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Rain and lost phone
We drive eagerly to Piz Badille, new climbing shoes in our packs, but it’s raining. Optimistically, we wade across the South St. Vrain, but it only rains harder and we have to turn back. In the end we settle for a nice hike and car camping near Beaver Reservoir. Somewhere my cellphone falls out of…
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Vedauwoo – Nautilus
Doug meets us on a fine morning at the Nautilus, then proceeds to dive back into climbing with a solid lead of Stand and Deliver 5.10a. He and Ann then follow me up Ted’s Trot 5.7, just as thrilling for me the second time. Rain showers send us scurrying off the rock to sit and…
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Vedauwoo – Jurassic Park / Lichen Lung
It’s hot, we have errands to run, and we’re not moving so fast. But we make it to Vedauwoo eventually and find Mark and Kate in a similar state at the ever-name-changing area Jurassic Park. Despite our laziness we enjoy a few routes: First Iteration 5.9+ There’s some hard slab climbing here if you try…
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Notre BAT
We take the next step on our quest to become hermit crabs: more portable housing. Ann’s mom and my dad join us to pick up the new (used) Lance 810 camper. The most nerve-wracking part, backing the truck up under it, goes without a hitch on the first try. We all celebrate with a yummy…
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Book: The Solace of Open Spaces / Gretel Ehrlich
This was a nice book to pluck off my dad’s shelf for our backpack trip. (Too bad I didn’t remember to pluck a plastic bag for it out of the kitchen drawer – it’s a little thicker than it used to be now). The landscapes of Wyoming, my birth state, are brought to visceral life,…
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Movie: Evening (2007)
Love between rich and poor, regret, and commitment are the major themes in this bio-drama. It’s packed full of good actresses. Fun to watch, but a bit heavy on the violins and saccharine for me, and kind of an unclear message (at least for me). It’s my first trip to movie theater in a while…
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Maroon Bells Backpacking Summary
My time has been short recently, so I’m collecting more notes than stories here. There are a few good stories to add later. I did add some narrative to the Flickr slideshow (click the “i”), and I’m working on an annotated map of our route:
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Maroon Bells Backpacking: Snowmass Lake to N Fork Lost Creek
Hiking Stats: Photos Route in Google Earth
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Maroon Bells Backpacking: Snowmass Mountain
Hiking Stats: Photos Route in Google Earth
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Maroon Bells Backpacking: Snowmass Creek to Snowmass Lake
Hiking Stats: Photos Route in Google Earth