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pebble wrestling is better with friends

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Part 2 // Ten Sleep
Some climbing, but mostly soggy nights, questionable snacks, moose watching (saw 5 in one morning??), long talks about AI, and exploring so much more of the Bighorns

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Winter post 🏔️Seven days of Ice climbing in Michigan and Montana, lot’s of skiing days, some Yosemite and Montana rock days (not pictured), Yellowstone National Park trip.

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End of the year exploring Southern California and Nevada. 10 days camping around Death Valley, the Red Rocks, Zion, and Joshua Tree. Long winter nights around the campfire. Crisp mornings and short glimpses of sun in the afternoon. Lots and lots of climbing. Desert hot spring hidden amidst tall grasses. Morning feasts on camp stove pancakes and jetboil coffee. Outside 24 hours per day surrounded by friends and family. And a surreal New Year’s Eve under the desert’s downpouring rain…
Onto 2026

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Death of Villians 9a+
Thanks for the rig @joekinder

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Fall (mostly) in the valley. Lots of amazing people this season. So grateful for all of you ❤️

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november 🥟

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All images © 2025 Mike Jeffries   Something wild happened last week while I was photographing the incredible Astro Girls — @madiganjeffries, @julialackey, and @sydspeck — on their 3,000-foot climb of The Nose route on El Capitan. Just as they were reaching the Great Roof overhang, a paraglider suddenly launched from the top and swept across the entire face of the sheer granite wall. 
The ironic part? The girls had been interviewed by an international news crew before their climb, and @cadencebrown05 was even talking with a San Francisco radio station during the girls’ climb about the rise of this exact kind of illegal activity in Yosemite during the current government shutdown. We hadn’t actually seen any of it ourselves… until that very moment.
But then there he was — and the images are unreal. An unexpected, once-in-a-lifetime moment during an already once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

#mikivus #mikivusphotography #paraglider #paragliders #climbinglife #climbing #climbinphotography #womenpower #astrogirls #wedontneednostinkinmen #dontneednoman #femalepower #planetgranite #yosemite #YosemiteNationalPark #ynp #elcap #elcapitan #bigwall #bigwallclimbing #skydive #skydiving #basejump #basejumping

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Another astronomical ascent of El Capitan🌟

The more I climb these cliffs the more excited I am to go back; confidence now fills the space in my heart where the worry of outcomes unknown once lingered. I find warmth in sunlight that clings to granite even after night falls. I find comfort in predictable shadows cast on the valley floor that keep a watchful eye on passing time. I find inspiration in yet another radiant team of badass women who remind me everyday that I’m exactly where I’m meant to be!!

I had the privilege of being a part of Madigan & Sydney’s first time up El Capitan; to witness resilience unfolding on itself time and time again like that is one of my greatest joys. They crushed every bit in outrageous style and stoke. I’ll consider myself lucky for the rest of my life to be up there with them - getting it done!

This time was unlike anything I’ve experienced before thanks to our support at ground control from @mikivusphotography putting in the work (12hrs in El Capitan meadow 4 days straight) and our unbelievably thoughtful & generous friends racing up the east ledges to surprise us at the summit with beers & a warm meal.

I’ve always known Yosemite would become a defining part of me, but after this week, I feel as though I’ve left a part of me in Yosemite too - exemplified by the sound of a monkey call, familiar rock cairns & friends that show up for each other.

Stoke is through the stratosphere!!🤸🏼‍♀️🌟❣️

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WE CLIMBED THE NOSE👃🧗‍♀️🚀👩🏻‍🚀

what an incredible adventure that i got to share with the two most ✨out of this world✨ people that i have the pleasure of knowing, and doing life with.
I came to the valley years ago simply because I didn’t know what to do after high school and I liked hiking; I had no idea of the whirlwind of climbing and highlining here and it took me by storm. Three years later, I got to climb EL CAP?! LIKE WHAT??? sooooo unreal!!! 4 days of fun, challenge, laughter, tears, fears, and triumphs☄️

These two made it the most fun and memorable, I simply would not have done this if it wasn’t with them. And the support, cheers, and monkey calls from ground control in the meadow from @mikivusphotography and all of our STELLER, INCREDIBLE, AND LOVING friends is one of the most amazing parts of it all!! They even RAN up east ledges with pasta and beer just to surprise us at the top!!! how amazing is that.

(My first career choice way back in the day was an astronaut artist, so it was pretty sweet getting to live out my childhood dreams👩🏻‍🚀)

I feel like the luckiest girl in the universe.

THANK YOU FOREVER

and shout out to Julia and her incredibly creative and fast sewing skills to tailor these suits just in time for our mission towards planet granite🚀

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@galindachu working the magical roof crack Separate Reality. This thing feels pretty out there - really earns its name.

@yosemitenps @yosemiteclimbingassociation @yosemiteconservancy @travelyosemite @climbingmagazine @visitcalifornia #climb #yosemite

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