Adios Antonio!

Antonio on Aborigine(5.11b)

This summer I met a great climber from Ojaca(spelling?) Mexico. Antonio is a really mellow guy who climbs like he was born to do so. He works as a climbing guide back in his hometown in Mexico and has been a beast on the rock for a while now. He stayed in Olympia for the majority of the summer and it was really fun to climb with him and get to know him. He moves very intuitively up the rock and watching him figure out sequences and climb 'lightly' on steep terrain was very inspiring as well as thought provoking. I'm really glad I was able to climb with him as much as I did, and we even got to project Californicator together. These are a few pics of our last trip to World Wall with Antonio, where he made some really significant progress on Californicator. We'll miss you Antonio, and I might just take you up on that invitation to Ojaca someday.


Antonio on Aborigine.


Antonio enters the crux of Californicator(5.12d)


Antonio working out the next few moves on a rest.


Jimmy nearing the top of Technorigine(5.12c)