tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82318885595782305222024-03-08T11:07:49.221-08:00Ken and Anja Get a VanSierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.comBlogger422125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-73244661422147930702016-09-16T14:41:00.001-07:002016-09-16T14:42:10.388-07:00Sold our Campervan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After almost 8 years of ownership we sold our Sportsmobile today. We had a great time in it and I wish the new owner the best with it as he goes off for his adventures. Off he goes:
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The next question for us. Do we need a 3rd car adventure mobile. If we do what do we need/want. We've already been doing some shopping so I'll talk about some things we've looked at so far.Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-70507128819602809782014-05-07T08:43:00.000-07:002014-05-07T08:43:00.053-07:00Snowbird–April 2012<p align="center">A storm was rolling through town and we got an email from Brad that he was in town and asked if we wanted to ski Snowbird.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-U1xyxzwyc9w/UwLyo54ZC8I/AAAAAAAAXrg/6dA1YJLM9A0/s1600-h/4257187-pic_1303.jpg"><img title="4257187-pic_130" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4257187-pic_130" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ySwBWLXw4w8/UwLypUNGeqI/AAAAAAAAXrk/J5cW7as9gW0/4257187-pic_130_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Anja met Brad earlier that year on a powder day when I went in for a lunch break but she kept skiing because she wasn’t tired.  They ended up on the lift together because they were both singles.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SvP2KC0bVaQ/UwLyqBVZ06I/AAAAAAAAXrs/cb9OrwoiedA/s1600-h/4257188-pic_1313.jpg"><img title="4257188-pic_131" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4257188-pic_131" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-s8SpGZ-Sd2g/UwLyq8AkigI/AAAAAAAAXr0/qvSEMEA3qxY/4257188-pic_131_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139" /></a></p> <p align="center">On the lift Brad and Anja had hit it off talking about the NIH research they each did.  They took two runs together and exchanged email.  At the end of the second run, Anja saw me and skied up.  Brad skied up introduced himself and then zoomed off into the singles line for more runs. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BZjdmMV20t4/UwLyrZTRpTI/AAAAAAAAXr8/kiOqRzY9ubg/s1600-h/4257194-pic_1343.jpg"><img title="4257194-pic_134" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4257194-pic_134" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-r1UzoZyyAWQ/UwLysJRi2CI/AAAAAAAAXsI/uMAazNMPCVI/4257194-pic_134_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139" /></a></p> <p align="center">Well now it was April and Brad was back at the Bird for more powder.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5nhGCX_wb_M/UwLysvyiurI/AAAAAAAAXsQ/aikO7MCDsOY/s1600-h/4257202-pic_1363.jpg"><img title="4257202-pic_136" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4257202-pic_136" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SUcKXDYPMqI/UwLytsHHnBI/AAAAAAAAXsY/s2mfJKqEMm4/4257202-pic_136_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139" /></a></p> <p align="center">Anja and Brad were skiing the blacks in Mineral Basin and I was on the blues doing laps in Mineral Basin.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UeWVgNncMh4/UwLyuDVCCTI/AAAAAAAAXsg/El0al0aOJQY/s1600-h/4257207-pic_1392.jpg"><img title="4257207-pic_139" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4257207-pic_139" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dc4QqEa5KdI/UwLyu1AZAoI/AAAAAAAAXso/ETxGaPUtd0M/4257207-pic_139_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Mz0nVF5nlzw/UwLyv4vGHvI/AAAAAAAAXsw/lL2QmRsV3j0/s1600-h/4257208-pic_1403.jpg"><img title="4257208-pic_140" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4257208-pic_140" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hznGf_RuLgo/UwLywt1ZMaI/AAAAAAAAXs4/IE59HsdogwU/4257208-pic_140_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139" /></a></p> <p align="center">We chatted about lots of stuff with Brad.  Including that our families were going to be visiting in the future.  Brad kept commenting since we don’t have space in the little basement we were renting while house shopping that when our family was in town we should all go stay at his ski condo.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xiCZxHbSxas/UwLyxGE6icI/AAAAAAAAXtA/12cwirmBf1Q/s1600-h/IMG_36213.jpg"><img title="IMG_3621" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3621" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TSjVJd-n_tA/UwLyx2RTUXI/AAAAAAAAXtI/RYHXEXztcdE/IMG_3621_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="132" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XT2RGJsGVGo/UwLyybYudgI/AAAAAAAAXtQ/mNJ7eerREOY/s1600-h/IMG_36323.jpg"><img title="IMG_3632" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3632" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PDdLaOI9Xuw/UwLyzLWDYfI/AAAAAAAAXtU/cXhMpY1VJhA/IMG_3632_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="172" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-iuMOW-dilA0/UwLyzm61_uI/AAAAAAAAXtg/I2J4FkcRzWY/s1600-h/IMG_36463.jpg"><img title="IMG_3646" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3646" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EZu8A8936q8/UwLy0RBAxTI/AAAAAAAAXto/cGlABzPoN78/IMG_3646_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tKyJBNd8v4Y/UwLy0-IFbZI/AAAAAAAAXtw/eSEj8Ne6qPA/s1600-h/IMG_36653.jpg"><img title="IMG_3665" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3665" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vfaHY8753h8/UwLy1sxRJBI/AAAAAAAAXt0/7A3rDCOiHq8/IMG_3665_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dJoooSDecyY/UwLy2M_q0RI/AAAAAAAAXuA/wcwhxXuhvOo/s1600-h/IMG_36943.jpg"><img title="IMG_3694" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_3694" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8x3SWDvG3KA/UwLy26fZ39I/AAAAAAAAXuI/a1luSTZN7l8/IMG_3694_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="196" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">It was a good day on the slopes.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-34793763353125667332014-04-23T08:42:00.000-07:002014-04-23T08:42:00.113-07:00Red Rocks-April 2012<p align="center">After Bryce we headed down to Red Rocks and met up with some old California friends.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2PQGsRIEuC0/UwLyTzdpB3I/AAAAAAAAXog/4se4c_yJkGk/s1600-h/21%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uJB0vobDwYU/UwLyVB5SNTI/AAAAAAAAXoo/jWXJVIGC7Wk/21_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="363" height="279" /></a></p> <p align="center">I headed to Calico Basin with Skater Dave to Red Ridding Hood Wall and climbed a bolted route called Big Bad Wolf.  3 pitches of 5.8.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--j-5bkgFz9U/UwLyVnQWhdI/AAAAAAAAXow/l3yu6ZiUuKE/s1600-h/43.jpg"><img title="4" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TJeuqsnjwuk/UwLyWxseoNI/AAAAAAAAXo4/RMGUkYdqgQA/4_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="212" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">It was a fun route and we were followed up by a new SLC friend Duke.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-x6GiOk7i-xg/UwLyXUr37CI/AAAAAAAAXpA/JiaxyRx2pfs/s1600-h/DSC040023.jpg"><img title="DSC04002" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC04002" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9BzSL_HomCs/UwLyYBuuaEI/AAAAAAAAXpI/2sPKmIZ0oiA/DSC04002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p align="center">We had a group campsite which is a huge luxury to not fight for a first come first serve campsite.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-203j0DtNu8U/UwLyY6bn-LI/AAAAAAAAXpQ/UbGPadFm40U/s1600-h/DSC040041%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04004" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC04004" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-z012-dU1DqU/UwLyaG6XYAI/AAAAAAAAXpY/42M8hafU5q8/DSC040041_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="359" height="247" /></a></p> <p align="center">Jenny, Ram, and Paul came out to meetup with us.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wxils5qM_Yc/UwLyajVm7vI/AAAAAAAAXpg/CWbUlxyf0E4/s1600-h/DSC040051%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04005" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC04005" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-a8QUghOnedE/UwLybUqCDrI/AAAAAAAAXpk/W10T9gKkQwg/DSC040051_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="350" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center">Camper show down between our van and Paul’s 2x4 90’s Tacoma.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JwwuiSgSyDU/UwLyb6QNMxI/AAAAAAAAXpw/-e0H37zzDRI/s1600-h/DSC040081%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04008" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC04008" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-C6BuOPYNlA8/UwLycRsHK1I/AAAAAAAAXp4/ntNelsPjyLo/DSC040081_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="212" height="321" /></a></p> <p align="center">The next day we headed to climb some limestone.  It as located in a strange location which is quickly being engulfed by Las Vegas suburban development.  Paul lead a climb at the crag which was way too hot.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-coWTpsDI5KE/UwLydAYVR4I/AAAAAAAAXp8/Yti51gEmw4I/s1600-h/DSC040065%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04006" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC04006" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JrEYxxhpfPg/UwLyeX3amhI/AAAAAAAAXqI/kjdGSW8fPSc/DSC040065_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="359" height="247" /></a></p> <p align="center">We tried to climb more there but after two routes it was just too hot in the sun so we went to look for another crag in the shade.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PjEsFYEwQuU/UwLye6dtfEI/AAAAAAAAXqQ/MKU2GoqPIYY/s1600-h/DSC040451%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04045" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC04045" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_KYEo3Hd27Q/UwLyfhxe5HI/AAAAAAAAXqY/p6QlntsDNNg/DSC040451_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="321" height="221" /></a></p> <p align="center">We found an area called Gunshow.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-C7upVLZg4yw/UwLygSzS1pI/AAAAAAAAXqg/SS6h8hXQVRo/s1600-h/DSC040683.jpg"><img title="DSC04068" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC04068" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-eYshimrnh5c/UwLyhcNZFNI/AAAAAAAAXqo/CRIkjFS1IRM/DSC04068_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Paul threw down and got on a hard short route.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-VvN6g4MFGRw/UwLyiNz0u8I/AAAAAAAAXqw/q2-FGrj-xt8/s1600-h/DSC040741%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04074" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC04074" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-djx4fRBYZzI/UwLyit7YXMI/AAAAAAAAXq4/Z4oLDzLDbpk/DSC040741_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="340" height="234" /></a></p> <p align="center">After a few hangs he got it done with a real strong effort for Paul.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1OIGPxmeCas/UwLyjQrhxjI/AAAAAAAAXrA/HGoNVvGUo9g/s1600-h/DSC040783.jpg"><img title="DSC04078" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC04078" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SKylfvt8Gog/UwLyjxhTCCI/AAAAAAAAXrI/Anbjpf3Uy30/DSC04078_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Meanwhile Anja and Jenny got another climb going.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XksI6bZoa0c/UwLyksY2dUI/AAAAAAAAXrM/AxEYSJgFlS8/s1600-h/DSC040841%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC04084" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC04084" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jmb-q5bX_ZI/UwLylfuMDkI/AAAAAAAAXrU/-cdrX3I5NDY/DSC040841_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="385" height="264" /></a></p> <p align="center">This route was really sharp and overall I didn’t enjoy the climbing in the area very much.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-46166197788984289962014-04-09T08:42:00.000-07:002014-04-09T08:42:00.804-07:00Bryce Canyon–April 2012<p align="center">I got sent down to Bryce Canyon area for work so Anja drove down in the van to enjoy the hotel room in the Bryce Canyon area and so we could head off to Red Rocks after I finished with my work.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5XIHXQtT6_c/UwLxxx7uSKI/AAAAAAAAXmw/WxOCs-XwM4g/s1600-h/4207962-pic_721%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="4207962-pic_72" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4207962-pic_72" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VSkTzTzrXuI/UwLxyWU1vHI/AAAAAAAAXm4/8EsaVEJvp0s/4207962-pic_721_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="224" /></a></p> <p align="center">While in Bryce we went for a hike.