Moonrise
February 16, 2009
Exerpt from the trip report:
It was tough to get up early, so we got a fashionably
late start and headed to High on Boulder & Moonrise at the end of the
South Fork road. Since it was President's Day, I figured the place would
be a zoo, and was worried abour late start - surprisingly, we were the
only ones there. We could see the climbs from the car, and the approach
went by pretty quickly - something that we should have enjoyed more at
the time, in retrospect, because it was priceless when compared to the
approaches we had to do in the following days.
Karen took us up to the first ledge getting a feel for the ice, and I
launched up Moonrise, eager to climb something already. The ice was
pretty good and provided me with plenty entertainment. I belayed from a
tree and enjoyed the views of the river valley, which really reminded me
of the Ghost river in Canada (one of my favourite places in the world).
I dragged my SLR up and took some pics of the valley with a big smile
on my face.
That night, we went to Aaron's
store, and got some beta about One Arm Bandit and Ovisight which got
us excited for the next days.
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Hostile Takeover seen in the lower left. |
Pondering where to cross the frozen river |
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Nervously preparing to cross the river for the first time :) |
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Up the drainage we go |
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High on Boulder (WI 4, left) and Moonrise (WI 5, right), first two pitches |
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Karen starting up the first pitch |
Yours truly, starting up Moonrise |
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Belaying on top of the crux pitch on Moonrise |
Chilling out at the belay |
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On the last pitch of Moonrise |
An art print in a window on main street :) Sadly the bears were asleep... |
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