -- 1/6/2008
Kristin following pitch 5 of Space Boyz. El Potrero Chico, Mexico -- 1/10/2008
Kristin reaching the top of Space Boyz. El Potrero Chico, Mexico -- 1/10/2008
Jeff and Kristin at the top of Space Boyz. El Potrero Chico, Mexico -- 1/10/2008
Sometimes the cactus provides extra incentive to not fall. El Potrero Chico, Mexico -- 1/13/2008
Jeff taking a siesta. Monterrey, Mexico -- 1/17/2008
Maybe I should get the Petzl face shield for ice climbing. Salmon River Falls -- 12/07/2007
Jess fire juggling before the Saturday show. Ithaca -- 12/1/2007
Jennifer following the first pitch of Shockley's Ceiling. Gunks -- 9/14/2007
Jeff and Beth on top of Hurricane Mountain. Hurricane Mountain, Adirondacks -- 8/22/2007
Young Lakes Yosemite -- 7/13/2007
Mt. Conness Yosemite -- 7/13/2007
The knife edge ridge of Mt. Conness Yosemite -- 7/14/2007
Cathedral Peak Yosemite -- 7/17/2007
Jeff leading Hold The Line at The Bihedrals. Boulder Canyon -- 6/19/2007
Beth Peter's Kill -- 4/28/2007
Heather taking a sunset picture. Buttermilk Falls and Lick Brook -- 4/20/2007
Floris, Julia, Jeff and Heather posing by a Finger Lakes Trail marker. I created this image with Photoshop to make it look like a camera's viewfinder. Buttermilk Falls and Lick Brook -- 4/22/2007
Anna enjoying Spring Break. Stone Mountain, North Carolina -- 3/17/2007
Anna reaching the top of The Great Arch. Stone Mountain, North Carolina -- 3/18/2007
Fire Poi at Miguels. Red River Gorge -- 3/20/2007
Kyle leading 40 Ounces of Justice. Red River Gorge -- 3/23/2007
Jeff rappelling from Intersection Rock. Joshua Tree -- 1/9/2007
Aramy sending Chuckawalla. Joshua Tree -- 1/15/2007
No Sticks!
Can't you boys read the sign? No Sticks Allowed! Aramy, Kristin and Kenny enacting the message of our favorite park sign. Joshua Tree -- 1/16/2007
Please See Cashier For Details
The Flying J is a gas station and convenience store in Gibson, PA. It is a gas station and convenience store with aspirations of being so much more.
Homeland security threat level today YELLOW. Please see cashier for details. I thought about seeing the cashier for details. I thought about asking the cashier if YELLOW meant that I should stock up on duct tape, or if the government recommended that I simply buy consumer products to bolster the sagging economy. I thought about asking the cashier if YELLOW meant that travelers could no longer carry nasal spray and dental floss on commercial aircraft. I thought about asking the cashier if she expected that al-Qaeda operatives in Iraq had collected chemical weapons to use against civilians in the continental United States, or if the biggest threat was conventional attacks against United States citizens abroad. I thought about asking the cashier if YELLOW took into account the illness of Shiek Omar Abdel-Rahman -- serving life in prison for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center attack -- and his repeated calls for attacks in the event of his death. I thought about asking the cashier if she expected trouble in Gibson. After all, Gibson is just 20 miles from Carbondale, the fourth oldest city in Pennsylvania and home of the historic Gravity Railroad which was completed in 1822. Surely Carbondale is a terrorist target if ever there was one, and Gibson might just get caught in the crossfire. I thought about asking the cashier about the threat level of all the junk food in her store, especially considering that more Americans are killed by obesity in one month than by terrorism in... 230 years and counting.