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vob1TcI2m6k/UwLxzaT9H3I/AAAAAAAAXnA/k9TYOARzCwg/s1600-h/4207963-pic_731%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="4207963-pic_73" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4207963-pic_73" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oZ_WBW5Kjto/UwLxz0x-_GI/AAAAAAAAXnI/ZXDtowRhTes/4207963-pic_731_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="333" height="195" /></a></p> <p align="center">We connected up what I think was Cleopatra's Garden and Navajo Loop.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GEPJ9-b5y8s/UwLx0mrYECI/AAAAAAAAXnQ/b4B2XKuF7YQ/s1600-h/4207968-pic_783.jpg"><img title="4207968-pic_78" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4207968-pic_78" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6c5FFwm2MzE/UwLx1T6EMwI/AAAAAAAAXnY/NKq8lRpvzyY/4207968-pic_78_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139" /></a></p> <p align="center">It was a nice hike down and then it levels off.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3kRqfV0kFFc/UwLx102EwfI/AAAAAAAAXng/L6EURUghaME/s1600-h/4207972-pic_811%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="4207972-pic_81" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4207972-pic_81" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Yx-UNfqNuVU/UwLx2jRqyQI/AAAAAAAAXno/n5qv4zUxWJc/4207972-pic_811_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="399" height="233" /></a></p> <p align="center">The trail then traverses below all the hoodoo formations.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-u6X7cISvkpM/UwLx3H4t0VI/AAAAAAAAXnw/ir8Mmz6wnSk/s1600-h/DSC039915%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC03991" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC03991" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Byw1TMnDWlE/UwLx39IsNZI/AAAAAAAAXn0/pDYfrRGPVkw/DSC039915_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="367" height="252" /></a></p> <p align="center">It was a little late and the moon was rising.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--hNP9toiLf0/UwLx4TihcmI/AAAAAAAAXoA/Y6sA0bWHwIY/s1600-h/4208009-pic_901%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="4208009-pic_90" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4208009-pic_90" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cUfm9GcPsnQ/UwLx5PawSWI/AAAAAAAAXoE/mheza1Em98o/4208009-pic_901_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="382" height="222" /></a></p> <p align="center">We grabbed a nice picture from the rim as the sun was setting.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gA_MvGALC1w/UwLx5vPJV_I/AAAAAAAAXoQ/HPr6-op38sE/s1600-h/DSC039781%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC03978" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC03978" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cjBNTPjhffs/UwLx6dotqRI/AAAAAAAAXoY/FJEBTy4r3Co/DSC039781_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="375" height="258" /></a></p> <p align="center">Great views down the canyon.  Later that night an old friend Diedra from San Luis Obispo met up with us and said hi.  Through the world of facebook I’d seen she was in Utah touring around and dropped her a message that we would be in Bryce so she matched up her trip to meetup with us.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-58441870401999630492014-03-26T08:41:00.000-07:002014-03-26T08:41:00.292-07:00Canyon on the Wasatch Front<p align="left">Feeling more and more settled in Salt Lake in the spring of 2012 we started thinking lots about buying a house and started wondering where we should buy.  Many friends had recommend many areas or neighborhoods.  Sugarhouse is a neighborhood with a very urban/cosmopolitan feel where you can walk to stores.  Park City is only about 20 miles to the East up I-80 with easy access to ski resorts and mountain biking.  Others recommended close to the U of Utah on what is called the East Bench.  The East Bench runs down the Wasatch Front running a few houses up the hillside.  That said the East Bench runs behind the State Capitol to the University of Utah down to Draper.  It has great proximate to the many many canyons running up into the Wasatch.  From North to South some of the highlight canyons are: City Creek, Emigration, Parley’s, Neff’s, Big Cottonwood, Fergeson, Deaf Smith, Little Cottonwood, Bell, and Corner Canyons.</p> <p align="left">Because many of the houses North of Big Cottonwood Canyon are older and cost lots more money we had eliminated most houses north of Big Cottonwood Canyon.  Since most of our friends rarely if ever go south of Little Cottonwood Canyon we focused in our interest around and between those two canyons.</p> <p align="left">With this we realized we could buy a house within walking distance to one of these canyons; most of which have great rock climbs with in them.</p> <p align="center"><strong><font size="5">Deaf Smith Canyon</font></strong></p> <p align="center">Deaf Smith Canyon on the Southside above a neighborhood called Top of the World off Top of the World Blvd.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JR1rnRjta14/UwLxahpgdKI/AAAAAAAAXkM/koIyMk45xxo/s1600-h/4103729-pic_73.jpg"><img title="4103729-pic_7" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4103729-pic_7" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IU8OaQjxRQQ/UwLxb0dlNNI/AAAAAAAAXkU/yGVg2hD7kig/4103729-pic_7_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139" /></a></p> <p align="center">I had looked up directions of the web and we hiked up a shared driveway and what I presume is the County’s easement to monitor the stream runoff in the canyon.  As we hiked up a neighbor seemed to glare at us.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qaFNIe5LZZ4/UwLxcZ23ZCI/AAAAAAAAXkc/sxLpHPdCIM4/s1600-h/4103730-pic_83.jpg"><img title="4103730-pic_8" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4103730-pic_8" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FpoRyu4NZI4/UwLxdg7LnWI/AAAAAAAAXkk/0-paNsTzBQA/4103730-pic_8_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139" /></a></p> <p align="center">The canyon was interesting but the trail was bad.  We found a few climbs up in the canyon but nothing that was too impressive.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XVhCPrzGPKM/UwLxeAbwbHI/AAAAAAAAXks/SYJQ5VmvBYM/s1600-h/4103866-pic_193.jpg"><img title="4103866-pic_19" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4103866-pic_19" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-re0ktS6BMnU/UwLxewrxlnI/AAAAAAAAXk0/_Yr0T7TEu4A/4103866-pic_19_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">On the way down we cut out of the canyon early and hiked along the hillside to avoid weird neighbor and road past the houses.  While chatting with someone on the rock climber website mountainproject.com they claimed to me it was illegal to hike on what they said was a private drive.  While it probably is a private drive I have my questions if an easement would not exist.  Overall we felt this neighborhood just didn’t fit our personalities.</p> <p align="center"><font size="5"><strong>Fergeson Canyon</strong></font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VCjR_Gyhj-U/UwLxfR_cuXI/AAAAAAAAXk8/nqN4iK3EG80/s1600-h/4103903-pic_223.jpg"><img title="4103903-pic_22" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4103903-pic_22" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EEiut_ItP0g/UwLxgq5gMPI/AAAAAAAAXlE/0ChcFsgwqCQ/4103903-pic_22_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139" /></a></p> <p align="center">The next canyon we looked at was Fergeson Canyon which is on the Northside above a neighborhood called Top of the World off Prospector Dr. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xfS_gES8VA0/UwLxhAQdtVI/AAAAAAAAXlM/wXjxUsNQvZc/s1600-h/4103906-pic_251%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="4103906-pic_25" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4103906-pic_25" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oaC2-zmbt5I/UwLxh5oy2hI/AAAAAAAAXlU/PnIWMQVEx5k/4103906-pic_251_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="360" height="210" /></a></p> <p align="center">Fergeson Canyon has some great granite and a cool feature called the Watchtower.  One of its big distinctions is it also allows dogs in the canyon.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mMtgMRQyILM/UwLxibSNsAI/AAAAAAAAXlY/juRzACj1kUk/s1600-h/4103911-pic_272.jpg"><img title="4103911-pic_27" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4103911-pic_27" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7MvyUICzCvs/UwLxiyIylDI/AAAAAAAAXlg/MWLimwXgkS0/4103911-pic_27_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Steep granite but doesn’t look well protected.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0oejeqDkWZE/UwLxjjBbiRI/AAAAAAAAXls/qmE8rHY69oU/s1600-h/4103913-pic_302.jpg"><img title="4103913-pic_30" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4103913-pic_30" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wO8cI08AQXs/UwLxkMYufRI/AAAAAAAAXl0/akmXg-U0OLo/4103913-pic_30_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Overall it was a nice hike up the canyon and we enjoyed this area of Top of the World more.</p> <p align="center"><strong><font size="5">Little Cottonwood Canyon</font></strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OHX0IYaU-5Y/UwLxkz3ohMI/AAAAAAAAXl8/9rnA33prs_M/s1600-h/4170262-pic_363.jpg"><img title="4170262-pic_36" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4170262-pic_36" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yyOaD7IRIqY/UwLxl1ybeXI/AAAAAAAAXmE/gOEjsFDJBXM/4170262-pic_36_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139" /></a></p> <p align="center">Little Cottonwood Canyon is where Snowbird and Alta Ski resorts are located.  It has lots of granite bouldering.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5dxJTNOW3sY/UwLxmgeAltI/AAAAAAAAXmM/qvI-jAqmrC0/s1600-h/4170266-pic_391%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="4170266-pic_39" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4170266-pic_39" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FqUzVozqoxM/UwLxnCINArI/AAAAAAAAXmU/XDHSO6JbxdY/4170266-pic_391_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="420" height="245" /></a></p> <p align="center">And tons of granite climbing and a mountain biking trail next to a creek.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-d-yPrOW4GD8/UwLxnwLiBfI/AAAAAAAAXmc/Zee3m6nBUWE/s1600-h/4179693-pic_511%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img title="4179693-pic_51" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="4179693-pic_51" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dw3fspFwwvA/UwLxoScABGI/AAAAAAAAXmk/fOlOEC7YAxs/4179693-pic_511_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="405" height="240" /></a></p> <p align="center">We immediately loved this canyon and were really interested in living near the mouth of the canyon.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-22709267033441585562014-03-12T08:41:00.000-07:002014-03-12T08:41:00.364-07:00St George March 11, 2012<p align="center">We headed for a weekend in St George.  It is an fast but easy 4 hours south on I-15.  Anja and I hopped in the Element with Victoria a random climber we had met I don’t know how.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Bc8TYAfp2FA/UwLwhzY8CtI/AAAAAAAAXis/UKcVWjqgoQo/s1600-h/P31110609.jpg"><img title="P3111060" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P3111060" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Fu_CumzEVa4/UwLwia9TjHI/AAAAAAAAXi0/EQ2aOWwbI6Y/P3111060_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="324" height="255" /></a></p> <p align="center">We climbed at Black Rocks which is nice as it is South facing and black so it is one of the warmest places you can go.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--t7DL-zV6aY/UwLwkNFZBtI/AAAAAAAAXi8/ohkrf1I3hhY/s1600-h/P31110517.jpg"><img title="P3111051" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P3111051" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_FgNhTORpGY/UwLwkyZ0JuI/AAAAAAAAXjA/1GiesgpAdCI/P3111051_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">The drag of black rocks is it is short.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OtCW4HAz_Ck/UwLwlV3iTtI/AAAAAAAAXjM/sUP3XKUXn2g/s1600-h/P31110443.jpg"><img title="P3111044" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P3111044" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-L58sbhZJYjs/UwLwmKiPDwI/AAAAAAAAXjU/cs-j2TBq0oY/P3111044_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Watching Victoria lead.