Rifugio Mestdagh
family antics, climbing, canyoneering, skiing and living with mountain lions in Pine Brook Hills
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The Tetons
on Sep 28, 2009The Tetons are beautiful in any weather which was good because we didn't see them often. Lot's of clouds and rain. As usual, we didn't know when we'd end up in the Tetons so we didn't have camp reservations. We found the perfect camp outside the park...
Thermopolis to Cody to Gardiner, Montana
on Sep 27, 2009After climbing in Tensleep Canyon, we had a nice stop at Thermopolis (map). Thermopolis (thermopolis.com) has a lot of cool things nearby but we were after the hot springs! The State Bath House is free but we went next door for the big slide. Julia h...
Big Horn Range, Wyoming - Climbing & Hiking
on Aug 18, 2009We were only here for 3 days but I'm excited to go back. We stopped for breakfast in downtown Buffalo. There was a festival that day. We saw the bed races. Imagine a group of adults or kids pushing a bed full speed down a steep street. Amazing no on...
Climbing & hiking above the Arkansas River valley
on Aug 13, 2009We did a couple nice weekend trips in July. (I know it's August but the more fun we have the less time I have for recording it.) We climbed at Monitor Rock for a day and hiked to Independence Lake (West side of Independence Pass) and spent a night an...
Climbing in Maple Canyon, Big Cottonwood and a Bat Attack in City of Rocks
on Jul 16, 2009Starting w/ a camp east of the San Rafael Swell (map), in Utah, this was a great trip. We climbed a few days at Maple Canyon, just west of Freedom (map). The camping has no views except trees - which makes it marginal (in my opinion) but the climbing...
June Climbing Trips - finally!
on Jun 26, 2009After couple of days climbing locally, it seems my tendonitis is holding up. It's been about 19 months since I've climbed consistently. I'm hoping it's not a "false summit" - like 2 other times.So AWAY we GO on climbing trips! Yeah - easy climbing fo...