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Dean has a new post on his blog with pictures highlighting his recent outing to the Palisades Creek Weeping Cave. If you are interested in this new area you can get a feel of it from his blog post.

On a side note, Dean has had a few bouldering pads come up missing from the Dam Boulders. If you know what may have come of them please let us know.

The Interviews are a new feature on SEIClimbing.com. We are going to try and highlight various climbers in the area so we can get to know each other and give kudos to those who help make the scene a bit better. So here is our first installment…

Dean Lords has been active in the climbing scene since 1988 when at the age of thirteen he was introduced to climbing through the Boy Scouts (see below). From there he went on to climb in the Tetons and at the City of Rocks. Five years later Dean visited Smith Rocks and discovered the Zen of movement. That summer Dean made an ascent of Smith Rock’s Rude Boys (5.13c). Not only is Dean an accomplished rock climber, he is a fine Alpinist climbing hard mixed routes and straight on ice climbs. This well rounded climber has been able to make a living in the climbing scene by working for Mammut. Most recently, Dean has taught clinics at the 2008 Ouray Ice Festival. You can read more about this on his blog
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