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-y-RqBpz4_Ec/UwLwmzVzHgI/AAAAAAAAXjc/Bqv-QT4Sz98/s1600-h/P31110553.jpg"><img title="P3111055" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P3111055" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jZpxOuZOre0/UwLwnqdtiqI/AAAAAAAAXjk/heLRpR8zOsI/P3111055_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="248" /></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oIcPUa9sS2k/UwLwoLb4gsI/AAAAAAAAXjs/FqomDS0YDBE/s1600-h/P31110583.jpg"><img title="P3111058" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P3111058" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SMilpUWBgcg/UwLwpekTBsI/AAAAAAAAXj0/2bmjZFddBE0/P3111058_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">The next day we headed out and climbed at Prophesy Wall.  The Prophesy Wall is north of town and about 300 ft high.  We climbed a nice easy route and then headed over to an overhung 10c which Anja loved.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-72233139492623534122014-03-05T07:40:00.000-08:002014-03-05T07:40:00.312-08:00Bishop–February 2012<p align="center">We got talked into a surprise trip to Bishop by Crystal for Paul’s birthday.  I agreed as long it was not storming in Nevada or Utah.  They were there to ski at Mammoth.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mpAcPQMAtbg/UwLwO4l987I/AAAAAAAAXgs/hIvZaKWds0s/s1600-h/P21610224.jpg"><img title="P2161022" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P2161022" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DGx9SECrSaM/UwLwPSvl3YI/AAAAAAAAXgw/MLEp6jjdeRY/P2161022_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="371" height="285" /></a></p> <p align="center">Paul and Crystal were off skiing so we headed out to climb in Owen’s River Gorge.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UNeCsX8Gk_U/UwLwQHDeqoI/AAAAAAAAXg8/SbcBPrUMjsg/s1600-h/P21610244.jpg"><img title="P2161024" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P2161024" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kJShd7rc3Lw/UwLwQrFO_QI/AAAAAAAAXhE/jTllals9pAU/P2161024_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="348" height="268" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-m8YduqDslNY/UwLwRZMmSrI/AAAAAAAAXhM/PvpfKyXeOLk/s1600-h/P21610264.jpg"><img title="P2161026" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P2161026" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TDmTb-_L6zs/UwLwR4tvJbI/AAAAAAAAXhU/T1g_sQEiO78/P2161026_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="362" height="278" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Z6oTX1bqDNk/UwLwSlvdndI/AAAAAAAAXhc/UJXlw4ROfGI/s1600-h/P21610284.jpg"><img title="P2161028" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P2161028" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YCG1tMWRxK8/UwLwTGRMObI/AAAAAAAAXhk/HIGLg_Lt2bo/P2161028_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="273" height="369" /></a></p> <p align="center">Leading in the Gorge.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CpjUIeTwpkA/UwLwT7FVUVI/AAAAAAAAXhs/72wWR0QISu8/s1600-h/DSC039557.jpg"><img title="DSC03955" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC03955" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-g5zUm_8uSyI/UwLwUf1cdKI/AAAAAAAAXh0/rtTObn3GqEg/DSC03955_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="231" height="350" /></a></p> <p align="center">We rolled back into town and I was texting with Crystal and she told me where to find them so I pounded on the door like the police and Paul answered to great surprise to see us standing there. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fesxvp3EdLM/UwLwVKZgdrI/AAAAAAAAXh8/57c99E_IkJw/s1600-h/P21710394.jpg"><img title="P2171039" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P2171039" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Jz-FAa4ehoY/UwLwV5lZ3rI/AAAAAAAAXiE/oUNILMVQK24/P2171039_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="370" height="285" /></a></p> <p align="center">It was a nice day and we headed out to do some bouldering at Happy Boulders.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YQMWcUeJrxg/UwLwWpJzT2I/AAAAAAAAXiM/vx_OAbwflNg/s1600-h/P21710414.jpg"><img title="P2171041" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="P2171041" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9jj5L-ydPH4/UwLwXh3Je1I/AAAAAAAAXiU/rtgo0nzZMsI/P2171041_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="247" height="333" /></a></p> <p align="center">Nice day in the sun.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-eRxZ3EeEMyc/UwLwYI4wvmI/AAAAAAAAXic/Fl0TjhbTP7Q/s1600-h/4245191-pic_58.jpg"><img title="4245191-pic_5" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="4245191-pic_5" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-76ecm6yNN24/UwLwYwcCHnI/AAAAAAAAXik/AB0R6P-7F2I/4245191-pic_5_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="392" height="229" /></a></p> <p align="center">As a change of pace for the trip we went out with Alex to rock hound.  We headed up on this little peak and pounded into the rock to break it away and find things.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-27702852367823008872014-02-19T08:00:00.000-08:002014-02-19T08:00:09.249-08:00Vail Pass Ski Hut- Christmas awhile ago<p align="center">For xmas I headed up to some tenth mountain man huts out of the Vail Pass area.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-m_15o2OOAw8/UwLv5oXo17I/AAAAAAAAXds/fcbDd92uXHo/s1600-h/IMG_0966.jpg"><img title="IMG_0966" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_0966" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-irjNEZV1UNA/UwLv7VaObQI/AAAAAAAAXd0/LwoyDCkgwgc/IMG_0966_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="353" height="272" /></a></p> <p align="center">Start of the trailhead from Vail Pass.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Byr3IMsuExY/UwLv8B6CeoI/AAAAAAAAXd8/PlHr5Nc9XII/s1600-h/IMG_0969.jpg"><img title="IMG_0969" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_0969" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wAWgOSsHiJM/UwLv802DULI/AAAAAAAAXeE/o6fdYhwqiT8/IMG_0969_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="349" height="268" /></a></p> <p align="center">Looking at the ski resorts</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2wDRtSxANuU/UwLv9Qmu3SI/AAAAAAAAXeM/jyRGzvcWZTw/s1600-h/IMG_09713.jpg"><img title="IMG_0971" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_0971" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-L3Rkj5V4iBk/UwLv-qQ2EpI/AAAAAAAAXeU/fewJxH-DVzI/IMG_0971_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-M6_ewpQkBo0/UwLv_fLZepI/AAAAAAAAXec/k3qsD-8S668/s1600-h/IMG_0973.jpg"><img title="IMG_0973" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_0973" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9RFGQ_tFHAk/UwLv_x-MHHI/AAAAAAAAXek/f6fbj1Miclk/IMG_0973_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="350" height="269" /></a></p> <p align="center">Ski into the hut.  Keith pulled in a ski sled.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NkEh2GRYccw/UwLwAn7sYRI/AAAAAAAAXes/phcVKS8lErs/s1600-h/IMG_09803.jpg"><img title="IMG_0980" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_0980" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JNxPMw-8nR4/UwLwBQLXosI/AAAAAAAAXe0/WlcF9F38YtE/IMG_0980_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Made it to the hut.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-P-PtlA7N_Bc/UwLwCGiX3SI/AAAAAAAAXe8/SvFjIn2siM0/s1600-h/IMG_0985.jpg"><img title="IMG_0985" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_0985" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-c4fiWcwftGs/UwLwCwNCnJI/AAAAAAAAXfE/20sPohSDafU/IMG_0985_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="360" height="277" /></a></p> <p align="center">View of the mountains.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-A9OvGp2Vuwc/UwLwDV-VgNI/AAAAAAAAXfM/aYESbYYYgrI/s1600-h/IMG_0989.jpg"><img title="IMG_0989" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_0989" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iu4ciyG2x4k/UwLwEZTP5qI/AAAAAAAAXfU/g7gXKssrwOI/IMG_0989_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="396" height="305" /></a></p> <p align="center">Headed out for a ski day.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QDZ7xSEkfcg/UwLwFGjmmMI/AAAAAAAAXfY/rSd9oqDUrkA/s1600-h/IMG_09983.jpg"><img title="IMG_0998" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_0998" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IdukL2mBkxs/UwLwFk2tj-I/AAAAAAAAXfg/uxZGFuF1xNQ/IMG_0998_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ehSG0ZWNN0Y/UwLwGvwvhOI/AAAAAAAAXfs/WS9ju1yZRHU/s1600-h/IMG_10093.jpg"><img title="IMG_1009" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_1009" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_07ZhfKnRUg/UwLwH0lWb3I/AAAAAAAAXf0/6r6Z_u7-Nzk/IMG_1009_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Making dinner.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_9Rqby71ht0/UwLwIv0goaI/AAAAAAAAXf8/2SIRM4bUf7c/s1600-h/IMG_10113.jpg"><img title="IMG_1011" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_1011" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LsMzSgAVp1A/UwLwJQWhWfI/AAAAAAAAXgE/0y0aQOkZZqc/IMG_1011_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Playing games</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LmWwujoLzHY/UwLwJ63hYgI/AAAAAAAAXgM/H6EK_zPwaIk/s1600-h/IMG_1015.jpg"><img title="IMG_1015" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_1015" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-t6XOEofQq6k/UwLwLL5IvXI/AAAAAAAAXgU/9_V3YibL4Og/IMG_1015_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="329" /></a></p> <p align="center">The wood stove kept the hut nice and warm.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8Scp_OuM6W8/UwLwLpxSD-I/AAAAAAAAXgc/0H9jRw0NUEg/s1600-h/IMG_1041.jpg"><img title="IMG_1041" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_1041" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KglqRzltZ9o/UwLwMUM89sI/AAAAAAAAXgk/_J3KZGapEXA/IMG_1041_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="389" height="299" /></a></p> <p align="center">My mom was happy to make the snowshoe in.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-39285308688216907482012-07-04T06:00:00.000-07:002012-07-04T06:00:18.432-07:00SLC-Ram Visits-December 2011<p align="center">Ram had moved from LA to Seattle and came out to SLC to see us.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QUG1zXDemcA/T937uJG_inI/AAAAAAAAVgc/5TPlNzYeAQw/s1600-h/DSC038173.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03817" border="0" alt="DSC03817" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oJ6Q7kwxv4g/T937xa7J3eI/AAAAAAAAVg0/RdbLFLdFdog/DSC03817_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p align="center">Being a Ram visit the weekend start with repairing my 46” Samsung LCD TV which had some bad capacitors.  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ngaBaUyyQ7Q/T937zNP8_3I/AAAAAAAAVg8/ha5Yai2_Ecg/s1600-h/DSC038213.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03821" border="0" alt="DSC03821" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HSJvlMO0JAc/T9372Yt1DPI/AAAAAAAAVhc/oTZ8UBCjJRg/DSC03821_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p align="center">You can see the capacitors bulging and about to leak here.  We got some new ones in and worked like a charm.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--QWDq2E1oZc/T9376_o0emI/AAAAAAAAViA/6jlsl5VnDZE/s1600-h/DSC038293.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03829" border="0" alt="DSC03829" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-H9Jm5kIMlZE/T9378xLqEVI/AAAAAAAAViY/2z1ZiTKtgDE/DSC03829_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">On Saturday we took Ram to see SLC’s number one tourist attraction; the Mormon Temple.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1T3haswwctg/T938AWZr61I/AAAAAAAAViw/PK_Lk-lFWGY/s1600-h/DSC038423.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03842" border="0" alt="DSC03842" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DBKbtIdDACQ/T938CPrH-MI/AAAAAAAAVjI/H_-zwj4BM2I/DSC03842_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p align="center">Since it was Christmas time it had some lights hung out.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-L3Eoz9urDeI/T938DnrZaUI/AAAAAAAAVjU/DTGkjy2SIds/s1600-h/DSC038583.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03858" border="0" alt="DSC03858" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kzacBOilbUs/T938E49jRiI/AAAAAAAAVjg/Wla-2E6M2wg/DSC03858_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">On Sunday being SLC finding a Thai restaurant which was open was a challenge but we found Rose’s Tea House in Murray.  They had a spicy scale from 1-9 and the menu said they would not serve past a 3 to first time customers.  Ram being Thai and loving spicy food said NINE, NINE, NINE!</p> <p align="center">After a little haggling we got the waitress to serve him the nine.  We both got Chicken Panangg but I got a level one spicy.  As we waited Ram got nervous about his order when he saw the spicy challenge on the wall about when they used to have a 10 but too many people went to the hospital.  The thai peppers are flown in from Thailand to LA and then SLC.  