Rooomance

Picture 436-edited, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Our last day, heading home along the Eastern coast.

Who: Katie Hall and Todd Logan

Where: Marlborough coast, New Zealand

When: November 29th, 2007

Thizz

Picture 152-edited, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Sometimes you just gotta.

Who: Colin Searles

Where: New Zealand
When: November 23rd, 2007

Three muskateers

Picture 309, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Soaking in the sunset.

Where: Blue Mountains, Australia
When: September 22nd, 2007

Who: Colin Searles, Dhugal, Grace Phang

Leading at sunset

Picture 292, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Dhugal shows us how it's done on a sunset climb. You can see the alpine glow on the rocks. This climb was awesome because there was a ledge you could climb up and take pictures of people on their way up.

Where: Blue Mountains, Australia
When: September 22nd, 2007

Contemplating coldness

Picture 020, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Sealing gear before a freezing plunge into the canyon. The sunlight makes the water look green at the end of the pinch.

Where: Blue Mountains (West of Sydney), Australia
When: September 17th, 2007
Who: Dhugal

Aiming high

Picture 048, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Australian footy is awesome. I played for the Melbourne University "intermural" and got a split lip my first game. This was a match between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Collingwood Cats.

Where: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
When: September 9th, 2007

Ski base camp

Picture 030, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

A cool thing about Australia is the tallest mountains are surrounded by MUCH smaller hills. Makes for a pretty dramatic contrast. This was the ski camp that I repeatedly fell down the mountain from.

Where: Mt. Feathertop, AUS
When: August 25th, 2007

Lone Ranger

Picture 027, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Sweet snow wind ledges. Won 4th place at OA 2008 Photo Comp.

Where: Mt. Feathertop, AUS
When: August 25th, 2007

Strenuous canoeing

Picture 083, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

This picture pretty much defines canoeing in Black Canyon.

Where: Colorado River, AZ
When: May 29th, 2007

Man overboard!

Picture 078, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Vinnie gets the boot after some sub-par paddling.

Where: Colorado River, AZ
When: May 28th, 2007

Don't look down!

Picture 073, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Almost to the top.

Where: Kindergarten Coulouir
When: May14th, 2007
Who (from left): Cora Shea and Scott Bauer

Alpine ice

Picture 162, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

More credit to Brian Schuster and his SD500. Climbing on some soft alpine ice. This was my first experience mountaineering! It gives a pretty good perspective on how little of Vinnie's crampons are actually in the ice.

Where: Kindergarten Coulouir
When: May 14th, 2007
Who: Vinnie Casotti

All together now

Where: Kindergarten Coulouir
When: May 13th, 2007
Who (from top): Cora Shea, Vinnie Casotti, and Scott Bauer

Thanks to Brian Schuster for taking these series with my camera.

Self-arrest tutorial

Step 1: Initiate free fall. Doing a frontflip is usually sufficient.

Step 2: Get a hold of your ice axe while you are falling down the hill. No ice axe means you keep falling.

Step 3: Put your full body weight on the ice axe. Legs up in the air is not good form.


Where: Kindergarten Coulouir
When: May 13th, 2007

Don't stab me!

This is a series of shots from our self-arrest teaching session. The goal is to hurle yourself into the air, avoid stabbing yourself with your ice axe and then stop yourself by slamming the ice ace into the snow. Vinnie and I got a little creative with it.


Where: Kindergarten Coulouir
When: May 13th, 2007
Who: Vinnie Casotti

Desperation

Picture 010, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Where: Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA
When: May 4th, 2006

Crazy curls

Picture 015, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Playing with the camera in the Dykstra 6th floor lounge.

Who: Rachael Duran
Where: Los Angeles, CA
When: April 23rd, 2006

A lower perspective

Picture 690, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Guatemalan market

Picture 634, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

I could have spent all day taking pictures of the women in this market. Beautiful colors in their clothing and interesting expressions.

Location: Guatemala
Date: June 29th, 2003

A souvenir that actually lasts

Picture 644, originally uploaded by Scott_Bauer.

Kids are just easy to take pictures of. They have such great facial expressions and everyone likes to see pictures of kids. The little boy was the brother of a pre-teen girl trying to sell us souvenirs. I bought something from them to trade for a picture.

Location: Guatemala
Date: June 29th, 2003