I even thought about asking the cashier if she felt the United States should be securing its borders, monitoring its ports, equipping its first responders, supporting its allies, and promoting peace in the Middle East; or if the United States should spend a trillion dollars and thousands of lives waging an unprovoked war. But I already knew the answer to that question. I'll bet even in Gibson they know the answer to that question. Gibson, PA -- 12/17/2006
Seashell in the Atlantic Ocean. Hilton Head, SC -- 10/7/2006
Driving home I saw the brightest rainbow I've ever seen in my life. It was bright enough to reflect off the lake. Connecticut -- 10/1/2006
Jeff leading Different Strokes (5.11c) Red River Gorge, Kentucky -- 6/4/2006
Montage of Ryan in the process of onsighting Ro Shampo. I have an animated GIF of the climb here. Red River Gorge, Kentucky -- 6/6/2006
Porscha climbing AWOL. Red River Gorge, Kentucky -- 6/6/2006
Roger's Pass Lake James Peak Wilderness, Roosevelt National Forest -- 6/10/2006
Jeff drying his feet. James Peak Wilderness, Roosevelt National Forest -- 6/10/2006
Hiking in to Petit Grepon. Rocky Mountain National Park -- 6/16/2006
Ryan in the blizzard at the base of Petit Grepon. Rocky Mountain National Park -- 6/16/2006
The approach to Petit Grepon is gorgeous. Alpine snowfields and waterfalls. Rocky Mountain National Park -- 6/17/2006
Jeff sitting on a ledge on Petit Grepon with Taylor Peak in the background. Rocky Mountain National Park -- 6/17/2006
Ryan, Alana, Tom and Jeff hanging out on a ledge at the top of the third pitch of Petit Grepon. We spent three hours here waiting for slower parties ahead of us. Rocky Mountain National Park -- 6/17/2006
Jeff on top of Ancient Art. Fisher Towers, UT -- 6/22/2006
Welcome to Yosemite
The Nose of El Capitan. Three thousand vertical feet of the most amazing granite on the planet. Yosemite -- 7/4/2006
Jeff at the summit of Nutcracker. Yosemite -- 7/4/2006
Jeff at the top of Lost Arrow Spire. Yosemite -- 7/6/2006
Jess doing the tyrolean from Lost Arrow Spire to the north rim. Yosemite -- 7/6/2006
Jeff on the Diving Board which overhangs the sheer face of Half Dome. Yosemite -- 7/8/2006
Ryan and Jeff on top of Washington Column, having finished their first big wall. Yosemite -- 7/14/2006
Jeff on the summit of Mt. Shasta, 14,162' elevation. Mount Shasta, California -- 7/18/2006
Bridgette at the top of Rope De Dope. Enhanced with Photoshop. Smith Rock State Park, Oregon -- 7/21/2006
Joanna on the beach. Vancouver -- 7/27/2006
Jeff hiking to McTech Arete. Bugaboo Provincial Park -- 8/12/2006
Jeff on the NE Ridge of Bugaboo Spire. Bugaboo Provincial Park -- 8/14/2006
Devil's Tower. The Durrance route starts at the leaning column which is visible on the lower left third of the tower. Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming -- 8/20/2006
Jessica Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming -- 8/20/2006
Close Encounters of the Weird Kind
Aliens on top of Devil's Tower! Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming -- 8/20/2006
Kyle, Jessica, Melissa and Jeff on top of Devil's Tower. Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming -- 8/20/2006
Sylvan and Carla. Red Rocks, Nevada -- 3/21/2006
Sunrise over the campground. If the sunrise was always this beautiful, it would be enough to make me a morning person. Red Rocks, Nevada -- 3/24/2006
Becky at the top of Mineville Pillar. Adirondacks -- 3/4/2006
Earn your turns. Ithaca -- 3/2/2006
Students hamming it up for the camera. Dar Es Salaam, TZ -- 11/24/2005
Sophia and Hussein at his Mother's grave. Kwamsisi, Tanzania -- 11/25/2005
Portrait of Zigua child in Kwamsisi. Kwamsisi, Tanzania -- 11/25/2005
Arusha market. Arusha, Tanzania -- 11/28/2005
Baboon Arusha National Park, Tanzania -- 11/30/2005
Vervet Monkey one of the town's children kept as a pet. Mvomero, Tanzania -- 12/6/2005
Sophia, Mzee and Nassor Mvomero, Tanzania -- 12/9/2005
Baboon Mikumi National Park, Tanzania -- 12/9/2005
Giraffe Mikumi National Park, Tanzania -- 12/9/2005
Elephant Mikumi National Park, Tanzania -- 12/9/2005
