There and Back Again...a tale inspired by Bilbo Baggins

Well, we tried. It's one thing to top out Astrodog and stumble through the bushes muttering platitudes to tourists and crack a beer on the tailgate. It's another thing to top out, mutter same platitudes, and look across the canyon and realize the full significance of the beer still being on the other side. Didn't have time, heat, or light for the Scenic Cruise, but we sure did get to enjoy the cruise gulley both directions! Next season...


And thanks to Noah Gostout, the wise, for his suggestion that we did not succeed because we didn't wear jorts. "Men in jorts," he asserts, "don't need daylight, heat, or time." I'll have to ponder the ramifications of that one...

The permit I've been dreaming of filling out for a long time.  Well I guess this wasn't the last one.

autumn morning light in the Black 

38 degree rock + no sun = cold hands

David sampling the goodness

 David high on the route, getting psyched to send the crux.

wahoo! no matter how late it is a Tyrolean across a raging river is pretty fun