Above is my yellowish level 1 and Ram’s dark red level 9.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Z2mGvb0twuI/T938GMx29WI/AAAAAAAAVjw/EIvJL9UQinY/s1600-h/DSC038593.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03859" border="0" alt="DSC03859" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GOpPgx8QdO8/T938Hq0HOeI/AAAAAAAAVkA/bf7Vo890UUA/DSC03859_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">The food was AMAZING!  Ram called it the top 10 thai food he has had in the US.  The level 9 was so good!  The first bite was really good but didn’t burn, the second bite was real hot and spicy, the third bite was destruction for me.  It was even too hot for Ram and he couldn’t finish it.  This was the first time I had seen Ram not finish something which was not a spicy challenge.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-002K9T5CGU4/T938Jxa-NFI/AAAAAAAAVkQ/0JFPp43qhLc/s1600-h/DSC038613.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03861" border="0" alt="DSC03861" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qEQqmgoaVDc/T938LfcBlEI/AAAAAAAAVkg/ClSVW4I-fcU/DSC03861_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p align="center">Before Ram flew out we stopped at Squatter’s Brewery and got some beers.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TzHZ-lpshvU/T938NUC6ReI/AAAAAAAAVkw/9lmekFAXpOE/s1600-h/DSC038643.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03864" border="0" alt="DSC03864" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-I0_qmXpgLP0/T938PZbEHQI/AAAAAAAAVlA/z_GSWZOo5Fw/DSC03864_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p align="center">Cheers!</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-26111960121360778212012-06-27T06:00:00.000-07:002012-06-27T06:00:12.484-07:00Yosemite-Royal Arches; October 2011<p align="center">We were not moving quick in the morning after the previous days long descent and visiting with Roger Suen in camp.  The next morning we chose to go for Royal Arches 5.7 A0.  It is a Yosemite classic long easy climb.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MZ7q8rgXMn0/T937l16_JII/AAAAAAAAVfc/wwyIIrkNWw8/s1600-h/PA1208254.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA120825" border="0" alt="PA120825" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-p1fDaLeP0k4/T937oLibTVI/AAAAAAAAVfs/yozskWigoyQ/PA120825_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="241" height="325" /></a></p> <p align="center">We go to the base at 10:45 am a very late by the often start time of 5 am.  The first pitch here was classic Yosemite physical chimney.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JxpAvinhuFo/T937qYSz2tI/AAAAAAAAVf8/OqjawofHl_k/s1600-h/PA1208283.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA120828" border="0" alt="PA120828" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vL2iqwm5Yr8/T937tRWEdwI/AAAAAAAAVgU/NaZGMcJ9Euc/PA120828_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">The chimney bought us to a long traverse ledge with a little 4th class climbing.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-12ti0mAk2uo/T937wNUNPPI/AAAAAAAAVgk/an8wvLojL1c/s1600-h/PA1208293.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA120829" border="0" alt="PA120829" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hra5-hpWRDo/T937zkoA8CI/AAAAAAAAVhE/vf8M-REZKlQ/PA120829_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">The ledge brought us to the base of a nice 5.7 crack.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UFWz35NhwV0/T9371Z4SmAI/AAAAAAAAVhU/bfajLHcwmPs/s1600-h/PA1208303.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA120830" border="0" alt="PA120830" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UFCvBK3jzp0/T93730_9D9I/AAAAAAAAVhs/4PdB2b7VQbo/PA120830_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Great views back to El Cap.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nhtmUiK4a94/T9376emJQPI/AAAAAAAAVh4/5oLZVN67_X0/s1600-h/PA1208333.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA120833" border="0" alt="PA120833" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FDAgqDTepLs/T9378k3ZXOI/AAAAAAAAViQ/zW2h-dzkR6k/PA120833_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Views up the valley to Glacier Point Apron.  Since Anja’s hand was hurt from the slip on the talas the night before I was doing the leading.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-c4dAl4tuJmU/T937-KefBvI/AAAAAAAAVio/OCrQxcF9Q04/s1600-h/PA1208384.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA120838" border="0" alt="PA120838" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-plr1R3jOzgo/T938A9I50KI/AAAAAAAAVi8/HVNZf5PmG4o/PA120838_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="237" height="359" /></a></p> <p align="center">We go to the flake system leading to the A0 pendulum.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5sOY6i3_dxU/T938ChiOVEI/AAAAAAAAVjQ/JHf9RyvMrHk/s1600-h/PA1208444.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA120844" border="0" alt="PA120844" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-D977276q8D8/T938FJ_d0pI/AAAAAAAAVjo/-tgsW6A4UIg/PA120844_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="357" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">There was a fixed rope on the pendulum which made it very casual.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OamiTKW8lx4/T938G0JHuuI/AAAAAAAAVj4/tuJEvTdz6bY/s1600-h/PA1208484.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA120848" border="0" alt="PA120848" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lRXM8R8iRtE/T938IBnJMKI/AAAAAAAAVkI/kqa5uhbAl4A/PA120848_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="258" height="348" /></a></p> <p align="center">We were catching up with a party in front of us and Anja wasn’t going to let the climb go by without at least one lead.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WoHxFbMCdA8/T938KcnGHII/AAAAAAAAVkY/_C60z0RlhnE/s1600-h/PA1208523.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA120852" border="0" alt="PA120852" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--V8q0eAiMx4/T938LuOzfOI/AAAAAAAAVko/VW8eqWihNIk/PA120852_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">So she fired up on about pitch 6.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-C2sYGUS8hLw/T938OZVljgI/AAAAAAAAVk4/EiN1PlehrbY/s1600-h/PA1208574.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA120857" border="0" alt="PA120857" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AaqCkZx0Ek8/T938P-IUBCI/AAAAAAAAVlI/GeLnHYqv9Oc/PA120857_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="344" height="238" /></a></p> <p align="center">Views just kept getting better.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lXSNNr5wgt0/T938ReI_IMI/AAAAAAAAVlQ/AINp1hMvegU/s1600-h/PA1208623.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA120862" border="0" alt="PA120862" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9mvn_9Jm0UE/T938SY-Ee9I/AAAAAAAAVlY/uRKXKWvyD_M/PA120862_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="165" /></a></p> <p align="center">Looking down from pitch 7.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6sNN_xXUakg/T938UOXKqlI/AAAAAAAAVlk/n843uoddVzI/s1600-h/PA1208653.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA120865" border="0" alt="PA120865" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-92-dmb0ecss/T938VN_cE0I/AAAAAAAAVlo/i_Pb5eTnx3Q/PA120865_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p align="center">We topped out with 8 pitches at 5:30 pm.  Just under 7 hours on the route.  We took the rappels down.  This took about 2 hours in large part because we had caught the party in front of us who was fairly slow on rappel.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-suLd2BZTkZ0/T938WeePeqI/AAAAAAAAVl4/0fAXBlj-QPg/s1600-h/PA1308774.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA130877" border="0" alt="PA130877" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BhcK1FJwfOE/T938XrFbd3I/AAAAAAAAVmE/1j1Sf1ZM5so/PA130877_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="341" height="262" /></a></p> <p align="center">That night we drove to Tahoe to see Bill and Leslie.  Like father like son the little Suen was ready to take over the wheel and drive us home to SLC.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-25729975842441178942012-06-20T06:00:00.000-07:002012-06-20T06:00:14.149-07:00Lower Cathedral Spire 5.9; October 2011<p align="center">It had been raining the past days but we thought it would be ok to go for Lower Cathedral Spire’s Regular route.  It is 5.9 about 5 pitches but the 5.9 can be aided and becomes 5.7 A0.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OFSq7tsr6WE/T937grdp0UI/AAAAAAAAVe8/MAPqI-ab8mw/s1600-h/PA1107844.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA110784" border="0" alt="PA110784" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kwpLoZIHJTc/T937iMzmaII/AAAAAAAAVfE/KewO-IH36W4/PA110784_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="372" height="255" /></a></p> <p align="center">The approach is really long and steep, plus it was slippery from the previous days rainfall.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4AhRtkKILdg/T937jpfbj6I/AAAAAAAAVfM/-iR-zIFuuGU/s1600-h/PA1107864.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA110786" border="0" alt="PA110786" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vPnLVcgPyOQ/T937lTxDVDI/AAAAAAAAVfU/eFLJvxoXsc8/PA110786_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="286" height="386" /></a></p> <p align="center">After over an hour of hiking and scrambling we could see the route on the spire.  It goes up the left skyline to the large ledge and then traverses right on the ledge then up from the ledge to the top.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2pE40E82Hu4/T937nA2MEAI/AAAAAAAAVfk/sv41fVoKBU0/s1600-h/PA1107884.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA110788" border="0" alt="PA110788" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HUHf4l7QmDI/T937o67NZRI/AAAAAAAAVf0/3GxZFLpzMnA/PA110788_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="273" height="369" /></a></p> <p align="center">Anja gave the first pitch a shot but found the route finding to be difficult and set a belay and brought me up to confer on where to go.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MAlPf7bj7Ns/T937rSburRI/AAAAAAAAVgE/T4dCpPIC600/s1600-h/PA1107894.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA110789" border="0" alt="PA110789" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NRYnuzpQXqA/T937s5uF9cI/AAAAAAAAVgM/PBJUn2_Yzkg/PA110789_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="340" height="262" /></a></p> <p align="center">The views on the route were stupendous. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-H3Ryq69A4hA/T937w0LHg5I/AAAAAAAAVgs/6l5CdCILwCA/s1600-h/PA1107944.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA110794" border="0" alt="PA110794" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Mu2C6ay_xM0/T9370GmO9JI/AAAAAAAAVhM/mQml8LHmBd0/PA110794_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="344" height="236" /></a></p> <p align="center">Since at this point we were running a little late I took over the leads and found the route and shot to the ledge.  We did the traverse on the ledge and found the A0 move where I quickly pulled on a piton and swung though the 5.9 and onto the slightly chossy 5.7 flakes above.</p> <p align="center">After about 150 ft of climbing it was mostly over and it was 1.5 more pitches to the top.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-O9-IxtKe25w/T93736rdxPI/AAAAAAAAVho/4RAPSkXK_T4/s1600-h/PA1108024.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA110802" border="0" alt="PA110802" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rEQbbZTqTvE/T9377PU_qCI/AAAAAAAAViE/HiNwvHefSp0/PA110802_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="398" height="306" /></a></p> <p align="center">We hit the top a little late but with daylight and got on rappel.  We got back to the base just after dark and started down the talas gully.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Bp3xuBmRp9E/T9379kkoBlI/AAAAAAAAVig/3hmcansKbfQ/s1600-h/PA1108203.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA110820" border="0" alt="PA110820" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-A78u9mRM5oA/T937_utPpoI/AAAAAAAAVi4/-V5qKdc0MQ4/PA110820_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">It was a bad descent as it was dark now and the talas was already covered in dew which made descending very slippery.  Anja slipped once and jammed some fingers and her hand.  I took all the weight I could from her and we finished out a kind of miserable descent in the dark.  Onto Royal Arches the next day.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-5682760855896740622012-05-30T06:00:00.000-07:002012-05-30T06:00:16.033-07:00Pinnacles–Post Orgasmic Depression and Cantaloupes of Death<p>The weather turned on us and we headed to San Luis Obispo and saw some of my college friends.  