Proud

Hiking in to camp with our objective ridgeline looming above right. A storm struck us within a ropes length from the top and we spent the next 3 hours descending the north face.

Anya nearing the summit of the large gendarme, about an hour before the storm, and 11 rappels.

Daniel and I turned around on our line up Inabnit and all we got was this photo and some sore feet.

The Standard Shot of Whitetail

Whitetail Peak and it's northeast ridge on the left, the basin of the West Fork of Rock Creek on the right.

Camp.

Summit shot, 6:32 in the morning.

Two Cent Tower Reprise

Looking down the tower from the top of the third pitch. The west fork valley expanding below.

D-Man coming up the classic third pitch.

Wild Bill's Buttress

The first two pitches were a little messy but the 160' 3rd pitch to the summit was worth the effort.

Joel getting prepared for the roof and sweet hand crack on the upper headwall pitch.

Nate getting a dose of some Beartooths exposure.

Hmm, we just forded a river and now we have to hike up this stuff? Approaching the Shark's Fin for an 800 foot 5 pitch route.

The first pitch, 200 feet of slabs, wet cracks, and overhangs. Joel in the middle of a Space Odyssey.

Above the crux of pitch 3 dancing up the open book to the belay.

The Doctor of Medicine leading pitch 4 into the chopping block.

I seem to think we've see something similar to this before.

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Game On

It's been too long. The climbing team has wrapped up for the season and I'm full of new ideas for next season, but for now I've got to do some climbing! Anya and I went up and spent the weekend at Mystic Lake with a basecamp full of buddies that tried to fish the lake dry. We climbed this alpine face we've been calling the Mystic Pillar on Sunday. A nice long moderate route.

Anya on the rock rib mid way up

Joel navigating the second ice pitch