Here, a selection of some of senior contributing photographer Andrew Burr's best photos published in Climbing in 2010. Areas include Indian Creek, Joshua Tree National Park, Mill Creek, Lover's Leap, Spain, and more. See more of Burr's work at andrewburr.com.
Tim Alexander has blown through his shirt but still can't reach the hold on Power Lust (5.11a), Lover's Leap, California. From Climbing no. 288 - September 2010
Peter Vintoniv on Tower 2's thin first pitch (5.12-), Labyrinth Canyon/Green River Towers, Utah. From Climbing no. 288 - September 2010
Wide to wider: After the first-pitch offwidth, Peter Vintoniv stems Tower 3's second pitch, Labyrinth Canyon/Green River Towers, Utah. From Climbing no. 288 - September 2010
Say "Utah sandstone" and most of us think of the soaring cliffs of Wingate, broken by the thin and strenuous black stripes known as splitter cracks. However, deep in the canyons of the La Sal Mountains, conditions are right for all kinds of stripes. Sonnie Trotter dresses the part on Aesthetics (5.13c), Mill Creek. From Climbing no. 285 - June 2010 - Photo Annual
Caroline George finds Room to Shroom (5.9) in the Wonderland, Joshua Tree National Park, California. From Climbing no. 289 - October 2010
Stripes in 3D. Jason McNabb does it right on Real Roxanne (5.13-), a lost and forgotten Todd Skinner route that climbs an amazing rib of crystalline granite in the Black Hills of South Dakota. From Climbing no. 286 - June 2010
Ines Papert swinging picks on the Ames Ice House (WI5), Telluride, Colorado. From Climbing no. 284 - April 2010 - Gear Guide
From Climbing no. 291 - December 2010/January 2011
Luke Kretschmar has died and gone to knob heaven—aka Candyland (5.10c), Phantom Spires, California. From Climbing no. 289 - October 2010
Shingo Ohkawa ponders his next move after leaving the namesake feature of The Hook (5.8), Gate Buttress, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. From Climbing no. 291 - December 2010/January 2011
Jules Cho gets into the Costa Blanca Tufa Groove (5.11a), Olta, Spain. From Climbing no. 286 - June 2010 - Photo Annual
Zac Robinson gets all Evel Knievel on North Six Shooter, Indian Creek, Utah. From Climbing no. 285 - May 2010
Rob Pizem unleashes a stack attack on Tower 4, Labyrinth Canyon/Green River Towers, Utah. From Climbing no. 288 - September 2010
Sonnie Trotter feels no pain on the second lead ascent of Mike Paul's Stingray (5.14a), Joshua Tree National Park, California. From Climbing no. 288 - September 2010
Orin Salah loads for bear on the first morning, Labyrinth Canyon/Green River Towers, Utah. From Climbing no. 288 - September 2010
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