We rode out a couple of days of rain hanging at out at <a href="http://www.slosailandcanvas.com">SLO Sails and Canvas</a> and coffee shops.  From there we headed to Pinnacles National Monument.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xfzNi_54C94/T39MlhfoLVI/AAAAAAAAVAM/USfZPYO24hU/s1600-h/PA070776%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA070776" border="0" alt="PA070776" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7qvI2OeZ4T8/T39Mm8DdpsI/AAAAAAAAVAU/Di9FpHT9ETo/PA070776_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>Pinnacles is a big conglomerate climbing area which I had visited in college.  I’d followed Cantaloupes of Death 5.10b and recalled it as an awesome route I thought Anja would like.  We headed to that feature which also housed the classic Post Orgasmic Depression 5.11b.  We found our way there after getting lost a couple times and got in 4 routes.  It was nice but as I remembered I didn’t love the climbing there and we headed out that evening to Sonora. </p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-41284768823559963112012-05-23T06:00:00.000-07:002012-05-23T06:00:01.765-07:00Merlin Dome; Needles, CA<p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TsFGI_zmjDk/T39KPHMIPuI/AAAAAAAAU-M/MjMpcIofIdE/s1600-h/PA040774%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA040774" border="0" alt="PA040774" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-VclCpLXPE8c/T39KQhSBrkI/AAAAAAAAU-U/c4fYxVQZtMs/PA040774_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">After our success on Demon Dome we thought we’d give Merlin Dome a shot.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Y0WqlA09nK0/T39KSo2WfGI/AAAAAAAAU-c/ZJ7tdC2yYbw/s1600-h/PA0407473.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA040747" border="0" alt="PA040747" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-f4rurY62VGY/T39KT5wUzII/AAAAAAAAU-k/pgAYNNu2Bso/PA040747_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Route descriptions were poor but described and rarely harder than 5.9.  We found this dihedral with cracks and headed up it.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZjQvrNLcAZ4/T39KWHiKU1I/AAAAAAAAU-s/PlqJucW410E/s1600-h/PA0407533.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA040753" border="0" alt="PA040753" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-K9H1PgpSa88/T39KXToaHvI/AAAAAAAAU-0/M0H34V0T61k/PA040753_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Anja cruised the first pitch 5.7 </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nHpZOw9jY6Q/T39KaL0P9rI/AAAAAAAAU-8/VFE6DS0_MN0/s1600-h/PA040756%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA040756" border="0" alt="PA040756" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-p4NdHusOO7c/T39KbRrYB4I/AAAAAAAAU_E/Ry-Rn3DoG0k/PA040756_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="335" height="258" /></a></p> <p align="center">to a nice tree ledge belay.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vjJwTsIlPas/T39KdnIJIAI/AAAAAAAAU_M/W48z-vis8WQ/s1600-h/PA040755.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA040755" border="0" alt="PA040755" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SZPh_LGKQVs/T39KfYOhl0I/AAAAAAAAU_U/yl2f_oW4VKo/PA040755_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="285" height="385" /></a></p> <p align="center">I headed up the second pitch which was mellow 5.7.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Q2WR4YCRdQg/T39KhjAbnRI/AAAAAAAAU_c/ZnZYJnI_tio/s1600-h/PA0407613.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA040761" border="0" alt="PA040761" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-o9bcf-jZjjA/T39Kig54LaI/AAAAAAAAU_k/HRFMq8f35go/PA040761_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Anja followed the second pitch to my nice fat belay ledge.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-p6lfPUe4tqo/T39KkiXBlJI/AAAAAAAAU_s/yR67EiF9AyI/s1600-h/PA040764.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA040764" border="0" alt="PA040764" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4egHXetRIQg/T39Kl4LkNeI/AAAAAAAAU_0/x4pbTEVMIdk/PA040764_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="232" height="313" /></a></p> <p align="center">Anja headed up the third pitch.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NBulRc74_8A/T39Kn4hUOfI/AAAAAAAAU_8/mP-wrPpGWMA/s1600-h/PA040767.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA040767" border="0" alt="PA040767" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cbA8DIuBgi0/T39KpGovPgI/AAAAAAAAVAE/g2DrUakT-IQ/PA040767_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="312" height="422" /></a></p> <p align="center"></p> <p>About half way up it got dicey with kind of poor gear on some poor rock and very wondery.  She lowered off and gave me a shot.  It took some rope management and climbing on the double ropes was real handy here to manage rope drag.  I pulled through and wondered around and found a 3rd nice belay ledge.  Anja followed up but we just saw slab above with no bolts and didn’t look promising.  So we down climbed a 3rd class rap to the right and then down lead a 4th class gully to gain the base of the dome and walked back to our gear.  While not as big a success as our previous day on Demon Dome it was a nice 3 pitches of climbing. </p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-70433679363933582612012-05-16T06:00:00.000-07:002012-05-16T06:00:13.227-07:00Demon Dome; Needles, CA<p>We caught the wedding in Hollywood which was on the roof top of a hotel and awesome.  As Brian is Mexican and his bride is Asian the night was capped off with a Asian Mexican fusion taco truck.  It was very LA and Brain.  Good times.  </p> <p>Sadly almost everyone we know in LA was out of town for the weekend so we didn’t catchup with anyone but headed to the Needles to climb.  We were joined by Skater Dave and in the morning headed up Summer Sojurn 5.7 on Voodoo Dome.  The first pitches went fine but when we got the the runout 5.5 pitch things went back.  I headed up on the lead got a few pieces in the crack above the belay and started a runout traverse which wasn’t bad but not easy.  Following that I moved up into a bowl and found a yellow alien placement from there I looked up at 50 ft of slab and couldn’t see a bolt.  I moved up about 15-20 ft on the to slab staying with in my retreat zone but still couldn’t see a bolt.  I wasn’t up for running it out on that to who knows where so I down climbed everything which was less than fun and we back lead the pitch below and then were able to rappel off the two bolted belays.  Drag…</p> <p>The next day we headed up on to Demon Dome on Rosemary’s Baby 5.8 4 pitches.</p> <p>Anja took the first pitch and cruised up to a nice belay.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-W_3YNxAgV0U/T39HmaKSYNI/AAAAAAAAU8s/kUGzNCB_nKI/s1600-h/PA0307013.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA030701" border="0" alt="PA030701" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HvVzpAGDXRM/T39Hn1Sr1jI/AAAAAAAAU80/UzBFtaWTCDA/PA030701_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Skater Dave following pitch 1.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AqO0rfKzdWY/T39Hq6TxUGI/AAAAAAAAU88/IiMtRkzbjrQ/s1600-h/PA0307043.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA030704" border="0" alt="PA030704" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--XDJj7YmymQ/T39HsgfTX8I/AAAAAAAAU9E/AI-Qhoe085o/PA030704_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">I led the second pitch and got the kind of hanging belay which was kind of lousy.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2vqs7I-o1nw/T39HvORaqzI/AAAAAAAAU9M/4uZdBbx1O8M/s1600-h/PA0307113.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA030711" border="0" alt="PA030711" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XMm9uLbx6Sc/T39HwdDX7DI/AAAAAAAAU9U/AgSD3nUk1dk/PA030711_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">We extended Anja on a 10 ft clove hitch on the rope to a super comfy ledge.  Too bad there wasn’t a nice pair of bolts on this ledge.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bCijH62eHEY/T39Hy8ILNWI/AAAAAAAAU9c/yxlbkVIGeAg/s1600-h/PA0307133.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA030713" border="0" alt="PA030713" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vyfy0Otl_YQ/T39H0QIYvlI/AAAAAAAAU9k/gUzJtOOuqUY/PA030713_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Nice views</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pDKEdarumJU/T39H3JAVcFI/AAAAAAAAU9s/Di0E36pLRlo/s1600-h/PA0307303.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA030730" border="0" alt="PA030730" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--duuzdQcy-I/T39H4XZW6HI/AAAAAAAAU90/w4e4PEPsHvA/PA030730_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Ken belaying.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UhgRiGEzeZI/T39H7iUZX4I/AAAAAAAAU98/Meag_PTUZyc/s1600-h/PA030743.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="PA030743" border="0" alt="PA030743" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bvHW4CiSv9Y/T39H9OIiKNI/AAAAAAAAU-E/Ld_dueUM4fM/PA030743_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="334" height="257" /></a></p> <p>Dave took the 3rd pitch and got the crux. Up high on the pitch was a big block with a very slabby poorly protected step out. Anja took the 4 pitch which was slabby and kind of hard also but overall went pretty ok. From there is was a 4th class scramble to the top. We topped out and then down climbed to the bolt anchor at the top of 4. Rappelled to the top of 3, then rappelled out on the face and did two more to the ground. Nice double rope ride back down. Was a perfect day for climbing as a party of three on double ropes.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-68584212594298974682012-05-09T06:00:00.000-07:002012-05-09T06:00:17.431-07:00Tahquitz–Whodonit 5.9<p>We were headed to Hollywood for a college roommate’s wedding and made a stop at Tahquitz to get on the classic Whodonit.  I’d never done the route because on a weekend it always had a line of people on it but this we rolled into town on Wednesday night.  Paul followed shortly rolling into camp that night.  In the morning the three of us hiked up hoping for an open route.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Zo1wN-m36_0/T39D2AD-hcI/AAAAAAAAU78/0_oj0ARhlqI/s1600-h/307174_10150297658531765_676821764_8199868_1058571605_n%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="307174_10150297658531765_676821764_8199868_1058571605_n" border="0" alt="307174_10150297658531765_676821764_8199868_1058571605_n" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OGRIQhnM82M/T39D3vzHHDI/AAAAAAAAU8E/mZ1PyLlguXs/307174_10150297658531765_676821764_8199868_1058571605_n_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="335" height="258" /></a></p> <p>The route and whole Northwest Rescess were vacant.  Stoked!  I got on the first pitch which had some 5.9 slab I was not excited about which I did find very dicey and a fall off the slab on the black alien and micro nuts would have been bad.  I hope the rest of the route makes up for it.  Anja took the next pitch and we rolled up.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Cb7YNsfTdj0/T39D4znP0GI/AAAAAAAAU8M/H6WKsFtNKi0/s1600-h/293595_10150297646221765_676821764_8199811_1750494032_n%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="293595_10150297646221765_676821764_8199811_1750494032_n" border="0" alt="293595_10150297646221765_676821764_8199811_1750494032_n" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7JZUZxdrP34/T39D6bCQSeI/AAAAAAAAU8U/3bVgmt0Zhgs/293595_10150297646221765_676821764_8199811_1750494032_n_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="246" height="347" /></a></p> <p>We made the classic chimney and I headed up it was a pretty cool physical 5.9 exit move and was an awesome pitch.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NMluqyjo7Lc/T39D70M8jzI/AAAAAAAAU8c/GdifVWjdBI0/s1600-h/299622_10150297656426765_676821764_8199838_1994260735_n%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="299622_10150297656426765_676821764_8199838_1994260735_n" border="0" alt="299622_10150297656426765_676821764_8199838_1994260735_n" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5quwRUrldHU/T39D9a_yJEI/AAAAAAAAU8k/1ZJBDWIe_dY/299622_10150297656426765_676821764_8199838_1994260735_n_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="334" /></a></p> <p>After that it was a pretty cruise to the top of a few pitches.  We topped out with plenty of daylight for the hike down the north gully.  Overall it was a great route but I thought it paled in comparison to Traitor Horn and the Long/Wong Climb.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-42057988666033213312012-05-02T09:22:00.000-07:002012-05-02T09:22:01.391-07:00Laura’s reception and moving<p align="center">After Jackson we headed back to Boulder to go to Anja’s childhood friend Laura’s Wedding reception.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_JA6wuvZqwQ/T35iKKNCVzI/AAAAAAAAU50/VwpodlGyiDY/s1600-h/DSC031973.