Impala Mikumi National Park, Tanzania -- 12/10/2005
Impala running Mikumi National Park, Tanzania -- 12/10/2005
Impala Mikumi National Park, Tanzania -- 12/10/2005
Zebra with Impala in the background. Mikumi National Park, Tanzania -- 12/10/2005
Elephant Mikumi National Park, Tanzania -- 12/10/2005
Amina Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania -- 12/12/2005
Yusef Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania -- 12/16/2005
Red Colobus Monkey Jozani Forest, Zanzibar, Tanzania -- 12/18/2005
Westminster Cathedral reflecting in a nearby building. London -- 12/24/2005
St. Paul's Cathedral viewed from across the River Thames. London -- 12/24/2005
This possum was often found in the tree immediately outside my door. Magnetic Island, Australia -- 7/22/2005
Rock Wallaby Magnetic Island, Australia -- 7/23/2005
Biggest Koala I saw in Australia. He climbed down the tree and sprinted off in the direction of the mother and baby, so I assume they were a family. Magnetic Island, Australia -- 7/23/2005
Lauren bouldering at Rocky Bay. Magnetic Island, Australia -- 7/25/2005
Lauren bouldering at Rocky Bay. Magnetic Island, Australia -- 7/25/2005
Lauren overlooking the Grosse Valley from the top of Mt. Hay. Blue Mountains, Australia -- 8/6/2005
Kangaroo Nowra, Australia -- 8/9/2005
Jill Ithaca, NY -- 7/1/2005
Jeff with all his gear on the bike. Finger Lakes National Forest -- 4/29/2005
Jeff and Mandel. Gunks -- 8/4/04 and 8/6/04
Lance enjoying the hike. This is the last picture I have of Lance before his unexpected death on 7/12/04. Danby, NY -- 7/4/04
Lance enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of Florida. Stuart, FL -- 6/15/04 - 7/2/04
Meredith at the top of the Treman upper falls trailhead. Ithaca, NY -- 5/27/04
Mandel Ithaca, NY -- 4/30/04 - 5/1/04
Jeff climbing Playing Hooky. Transitioning on to the big, overhanging icicle. Ithaca, NY -- January 2004
Jeff on rappel with some beautiful fall foliage below. Gunks -- 10/17/2003 - 10/19/2003
An Arch. Arches National Park -- 10/13/2003
Delicate Arch. This is the most famous of all the arches. It appears on the Utah license plate (and if that doesn't just define famous then I don't know what does). Arches National Park -- 10/13/2003
Lauren smiling in the setting sun. Arches National Park -- 10/12/2003
Ancient Art from a distance. Fisher Towers, UT -- 10/11/2003
Jeff standing on the summit of Ancient Art on one foot. Fisher Towers, UT -- 10/11/2003
Lauren on the summit of Ancient Art. Fisher Towers, UT -- 10/11/2003
Lauren and Jeff at the summit of Independence Monument. Colorado National Monument -- 10/10/2003
Charles, Amy and Jeff beginning the hike to the Maiden. Boulder, CO -- 10/6/2003
Lauren demonstrating flawless slab climbing form on Silver Spoon. This is one of my favorite pictures from the entire trip. Colorado Springs, CO -- 10/5/2003
Ithaca College fireworks. Ithaca, NY -- 7/2/2003
Tom at the start of the summit ridge on the First Flatiron. We climbed seven pitches (about 900') to the summit ridge, then another two pitches (about 300') along the ridge to a point where we could rappel down the North face. Boulder, CO -- 6/16/2003
Meredith in silhouette. Ithaca, NY -- June 2003
The night of the 17th we had one of the most beautiful sunsets I've ever seen. Tom and I took turns snapping pictures of the scenery and each other. These shots were captured with a cheap, fixed focus, point-and-shoot camera. This is a shot of me and some Joshua Trees silhouetted against the sunset. Joshua Tree National Park, CA -- 5/17/2003
Tom silhouetted against the sunset. Joshua Tree National Park, CA -- 5/17/2003
Lance Hector, NY -- 4/24/2003 - 4/26/2003
Mandel after swimming with Lance in the background. Hector, NY -- 4/24/2003 - 4/26/2003
Mandel Hector, NY -- 4/24/2003 - 4/26/2003
Lance Hector, NY -- 4/24/2003 - 4/26/2003
Jeff climbing. Ugh... poor form! I've got to keep my heels down. Truxton, NY -- 2/20/2003
Joe getting mean with an ice tool. Truxton, NY -- 2/20/2003
Jeff, Mandel and Lance. Finger Lakes Trail, NY -- 10/12/2002 - 10/13/2002
Life is a challenge, not a game!
