Moab Area
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83 photos
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On Tuesday morning, we woke up early in Moab, grabbed...
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The hike in was amazing: the air was crisp and quite...
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The approach was an impossibly steep and winding...
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The views on the approach just got better and better....
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Castleton Tower and Castle Valley to the right.
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Top of Pitch 3 of Jah Man (5.10c) looking down to the...
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Monica, having passed the crux 5.10+ traverse on Pitch...
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Monica at the top of the 4th pitch of Jah Man, with...
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View to the south from the summit of Sister Superior.
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Monica, just a few feet below the rounded off summit of...
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At the summit, looking north with the Colorado River...
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Sort of couldn't take enough pictures up here.
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We had run into another climbing party on the approach...
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Not a bad place to ponder the yonder.
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Looking east toward Professor Valley. See the small...
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Lift-off!
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View down over the edge, yikes! Our approach trail can...
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Stefan and Brendan join us on top.
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Enjoying the view.
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Monica on rappel from the top of the tower. Check out...
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Better shot of the calcite.
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Back on (relatively) level ground: Sister Superior's...
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Monica at the base of the climb ready to hike back down....
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Looking at the path back down to where we had parked the car.
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Monica and Sister Superior. We climbed up the face on...
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Sister Superior again. Note the calcite varnish.
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Wish I hadn't taken this one slightly crooked.
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Monica leading the way.
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Steep trail!
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Colorado River.
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Sister Superior Group with the Sister on the right.
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Better view of where we climbed... you can kind of see a...
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Monica.
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Lots of cryptobiotic soil.
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Checking out a cliff edge.
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Monica.
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Monica and Castleton Tower. Castleton Tower has several...
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Sister Superior Group.
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Some idiot driving a dune buggy through crypto.
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Interesting mesa / formation near Castle Valley.
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We made it back to the car! Sister Superior group is the...
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John back at the car.
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On the recommendation of our climber acquaintances from...
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Fisher Towers and the almost full moon. Monica has much...
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One more somewhat blurry shot right before sunset.
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We were planning to just check out the towers before...
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View of some of the more unbelievable formations at...
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Moonrise over the the Towers
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Well, here's Monica at 7am on what I promised her would...
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Guess which one is Ancient Art.
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Corkscrew summit!
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Coming into slightly better view.
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Monica heads up the approach trail.
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Somehow I always take crooked pictures on hillsides.
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Monica working through the 5.10d crux (or 5.6 A0) on pitch 1.
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At the top of pitch 3: Monica sits at the belay looking...
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Shot from higher up.
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Monica gets ready to climb the corkscrew.
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What a ridiculous rock!
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Making the 5.9 move.
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Making the 5.9 move again.
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Cleaning some gear.
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Victory!
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Woo hoo!
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Ok, what next?
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Back at the base of the corkscrew, under the Eagle's Head.
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After climbing Stolen Chimney, we stashed our climbing...
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View of Castleton and Sister Superior in the distance.
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Self portrait with Ancient Art in the background.
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Monica with the Titan in the background. Apparently this...
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Monica hiking among the Fisher Towers.
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Castleton Tower in the distance.
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John hiking at Fisher Towers.
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One more shot.
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Clearly the fossilized remains of an ancient alien...
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The Titan?
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Colorado River in the distance.
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Monica, toward the end (turning around point) of our hike.
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Colorado River in the distance.
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Looking down a canyon near Fisher Towers.
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Tree clinging to a few rocks to survive.
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The spiral summit of Ancient Art.
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Parting Shot of Fisher Towers