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03197" border="0" alt="DSC03197" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Wd6FbWxh3Jc/T35iKxDcHKI/AAAAAAAAU6E/FDTmMqNxltY/DSC03197_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Anja’s mom flew in for it and stayed with us in Boulder at my folks house.  She and Anja got out for a bike ride and some hiking while there.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-okl2kvG6EP0/T35iMF5VJ_I/AAAAAAAAU6M/fv-Ddc29FIQ/s1600-h/DSC032083.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03208" border="0" alt="DSC03208" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uyfFie-ZeFE/T35iNGnClpI/AAAAAAAAU6c/kwXKlqEUMC4/DSC03208_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p align="center">Laura and Ian got married in Cancun Mexico a few weeks earlier which we didn’t make it to.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-K4F0tQeuGC4/T35iOSNKqeI/AAAAAAAAU6s/0OhBg1BJ104/s1600-h/DSC032193.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03219" border="0" alt="DSC03219" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YHoFdlCcr6M/T35iPE1KkdI/AAAAAAAAU60/o4oVN0vTpWs/DSC03219_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p align="center">For those who couldn’t make it they also had a reception up at Blackhawk casino in Colorado.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aWTvgIni444/T35iQNaoqRI/AAAAAAAAU68/Hjo4PzZrPNU/s1600-h/DSC032423.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03242" border="0" alt="DSC03242" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-zlw7uxUBlaY/T35iQxuMbCI/AAAAAAAAU7E/jlpCBGRZnmY/DSC03242_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p align="center">Laura’s mom here in the center was who kindly let us use her Condo on Grand Cayman Island the year before.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-V8YEtCtWMZQ/T35iRyzkpSI/AAAAAAAAU7M/VO_OjNDG6e4/s1600-h/DSC034723.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03472" border="0" alt="DSC03472" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-B79Fl_TWtLo/T35iSbfwadI/AAAAAAAAU7U/-1G_6kVwez0/DSC03472_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">At the end of the night those who had suits enjoyed the tub.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SbZgR4xAEE0/T35iTkMG3HI/AAAAAAAAU7c/8GM-GwKu5rQ/s1600-h/DSC034863.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03486" border="0" alt="DSC03486" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RSx9NK_9ptg/T35iUTpEdxI/AAAAAAAAU7k/fKhQwFnmaoo/DSC03486_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">I officially had a job offer with the State of Utah so we move our stuff to Salt Lake but since we couldn’t move in yet we threw it all in a storage locker.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WA4H9a1KgZI/T35iVDMxVGI/AAAAAAAAU7s/gtYec_QmM4Q/s1600-h/DSC034873.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03487" border="0" alt="DSC03487" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-isHzwRC7lgQ/T35iV4tQIsI/AAAAAAAAU70/w3hz1d5nhqs/DSC03487_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">After this we headed to California for one of my college roommate’s wedding in Hollywood.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-59784482406031311452012-04-25T06:00:00.000-07:002012-04-25T06:00:25.210-07:00Jackson Bouldering Wall<p>In the middle of Jackson they just built a bouldering wall in a playground so we went to check it out.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qPYRH5oSVWA/T35h0H7GegI/AAAAAAAAU2E/dZTtVNvuaUM/s1600-h/P91806953.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9180695" border="0" alt="P9180695" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iKjbZ0ipvnE/T35h1Kn9uEI/AAAAAAAAU2U/XFWDAPmZtnU/P9180695_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Of course we biked over there and I got to ride Lane tricycle there with him riding on the back.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-USag_--YQfs/T35h21yaJeI/AAAAAAAAU2k/bLIPMUzpB7E/s1600-h/DSC031063.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03106" border="0" alt="DSC03106" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UMc_Yk3Dg-U/T35h35M5DeI/AAAAAAAAU20/hV1vDvjkBbc/DSC03106_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HoXAgypuNFk/T35h6CvPiOI/AAAAAAAAU3M/cuR39S0Kr28/s1600-h/DSC031133.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03113" border="0" alt="DSC03113" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZiEArQCs6Q0/T35h7XT1gzI/AAAAAAAAU3Y/XYdjRbu5pXE/DSC03113_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SA-i68QgKCU/T35h8VWXdrI/AAAAAAAAU3k/BotRFkubixI/s1600-h/DSC031173.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03117" border="0" alt="DSC03117" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sTL3dIl8_rg/T35h9IJEcrI/AAAAAAAAU30/ndxn8wkG0Tw/DSC03117_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Me hanging out.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OU_BLXyLUO0/T35h-06V_CI/AAAAAAAAU4I/3xLerajTRWc/s1600-h/DSC031323.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03132" border="0" alt="DSC03132" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Z5u92dB7qqg/T35iAON6KfI/AAAAAAAAU4Y/RVlyrUR2TPs/DSC03132_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-x5ZI9UTIEo4/T35iA_wVw0I/AAAAAAAAU4o/Th7PYdqxg08/s1600-h/DSC031373.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03137" border="0" alt="DSC03137" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pgJ2PXhyxII/T35iB_-pcXI/AAAAAAAAU40/jzbYOzis5pw/DSC03137_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pWAtpFHnpPk/T35iCx8RIcI/AAAAAAAAU48/ZwLM6W2FFOM/s1600-h/DSC031443.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03144" border="0" alt="DSC03144" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-N6E1m5evw_A/T35iEGKbOQI/AAAAAAAAU5E/OtYoCNiHF34/DSC03144_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Lane doing a traverse.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rQBznUBO3iU/T35iFIQyN8I/AAAAAAAAU5M/U3R6WSR_hsc/s1600-h/DSC031503.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03150" border="0" alt="DSC03150" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-kCQ5i8JZxBQ/T35iFjMR87I/AAAAAAAAU5U/Tq1GwylCsK0/DSC03150_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Me following him around</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DsMqHjiGqGo/T35iHCZJHEI/AAAAAAAAU5c/B23cJXKiaXE/s1600-h/DSC03169.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03169" border="0" alt="DSC03169" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NCOtqRHXR3U/T35iH26zkrI/AAAAAAAAU5k/dpXGCr4Gw5s/DSC03169_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="383" height="263" /></a></p> <p align="center">Anja said she was done for the day but hadn’t done the arete so I of course said that much be because she can’t.  You can see her thoughts on that.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1tOkwGpuboQ/T35iJe3e_1I/AAAAAAAAU5s/adDu9R5oO6A/s1600-h/DSC031763.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03176" border="0" alt="DSC03176" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DtT4utWSC4o/T35iKIMeIYI/AAAAAAAAU54/QRYMa_8WbR4/DSC03176_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SJ6IMLQ7QwY/T35iLboyXmI/AAAAAAAAU6U/3Qsbl0_OsMY/s1600-h/DSC031773.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03177" border="0" alt="DSC03177" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aqsmTa-DUcg/T35iNe8QfHI/AAAAAAAAU6g/MfejX88z1g4/DSC03177_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-22418754569187031322012-04-18T06:00:00.000-07:002012-04-18T06:00:00.196-07:00Hoback Shield; Jackson, WY<p align="center">The next day in Jackson we went down to Hoback Shield.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oGbbGfKpqzI/T35hn6mWtMI/AAAAAAAAU0c/dULEKugas18/s1600-h/P91706543.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9170654" border="0" alt="P9170654" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zDbchaXGbko/T35hogyTRkI/AAAAAAAAU0s/xyQsyLeyO-Q/P9170654_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">It is limestone with a couple cool little roofs.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jkwnd0hZb94/T35hqbTS0AI/AAAAAAAAU08/iQJOB0i6UFI/s1600-h/P91706573.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9170657" border="0" alt="P9170657" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-L8V80KjDr1g/T35hrEO6K0I/AAAAAAAAU1E/ImjzzsknwEk/P9170657_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">These were the warmup 5.9s.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EFs0avddGPA/T35hsNTSo2I/AAAAAAAAU1M/qokwptyuNGY/s1600-h/P91706603.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9170660" border="0" alt="P9170660" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8Igw0Yas7n4/T35htJ21czI/AAAAAAAAU1U/tUJtRSQ7dhs/P9170660_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BS6kQ7nMXu0/T35huuIg3II/AAAAAAAAU1c/PQ8LAov4R30/s1600-h/P91706693.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9170669" border="0" alt="P9170669" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5g7rPlkp5So/T35hvYu14vI/AAAAAAAAU1k/P4WQfkHuCk4/P9170669_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">I’d come here before with my brother and was curious how much stronger I would be than on that trip.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Ravkz0A5HGE/T35hwUsocKI/AAAAAAAAU1s/1rbrsykOguE/s1600-h/P91706783.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9170678" border="0" alt="P9170678" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-In0e7L0_AOg/T35hxCbsTBI/AAAAAAAAU10/oa8Ks0zOlXk/P9170678_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6ATythNq9F4/T35hyUL9VMI/AAAAAAAAU18/T53s3yO796U/s1600-h/P91706803.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9170680" border="0" alt="P9170680" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LVBSFT9naD8/T35h0H9tYZI/AAAAAAAAU2I/83GUvNDxMxo/P9170680_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EAxn3VNJS7M/T35h2Pu9QsI/AAAAAAAAU2c/hY5H0sNl4rU/s1600-h/P91706823.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9170682" border="0" alt="P9170682" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JwgwFlvrBFQ/T35h3Sy3QEI/AAAAAAAAU2s/NgZ1Kh4-gpc/P9170682_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Anja charging a 5.10</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_6HwLfvqc2k/T35h4_t8NAI/AAAAAAAAU28/US9jijkoXrA/s1600-h/P91706883.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9170688" border="0" alt="P9170688" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Fe3DVdP2Cj4/T35h5luFhnI/AAAAAAAAU3E/QloJGyvmd6E/P9170688_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Onto the big hard roof.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uR7wYlgyG_k/T35h7PMAHjI/AAAAAAAAU3U/eAV3Y4qEX1Q/s1600-h/P91706903.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9170690" border="0" alt="P9170690" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TlKqrmOsr-w/T35h8gWIkFI/AAAAAAAAU3o/jafB8dZ7sLA/P9170690_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--d53CYZicPI/T35h94pBLsI/AAAAAAAAU38/l4yAYgq6D0Y/s1600-h/P91706923.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9170692" border="0" alt="P9170692" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UwP1LxlT3lY/T35h-xIFPuI/AAAAAAAAU4E/msrDN3r41ms/P9170692_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center">Then top roped a climb before we called it a day.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QJ6aeuBnMw4/T35h_zdfO7I/AAAAAAAAU4U/W5y0-w_guz8/s1600-h/2011-09-16-19.10.183.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="2011-09-16 19.10.18" border="0" alt="2011-09-16 19.10.18" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-je7l4JY5aaQ/T35iBNi0voI/AAAAAAAAU4k/_pkyxqGWoeE/2011-09-16-19.10.18_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">We got some dinner out at a fancy restaurant with Emily and Lane.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-56284586934166578512012-04-11T06:00:00.000-07:002012-04-11T06:00:17.656-07:00Rodeo Wall–Jackson WY<p>Well it’s been a while since I posted but Anja tried to talk me into so I’ll give it a shot at something going up once a week on Wednesdays.</p> <p>Last summer while we were job hunting we took a trip up to Jackson to see Anja’s brother Lane.  While there we went and climbed one day at Rodeo wall.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cGkJx74TlfE/T35hbXuOvZI/AAAAAAAAUzM/sJXED9OzZ4A/s1600-h/P91606528.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9160652" border="0" alt="P9160652" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NoMX3DVkq6g/T35hcRxiPPI/AAAAAAAAUzU/heutIu_pGMY/P9160652_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="349" height="268" /></a></p> <p align="center">It is down near Hoback Junction about a river</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nEo6U5gjhQQ/T35hdx14eCI/AAAAAAAAUzc/JlTO9DuNQZM/s1600-h/P91606464.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9160646" border="0" alt="P9160646" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3jByCKox25c/T35hekPf-ZI/AAAAAAAAUzk/mlNLo8WRsHk/P9160646_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="290" height="392" /></a></p> <p align="center">The rock is good but the easy climbs felt hard; I think because they were very polished.