Buttermilk Highballing
Ξ December 1st, 2008 | → | ∇ People, Climbing, Friends |
I hope everyone has had an amazing Thanksgiving holiday weekend. I had a lot of good friends in town over the weekend, and even met some really cool locals I hadn’t met before. It was awesome and so refreshing. One of the couple’s who’s wedding I shot this year, Ngoc and Dave, were among the friends in town. They came with their friend John, and we all spent a day together climbing out at the Buttermilks, where Ngoc, Dave, and I also shot their e-session this past spring. It was so fun to spend some time together out climbing and hanging. I got some killer shots of Dave and John doing a super classic way high ball boulder problem on the southwest arete of the famous Grandma Peabody boulder. Its way off the ground, yet Dave and John styled it with grace and elegance. Enjoy the pics and I hope you’re well!
Here’s Dave.
Here’s John.









on December 1st, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Shawn — awesome photos and a stellar problem. Thanks for joining Ngoc and Dave and me this weekend. I really enjoyed meeting you and your local knowledge definitely contributed to a great weekend. Hope we can do the same for you when you come visit Berkeley.
on December 1st, 2008 at 8:54 pm
YEEEAAAAAHH!!! these photos are exquisite Shawn! we loved spending time with you this weekend and are already talking about how soon we can hit the east side again! best thanksgiving weekend on record, no doubt!
on December 2nd, 2008 at 2:29 pm
exquisite
on December 2nd, 2008 at 5:54 pm
shawn my friend that 5th image made my heart drop!! wow! looking at your work is so refreshing! hope you and yours had an incredible thanksgiving!!
on December 5th, 2008 at 2:56 am
exquisite! they’re beautiful. they’re also on crack! however, the zen factor is so high it may outweigh the crack factor. kinda semi perhaps inspiring… hummmmmm….
Yeah, the 5th image (on the face) is the most startling. It’s not obvious where the route goes from there. scary! I hope you guys scouted it out fully before hoping on. The sense of scale in the first one too - very, very pristine, crisp clean.
on December 7th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Wonderful shots! I couldn’t even begin to image! WOW.