Lindsay posing. Gunks -- 9/21/2002 - 9/22/2002
Lance looking exceptionally cute. Gunks -- 9/21/2002 - 9/22/2002
Jeff being a goof. Gunks -- 8/7/2002 - 8/8/2002
Josh, Marc and Charles. Keuka Lake, NY -- 7/14/2002
Desert flowers. Superstition Wilderness, AZ -- 4/20/2002
Marci and Jeff on a tandem bike. Ithaca, NY -- 4/7/2002
Mandel enjoying a stick with snow falling around him. Ithaca, NY -- 2/17/2002
Stacy in Routt National Forest Colorado -- 1/30/2002 - 2/10/2002
A really great family portrait. Canton, CT -- 10/14/2001
One of my favorite portraits of Lance. Treman State Park, Ithaca, NY -- 6/27/2001
Jeff attempting to lead Black Crack (5.9). Annapolis Rocks, MD -- 6/10/2001
Cherry blossoms framing the Washington Monument. Washington, DC -- 4/5/2001
Ann, Joanna and Jeff getting water from a stream flowing 10 feet below the surface of the snow. Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC, Canada -- 1/23/2001 - 2/3/2001
That's what it's all about! Jeff enjoying some untracked wilderness with Garibaldi peak looking on. Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC, Canada -- 1/23/2001 - 2/3/2001
Performance art in the snow. Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC, Canada -- 1/23/2001 - 2/3/2001
The Trowel of Damocles
Mandel resting at the base of the cliff. Hagerstown, MD -- 7/22/2000
Piracy on the high seas! Jeff 'Red Beard' and Josh 'White Beard' steal Will and Liz's canoe. Pennsylvania -- 6/9/2000-6/12/2000
Marci and Jeff exploring a new fountain at Rice University. Houston, TX -- 5/26/2000 - 5/30/2000
Marci and Sneff with a picture perfect background. Sneffels Wilderness, San Juan Mountains, Colorado -- 1/26/2000 - 1/29/2000
Jeff amidst the Aspen and Pine. Sneffels Wilderness, San Juan Mountains, Colorado -- 1/26/2000 - 1/29/2000
Jeff horseback riding. Telluride, Colorado -- 1/29/2000 - 2/6/2000
Rescue Dog!
A fallen skater? Lance to the rescue! Topsfield, ME -- December 1999 - January 2000
Nap time. Topsfield, ME -- December 1999 - January 2000
Jeff using his pack as a stepladder to help Mandel with one of the scrambles on Old Rag. I guess there is a reason why they don't allow dogs on that trail. Shenandoah NP, VA -- 11/4/99 - 11/6/99
Lance walking along a stream. Shenandoah NP, VA -- 11/4/99 - 11/6/99
Jeff and Dave on Athabasca glacier. One of my favorite photos from this trip. Banff, Alberta, Canada -- March 1999
Sarah bouldering. Peter's Kill -- 10/3/98 - 10/4/98
Jeff bouldering. Peter's Kill -- 10/3/98 - 10/4/98
My first ever outdoor climb!
Climbing with Tom and Deb. This climb is Reach Around at Peter's Kill. Though I didn't learn the name until a decade later. Peter's Kill -- June, 1997
The End
Bike Shorts Filmore Glen State Park -- 5/8/2005
