Sue behind the wheel, somewhere west of Burns
Sue behind the wheel, somewhere west of Burns
Scot
Doug
Me
View up front
Last peek at the Sisters
Roadside rocks
Dawn, Sept 3
East side of Elephant Rock and beyond
Another dawn shot
Rock across road from camp
Doug on rock, camp below
North side of Elephant Rock
Doug and Sue on rock
Doug climbing at Practice Rock
Sue on Practice Rock
View on the way down to Flaming Rock
Doug on hike to Flaming Rock
Sue belays Doug on Rain Dance 5.7***; two pitches; Flaming Rock
Doug on first pitch of Rain Dance
Doug at top of first pitch
Sue starts up Rain Dance
Sue on first pitch of Rain Dance
Sue on Rain Dance
View from bottom of east side of Flaming Rock
Rock garden
Looking down from top of second pitch of Rain Dance
View towards Almo
More views from top of Rain Dance
Still more from top of Flaming Rock
Sue nears top of Rain Dance
Sue’s almost there
Rocks east of Flaming Rock
More rocks below Flaming Rock
Northeast of Flaming Rock
Doug nears top of Rain Dance
Macho pose on Rain Dance
Still more below Flaming Rock
and more yet
run out of words
Clam Shell
More of the City
More still...
Northeast
East
Group coming back from Cruel Shoes (5.7; three pitches; Stripe Rock)
More of the Cruel Shoes group
Transformer Corridor
Sue raps off of Rain Dance
Sue and view to east
John and Deb waiting their turn at Rain Dance
Cherries
Trees below Bumblie Rock
John and Lisa Manotti on Rain Dance
View from top of Too Much Fun (5.8***; Bumblie Rock)
More from Too Much Fun
Still more from TMF
John P., Deb and Lisa at top of Rain Dance, John M. Rapping
John M. back at top of first pitch, Rain Dance
Top of Bumblie Rock
More views from Bumblie
Lisa raps second pitch of Rain Dance
Doug belays Sue up Too Much Fun
Still more from top of Bumblie
Lisa & John M. at top of first pitch, Rain Dance
Sue is having way Too Much Fun
Sue nears top of Too Much Fun
Chicken in the sky
Doug raps Too Much Fun
Photo op on Too Much Fun
Bone tree
Sue waiting to rap
Group grows at 1st belay station on Rain Dance
Sue raps Too Much Fun
Serious self shot on Too Much Fun
John M. raps 1st pitch of Rain Dance
Another self shot while waiting to rap
More views from top of Bumblie Rock
Rock patterns
Flowers
Rocks by trail back to camp
Group back at trailhead
Cooking dinner and hanging out
Moon over camp
Camp from west side of Elephant Rock, Sept 4
Sunrise from rock across road from Camp
Doug at sunrise
Bath Rock
John and Deb rise
Box Top and Odyssey
Rock above trail to Box Top
More rock
Box Top and Odyssey again
Sue and Doug cross South Creek
Single leaf pinon pine
Fallen cones of pinon pine
The Box Top
The Dolphin
Lost Arrow
Sue and Doug on trail to Stripe Rock
Looking back at the Box Top
Chicken
Stripe Rock
Doug leads Cruel Shoes (5.7***; three pitches; Stripe Rock)
Doug moves up first pitch of Cruel Shoes
Moves on Cruel Shoes
Doug approaches top of first pitch; party ahead of us moves up second pitch
Doug at top of first pitch, Cruel Shoes
Sue on first pitch of Cruel Shoes
Doug belays Sue up Cruel Shoes
Hanging out at top of first pitch
Sue on second pitch
View from top of second pitch, Cruel Shoes
Hanging out on top of second pitch
Doug nears top of Cruel Shoes
More from top of second pitch
Still more from second belay station
and more
and yet more
and still more
On top of Cruel Shoes, Stripe Rock
The Clamshell from Stripe Rock
More of the City from Stripe Rock
Looking down the south side of Strip Rock towards Twin Sisters
East from Stripe Rock
Lichen on top of Stripe Rock
Looking down the valley
View east from our last rappel tree
Sunrise, Sept 5
First light on Graham Peak
Bath Rock
Rock across road from camp
On the road to Castle Rocks
Castle Rock
Castle Rock up close
Zinger (5.8***; three pitches; Castle Rock west)
John nears top of Fruit Pie
North from top of second pitch of Zinger
Beef Butte and Johnny Cash
Top of Castle West Buttress
Looking down on group on Fruit Pie
Scot and me on top of Zinger
View from base of Fruit Pie (5.7***; two pitches; Castle Rock)
Deb leads Poking Holes in the Firmament (5.6**; Castle West Buttress)
John watches Deb lead PHitF
Sue leads Poking Holes in the Firmament
Old road to the south
Beef Butte and Johnny Cash
Rocks below
Doug tries out a line beside PHitF
Fruit Pie
Looking back through Hostess Gully
Over the top—more of Castle Rocks State Park
Still more of Castle Rocks
more
and more
and still more
Route on Wedding Wall?
View to north from east side, Castle Rock
Dinner at eight
Moon over Elephant Rock
Sunset over camp
Light on Breadloaves, Sept 6
Rock by the road
Fixer-upper
The City from Circle Creek Overlook
Lost Arrow
Twin Sisters
Bath Rock
Our destination for the day: Jackson’s Thumb (left of Steinfells Dome)
Ready to go
View from the trail, to the south
The City from the trail
Twin Sisters and Elephant Rock
Below the trail
Steinfells Dome
More of the City
Nearing base of our climb
Bath Rock, etc.
First pitch of Theatre of Shadows (5.7***, four pitches, Jackson’s Thumb)
Getting ready to climb
Brian on the first pitch
Brian nears top of the first pitch
Plants and lichen on Jackson’s Thumb
Team 2: John and Deb prepare to climb
Self shot
City from top of first pitch
South from top of first pitch
Twin Sisters
Sue relaxes at top of first pitch
Second pitch of Theatre of Shadows
Chicken over Jackson’s Thumb
Sue on the second pitch
Base of climb from top of third pitch
View west
more on west
and still more
more of the City
Stripe Rock
View southeast
towards Twin Sisters
Sue at top of third pitch
More to the west
Self at top of third pitch
Sue on the forth pitch
Gully between Steinfells Dome and Jackson’s Thumb
Base of Jackson’s Thumb from top of third pitch
View across side of Steinfells Dome
Slightly different view
West side of Steinfells Dome
Flowers on forth pitch of Theatre of Shadows
Doug belays me up forth pitch while Sue takes pics
More gardens on forth pitch
Crack near top of Jackson’s Thumb
John and Scot look on from below
Gully between Dome & Thumb
Sue starts her rappel
Sue mid-rappel
View from gully
Doug starts rappel
Doug mid-rappel
Broken rock
Top of Jackson’s Thumb; following party readies to rappel
Lots of cars in lot
Stripe Rock from lot
Deb and John on rock at camp
More fun with rocks
Sue tries out a new climbing technique
Around the campfire
Last modified: September 9, 2008