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Tom Fralich's Climbing Pages

Me in the Gunks

Below are links to pages with photos and info from the various places that I've climbed around the US. Mostly they serve as a sort of updatable history of my adventures so that I can keep track of what I've done and when. Feel free to contact me though with any questions or comments about the places I've visited.

Climbing Links	Biographical Info

Ice Climbs	Age: 31

1) Adirondacks	Birthplace: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
2) Other Areas
	Education: B.S. Chemical Engineering
Rock Climbs	Johns Hopkins University, 1999
	Ph.D. Physiology
1) Gunks	Columbia University, 2007
2) Joshua Tree
3) Central Texas	Occupation: Student, M.D./Ph.D. Program
4) Other Areas	Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
	New York City, New York, USA
Aid Climbs
	Contact: tjf24@columbia.edu
1) Gunks and Adirondacks

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My Climbing Partners

	Juan Valderrama Juan and I met at Extravertical Climbing Center in NYC in December 2000. We climbed together in Mexico, France, and throughout the Northeast until he moved to Austria in 2003. Juan was the person who really gave me my start in climbing and I am grateful for all his help in the early years. He now lives in Colombia with his lovely wife, Annica Carlson, originally of Sweden.

Eric Aldenhoff Eric and I are friends from college and shared an apartment together in Baltimore for 2 years. We still see each other often and occasionally climb together in the Gunks. Eric and I also spent 4 days in Joshua Tree in November 2002, when this photo was taken on Saddle Rocks. We also made a trip to the New River Gorge in October 2003. Eric is a professional firefighter and paramedic in Baltimore.

	Matt Bialowas Matt and I also met at Extravertical Climbing Center in NYC. We climbed rock and ice together quite a bit in the Gunks and Adirondaks and he used to climb frequently with my brother. Matt and I made a 2 week trip to the Alps in August 2002 and climbed several 4000m peaks including Rimpfischorn and Allalinhorn. This photo was taken at the campsite in Zermatt. Matt is a jet aircraft mechanic and works at JFK airport.

Stephen Fralich Stephen is my younger brother and lives in Seattle, WA. He started rock climbing about two years after me and was one of my earliest climbing partners in the Gunks. We also spent 4 days together in Joshua Tree in March 2002 and have climbed togther at a number of smaller crags in PA and MD. Our most recent trip together was to Red Rock Canyon, NV in April 2007.

	Felix Danila Felix and I also met at Extravertical Climbing Center, shortly after I moved to NYC. He was my regular partner after Juan moved to Europe and we have climbed ice and rock together extensively in the northeast. We have also taken several longer trips together, including the San Juans in November 2003 and the Cascades in June 2004. Felix works in the computer field and is originally from Romania. This photo was taken during an ice climbing trip to Crawford Notch in New Hampshire.

Philippe Gerschel Philippe and I met at the gym in spring 2003, shortly after he started climbing. We've made many trips to the Gunks together and climbed for 4 weeks together in Chamonix in 2004. We also made a trip together to Joshua Tree National Park in April 2005, where we climbed a ton of excellent routes in perfect weather. Our last trip was again to the Alps in June 2005, when we climbed still more classics. Philippe has since completed law school..

	David Huang David and I met at the indoor wall at Chelsea Piers in NYC in 2005. David had quite a lot of sport climbing experience, but was interested in getting into trad climbing. We started climbing together in upstate NY in the fall of 2005 and have made several trips to the Gunks and Adirondacks, where this photo was taken after climbing Hesitation on Washbowl Cliff. David and I spent 5 days climbing in Joshua Tree in November 2005 and went on an ice climbing trip to the Canadian Rockies in 2007.

Mary Chen, aka The Snow Goose Mary and I met in the summer of 2006 after I came back from a climbing trip in Peru. We started climbing together all the time and made trips to Red Rocks and Joshua Tree during our first year together. In 2007, we drove across the country in a van, climbing alpine and trad routes in CO, WY, and SD. We made a similar trip in 2008, climbing in Canada, WA, OR, and CA. Mary isn't fond of alpine climbing, but she toughs it out. We're looking forward to leaving NYC in the next year. I'm really lucky to have found her.

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