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UaVLoXEFEQc/T35hf__JcMI/AAAAAAAAUzs/nojOsX4pSUA/s1600-h/P91606473.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9160647" border="0" alt="P9160647" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZGFPwmb20MU/T35hgvV_xnI/AAAAAAAAUz0/g7qOoKM7A7g/P9160647_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_g_LfgxULO4/T35hicZuTdI/AAAAAAAAUz8/hasOfWC_2w8/s1600-h/P91606503.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9160650" border="0" alt="P9160650" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-p71U3lzaDmk/T35hjbvvXyI/AAAAAAAAU0E/ikC8la8avq8/P9160650_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QSqSWTUiH5c/T35hkumHunI/AAAAAAAAU0M/Zon9UDqXMOI/s1600-h/P91806963.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9180696" border="0" alt="P9180696" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5yW6yAtqNzA/T35hlelpkdI/AAAAAAAAU0U/u9JQrS9bsCw/P9180696_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Our 4 star deluxe camping accommodations in Lane’s backyard right in the heart of Jackson.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PYwJg8c2Fqs/T35hm3aE3eI/AAAAAAAAU0k/dAxwj6pHonY/s1600-h/P91806973.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9180697" border="0" alt="P9180697" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-J0skuF_6c-o/T35hpYYEgoI/AAAAAAAAU00/z-2uSMFBYCc/P9180697_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p align="center">Other guest back there who never left.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-76350066860052496152011-10-26T06:00:00.000-07:002011-10-26T06:00:00.342-07:00Utah-Maple Canyon<p>We headed down to Maple Canyon which is about 90 miles south of SLC.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xHZYdNr12dY/TpMy_ba1j7I/AAAAAAAAUQs/BiXayrhs4X4/s1600-h/P9100644%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9100644" border="0" alt="P9100644" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-B9aaF1dWKMM/TpMzBEphnQI/AAAAAAAAUQw/dXmn_F26Fe0/P9100644_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>We drove down late on Friday night and found a campsite.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nFnJRwuo_jw/TpMzCmUZ-DI/AAAAAAAAUQ0/gyraEf3MLJ8/s1600-h/P9100632%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9100632" border="0" alt="P9100632" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dwB3bYNzFx8/TpMzDQQftKI/AAAAAAAAUQ4/LA4H8-CrTCY/P9100632_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>I wanted to do some the multipitch climbs and we headed up the Amory to get on Slamfire 5.9 sport 4 pitches.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--w4vLDx-S5E/TpMzFpiY2dI/AAAAAAAAUQ8/SuJveEgCraE/s1600-h/P9100634%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9100634" border="0" alt="P9100634" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bp9TSxlPzQM/TpMzGYiS36I/AAAAAAAAURA/Ie_Hi49JhwQ/P9100634_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>We did Slamfire as 2 pitches and went back for another route on the Armory.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Lv1mM0-1mtk/TpMzIS1eZ4I/AAAAAAAAURE/boxhwj-W2AE/s1600-h/P9100635%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9100635" border="0" alt="P9100635" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-I1N3KDXjqE4/TpMzI_NkWgI/AAAAAAAAURI/riza7LuLEKM/P9100635_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AGVDBBfE0bs/TpMzKodUfuI/AAAAAAAAURM/WJQ1jsO6K5E/s1600-h/P9100636%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9100636" border="0" alt="P9100636" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YveTsKooqCA/TpMzLUo5pyI/AAAAAAAAURQ/QsU4MQhMkLE/P9100636_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>Enjoying the views of Maple Canyon.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vmnzgyh3ajs/TpMzNASEOgI/AAAAAAAAURU/ApLASdY041I/s1600-h/P9100638%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9100638" border="0" alt="P9100638" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-f_nlQnkeRPg/TpMzN3KQZ_I/AAAAAAAAURY/zs4SxyHOOBs/P9100638_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WX3wXM_ik-Y/TpMzPQvMQGI/AAAAAAAAURc/O4m8LJAmZLA/s1600-h/P9100642%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9100642" border="0" alt="P9100642" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-E-Uj0k1z5ok/TpMzPzn8tkI/AAAAAAAAURg/HUIrFHlQF80/P9100642_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>The summit shot.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-75920855617828698792011-10-24T06:00:00.000-07:002011-10-24T06:00:02.778-07:00SLC-Devil’s Castle<p>We headed back up Little Cottonwood Canyon</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PoSPOxhqfuw/TpMxe0LdUcI/AAAAAAAAUO0/VmEijNC_sC8/s1600-h/P9040581%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040581" border="0" alt="P9040581" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Umi3LO759wM/TpMxfnD61XI/AAAAAAAAUO4/ZFoDDSTtsBY/P9040581_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>We parked and headed in on the approach.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5NX2VZAhiJo/TpMxhofA51I/AAAAAAAAUO8/oDSOKaSwvFk/s1600-h/P9040582%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040582" border="0" alt="P9040582" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XyTsHCp4hfI/TpMxie1nOJI/AAAAAAAAUPA/L0HXQeGS0UM/P9040582_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>Views of Devil’s Castle.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BfzeL2tIsTU/TpMxkOtyoXI/AAAAAAAAUPE/C39PmpbA9q0/s1600-h/P9040585%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040585" border="0" alt="P9040585" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-m0u7m5SRwAY/TpMxk4FjIVI/AAAAAAAAUPI/k9jKAhabIzQ/P9040585_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1k-M1zd2u44/TpMxnJYgj3I/AAAAAAAAUPM/VfzMohXLjr8/s1600-h/P9040587%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040587" border="0" alt="P9040587" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EZlF9oXpI-k/TpMxn219pGI/AAAAAAAAUPQ/dIlXp7hhUl8/P9040587_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>We made it across the little snow field at the base and I took the first lead which was a little exciting and the rock was chossier than we were expecting but was over all a pretty good pitch.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GAR4oSQU5js/TpMxpD-vvII/AAAAAAAAUPU/0ONpMaTMw3c/s1600-h/P9040590%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040590" border="0" alt="P9040590" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Acc85VzAgGg/TpMxplWg8lI/AAAAAAAAUPY/zpCttnp-CaE/P9040590_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>The crux pitch was next and Anja wasn’t excited about the rock quality so I kept leading.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QrJc2aBkJgI/TpMxrqG6UYI/AAAAAAAAUPc/NLflnb2rXJM/s1600-h/P9040592%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040592" border="0" alt="P9040592" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-k_aZ7iqjSlo/TpMxsFx_ZhI/AAAAAAAAUPg/4QNT3Qjh7b4/P9040592_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>I got it done and enjoying the day.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BAH2VJQVcmI/TpMxuJDqdRI/AAAAAAAAUPk/7YdoB-5yDmY/s1600-h/P9040593%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040593" border="0" alt="P9040593" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-K1mUsgV4No4/TpMxuiq8mNI/AAAAAAAAUPo/IYhpXtwH9BA/P9040593_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>Nice views.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OTxmvV7mxFE/TpMxv28jF1I/AAAAAAAAUPs/D-7qXg681F0/s1600-h/P9040598%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040598" border="0" alt="P9040598" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tnfEmzsO6yA/TpMxw22qIyI/AAAAAAAAUPw/iohUvcNh6mE/P9040598_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>It was then into the 5.8 pitch followed by what we did as 2 pitches of 5.4.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JbQa6a8um04/TpMxyTVoz1I/AAAAAAAAUP0/8apooLDrAVA/s1600-h/P9040600%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040600" border="0" alt="P9040600" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ifFxdYMm7K0/TpMxzHJwM7I/AAAAAAAAUP4/qiYABa7ptE4/P9040600_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>On the second 5.4 pitch.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OLVVSihaqdw/TpMx0eVcADI/AAAAAAAAUP8/awnPwjbZ35M/s1600-h/P9040603%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040603" border="0" alt="P9040603" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KnBf0sAoHQI/TpMx1K9AafI/AAAAAAAAUQA/v6n-bPMl-R0/P9040603_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Then we made the last 5.10 pitch and I was up again.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xNhUCKgRjsQ/TpMx2e4MEnI/AAAAAAAAUQE/foPx_WTeLZU/s1600-h/P9040607%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040607" border="0" alt="P9040607" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-47nSy9HqPx0/TpMx24ZqC0I/AAAAAAAAUQI/eCF0HaUuTtE/P9040607_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>It was a little exciting to a roof.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8K--1r9CnbE/TpMx4KeIaEI/AAAAAAAAUQM/qsuf1jzgqtI/s1600-h/P9040608%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040608" border="0" alt="P9040608" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0_MxfZiyGxQ/TpMx41xO5LI/AAAAAAAAUQQ/74XAvTV3cno/P9040608_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Then it got going with a 4th class pitch to a huge ledge.  From the ledge there were lots of choices to end but we took the 5.9 direct finish with a little adventure 5.7 at the end.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QAKuhSs5jdU/TpMx6PQurdI/AAAAAAAAUQU/4burR3zV3ww/s1600-h/P9040610%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040610" border="0" alt="P9040610" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ye7iW4jCEYY/TpMx6mNl9nI/AAAAAAAAUQY/aeWlgrlNANs/P9040610_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Anja found some cool formations at the top.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ptq-YmG_36E/TpMx8MfKq-I/AAAAAAAAUQc/qxmn3coM7-o/s1600-h/P9040620%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040620" border="0" alt="P9040620" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PBMfAdLQ2gE/TpMx-utpDfI/AAAAAAAAUQg/NxYxKTSh0dM/P9040620_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>On the top ridge line.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AHuaxzKyaqU/TpMyAPiIWYI/AAAAAAAAUQk/jpgMrQmKh9M/s1600-h/P9040617%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P9040617" border="0" alt="P9040617" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oYOQSa3VoJ0/TpMyA-_A7HI/AAAAAAAAUQo/wbSf-gAzxww/P9040617_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>Good day on top!  The descent was about 1.5 hour hike down and we were home by 7 pm.  Pretty cool day to get out so quick into such an alpine setting.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-30053935167212361222011-10-19T06:00:00.000-07:002011-10-19T06:00:06.326-07:00SLC-Hell Gate<p>We’d made it down to SLC and rented a new car in SLC.  It was cheaper to get a one way rental and then a local rental.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SggjEl3WL3g/TpMvPRnJ4sI/AAAAAAAAUN0/EUtZAmSoQQ0/s1600-h/P8200542%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8200542" border="0" alt="P8200542" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IBuCOWYSR8U/TpMvQCBqEnI/AAAAAAAAUN4/Me6H3wWk2wk/P8200542_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>We headed to Hell Gate up Little Cottonwood Canyon for some sport climbing.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FjbdejEbAcQ/TpMvRubPX_I/AAAAAAAAUN8/A9Myctt-Du4/s1600-h/P8200545%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8200545" border="0" alt="P8200545" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-p2AZMPtEKlw/TpMvSbD0ZxI/AAAAAAAAUOA/AOAMoJzmJxM/P8200545_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>The first routes we picked were really chossy and not great.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-AVFaGuBFZw0/TpMvT2vQc6I/AAAAAAAAUOE/UKG4W24MjWs/s1600-h/P8200546%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8200546" border="0" alt="P8200546" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZvPJEIYvB9M/TpMvUihZ9AI/AAAAAAAAUOI/diQduryxVPA/P8200546_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>While there we ran into one of our new roommate’s Jake.  Go figure we know like a dozen people in SLC and we met one out climbing.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tm1PAHHUFSw/TpMvV_rBWuI/AAAAAAAAUOM/7_QtLKgD7AI/s1600-h/P8200554%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8200554" border="0" alt="P8200554" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N8tE0rdGxtc/TpMvYoBKyQI/AAAAAAAAUOQ/6Sa93srwi18/P8200554_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Jake’s climbing partner recommended an arête route on the right which was great.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FtAw8_VguJU/TpMvZ6CaWvI/AAAAAAAAUOU/mraGMDDuRF0/s1600-h/P8200567%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8200567" border="0" alt="P8200567" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-VqSYlkIOmU8/TpMvdqAlnGI/AAAAAAAAUOY/mCbGbNKg28o/P8200567_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="235" height="317" /></a></p> <p>It even had a little extension at the top.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8YDFIVkVn94/TpMvfJijmKI/AAAAAAAAUOc/U23CiZjEtUM/s1600-h/P8200570%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8200570" border="0" alt="P8200570" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FogWcc5f9BE/TpMvfiObR1I/AAAAAAAAUOg/v0zO4Xyi0mQ/P8200570_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="261" height="352" /></a></p> <p>Anja squeezed one more climb in and found this nice 10b.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QkisdevpWNo/TpMvhnnIfOI/AAAAAAAAUOk/nK23CJn-iPY/s1600-h/P8200573%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8200573" border="0" alt="P8200573" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-O7oXRDcE4Ys/TpMvicTRAmI/AAAAAAAAUOo/HGtamkB8ud0/P8200573_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>Jake was up climbing next to us.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yk7Oa-ayQ7E/TpMvjV501KI/AAAAAAAAUOs/QgF45sbbSoM/s1600-h/P8200571%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8200571" border="0" alt="P8200571" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-oGWV_nQBzNg/TpMvkHgOPlI/AAAAAAAAUOw/vVlzMBUgjO4/P8200571_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>Weather was threatening so we called it a day.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-74351288251799964242011-10-17T06:00:00.000-07:002011-10-17T06:00:01.133-07:00Wind Rivers Fail<p>We’d gone to Salt Lake for some interviews and had a window of free time so we headed to the Wind Rivers to go into Deep Lake. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wcjgIwxC-gI/TpMq24SzB8I/AAAAAAAAUNc/fsP8_AyDiRg/s1600-h/P8190537%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8190537" border="0" alt="P8190537" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DTLzQEM2MTQ/TpMq3WGzMAI/AAAAAAAAUNg/NyYYEuBQqKY/P8190537_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>We headed in the long dirt road to the Big Sandy Trailhead.  On the last 4 miles of rough dirt road I heard a clunking sound and it had also out of character had the GEN light flicker.  I crawled under the car and the front passenger wheel was moving around.  I couldn’t see anything broken but our trip was clearly over as I had an interview on Monday and it was Thursday night.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wwf4X-Z05-I/TpMq47w2-pI/AAAAAAAAUNk/FzaYDrpcgGI/s1600-h/P8190540%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8190540" border="0" alt="P8190540" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hp1jZypX5iU/TpMq5vI1ZLI/AAAAAAAAUNo/VLyikvMLAjs/P8190540_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>Friday morning the van drove just fine out to Rock Spring.  We luckily found a mechanic to look at it and he told us the van just had a loose bolt and if we took it to an alignment shop they would take care of it.  They pulled the van out and parked it and left it running when I jumped in the van was dead and would not restart.  I screwed around with the van but nothing worked and we turned it over to the pros.  The biggest indicator I should have seen was the engine code reader I had wouldn’t register.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MfFaiSAQt8g/TpMq62peLBI/AAAAAAAAUNs/2QxJHVjlt4s/s1600-h/P8300577%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8300577" border="0" alt="P8300577" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vRndNAMI_8M/TpMq7u4wSKI/AAAAAAAAUNw/Ru9tdr6x_YA/P8300577_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>The van computer was fired and would take a week to get.  We found a SUV rental one way to Salt Lake and headed down to SLC.  We didn’t have the van to crash in so we called up our friends George and Denise to see if they had a room we could rent and we crashed with them.  A week later I walked down to catch the SLC TRAX to downtown and caught greyhound to Rock Springs and then walked to the mechanic.  The van ran fine back and everything was back rolling.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-57393868121682519822011-10-12T06:05:00.000-07:002011-10-12T06:05:00.647-07:00Boulder-Bitty Buttress and Young and the Rackless<p>We headed up to Bitty Buttress to the right of the Blob in Boulder Canyon.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VEwhxXiMCzw/TpMl_QVdaMI/AAAAAAAAUL0/ZwGv73Ose8M/s1600-h/P8040503%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040503" border="0" alt="P8040503" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-eCUiYrPz-Zs/TpMmAKLSYRI/AAAAAAAAUL4/QGAb92-ZQfg/P8040503_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9N1kQVyUlIo/TpMmBvNhwNI/AAAAAAAAUL8/KBaJPAqOAZQ/s1600-h/P8040454%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040454" border="0" alt="P8040454" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7SPtJsQAp4E/TpMmCaNaYrI/AAAAAAAAUMA/NqhMn_RL5Sk/P8040454_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZDj1fy7ySaw/TpMmDl738eI/AAAAAAAAUME/VqwLfsoLvI8/s1600-h/P8040463%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040463" border="0" alt="P8040463" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zHu09Qt4hMY/TpMmEU66vLI/AAAAAAAAUMI/GW_AS6QFB-E/P8040463_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Bitty Buttress is 5.9 3 pitches.  It’s a steep start with a little tough gear off the deck but on good holds.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RbFW2d-RWpY/TpMmF8xx8HI/AAAAAAAAUMM/erKZrj5Rprc/s1600-h/P8040464%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040464" border="0" alt="P8040464" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3hpfkiklng4/TpMmGrEJJPI/AAAAAAAAUMQ/VFgdxdUqfwg/P8040464_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nnRhQ-2nwXw/TpMmHycI3PI/AAAAAAAAUMU/95Scrp6mF9M/s1600-h/P8040469%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040469" border="0" alt="P8040469" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WHyJeOOaCtc/TpMmIffybQI/AAAAAAAAUMY/ZS1RlH-B-bM/P8040469_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Up near the top of the first pitch is a fairly committing slabby move above your last piece.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7Dla22IjU4k/TpMmKMZiJWI/AAAAAAAAUMc/YXzdDbzNDGk/s1600-h/P8040471%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040471" border="0" alt="P8040471" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7MeKj6on48Q/TpMmKs_QOpI/AAAAAAAAUMg/55gg3T26MIU/P8040471_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="156" /></a></p> <p>The belay ledge was awesome for the first pitch.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nKcHCOCDOF0/TpMmL2TJ3NI/AAAAAAAAUMk/nwUY2MFUmV8/s1600-h/P8040475%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040475" border="0" alt="P8040475" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ssMxEqvFXqM/TpMmMtYQGyI/AAAAAAAAUMo/gQsvTZ8WqRI/P8040475_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Anja took the second pitch which was another awesome belay ledge.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rX8mrweGb6I/TpMmOiT6tuI/AAAAAAAAUMs/EKCTVNFTwvs/s1600-h/P8040480%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040480" border="0" alt="P8040480" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-obncZnufD-A/TpMmPnfuWLI/AAAAAAAAUMw/cyiJ5bcw_0c/P8040480_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>I topped out the third pitch which had a the crux move again above the last piece and a little runout on huge 5.8 sport holds.  Anja following to the top of the dome.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_WXEGbnR1bs/TpMmQ_MuWdI/AAAAAAAAUM0/0wltPLaJ_Cw/s1600-h/P8040483%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040483" border="0" alt="P8040483" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bmaJ4HeFLl4/TpMmRpcjipI/AAAAAAAAUM4/Q1-Og0UKapo/P8040483_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>On the walk off we went right past the Young and the Rackless 5.9 4 sport pitches.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jLUlHIrpme8/TpMmTf0AYYI/AAAAAAAAUM8/edZU5kIXobk/s1600-h/P8040488%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040488" border="0" alt="P8040488" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kbvbg8YF2Po/TpMmUKnQFzI/AAAAAAAAUNA/dmE1KSLRTbY/P8040488_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>The route was really cruiser.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MSUkyi__35s/TpMmVxz4MmI/AAAAAAAAUNE/W-h2f77ydK8/s1600-h/P8040490%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040490" border="0" alt="P8040490" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ScwbmHb-YIg/TpMmWuU9XkI/AAAAAAAAUNI/g1md24DBl-I/P8040490_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="158" /></a></p> <p>We did the route in 2 pitches and skipped some bolts because their were just so many for the level of climbing.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-S5c7Qh81xCs/TpMmYi7vMUI/AAAAAAAAUNM/ngouuyr4Lmw/s1600-h/P8040495%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040495" border="0" alt="P8040495" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qjmS4d5SPpk/TpMmZbCc2HI/AAAAAAAAUNQ/WCH_Jk80ZIY/P8040495_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>At the top we could see a storm rolling and hurried off but being Boulder we could a party just starting the approach to the Blob.  I guess if you are a local climbing in the rain just doesn’t scare you.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1YKO0d0pgcM/TpMmbD6bztI/AAAAAAAAUNU/6B0F3dl2R2k/s1600-h/P8040501%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P8040501" border="0" alt="P8040501" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fpldCGH6CCE/TpMmb99YylI/AAAAAAAAUNY/m1B8RozH1hM/P8040501_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>It was a great day of climbing in Boulder Canyon and my favorite day I’ve had in Boulder Canyon.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231888559578230522.post-4642457943430709312011-10-10T09:56:00.001-07:002011-10-10T09:56:31.065-07:00BBQing in Boulder<p>We had some nice times BBQing and brewing on my folks back porch in Boulder.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YCkpkCq5t6k/TpMjd3_j72I/AAAAAAAAUK4/MDkUMYWAaDI/s1600-h/DSC03061%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03061" border="0" alt="DSC03061" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-I2YgY0ARzHg/TpMjetMpHTI/AAAAAAAAUK8/d4zGGxE2uhk/DSC03061_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-s41XMFMr9_k/TpMjgaagNkI/AAAAAAAAULA/6f6rsmCzKNE/s1600-h/DSC03064%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03064" border="0" alt="DSC03064" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-a2bgVxJJhEY/TpMji3x1f8I/AAAAAAAAULE/bF4JgEw5qG8/DSC03064_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rPlfLThClI8/TpMjkqr0p4I/AAAAAAAAULI/g4Z8Q6bD30Q/s1600-h/DSC03096%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03096" border="0" alt="DSC03096" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XydhmO6ATLk/TpMjlmbrtNI/AAAAAAAAULM/HuF5DiNAYUQ/DSC03096_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-D2HkYQLrkc0/TpMjm5u3Y_I/AAAAAAAAULQ/iEu_5uncfWw/s1600-h/P7160319%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P7160319" border="0" alt="P7160319" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SbXfhW7INtA/TpMjnSkTZSI/AAAAAAAAULU/7HBoLaj7pok/P7160319_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NyDmwWr8fIw/TpMjpObf5uI/AAAAAAAAULc/R9hZu6phk94/s1600-h/P7170324%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P7170324" border="0" alt="P7170324" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ihwyVfd_ulo/TpMjp0p7VrI/AAAAAAAAULg/tk4wAiTlQXk/P7170324_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MYZzvvDqWJQ/TpMjrXeGt7I/AAAAAAAAULk/5WavluY6ikw/s1600-h/P7170325%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P7170325" border="0" alt="P7170325" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-K8-HTJMKAtE/TpMjtLWLFsI/AAAAAAAAULo/G_CH3pirEYU/P7170325_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-B2RHYDW7df0/TpMju5k0L_I/AAAAAAAAULs/YiEuFr-jUyI/s1600-h/P7150313%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P7150313" border="0" alt="P7150313" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4wjI7kczjiM/TpMjvhgnBQI/AAAAAAAAULw/eYmhcZ13gGQ/P7150313_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p>I also helped my folks get rid of some ridiculous furniture like these hide a beds which were out of my grandma’s house.</p> Sierrasclimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02562840268965190661noreply@blogger.com0