Friday, December 11, 2009

What did your 4x4 do last weekend?

this is a quick visual story about the second ascent and FFA of an all clean tower (leave no trace style)... december 4th moab forcast - high of 21F, low of 13F (it was a double down coat kind of weekend)


wrangling the wood, SLut


big chris smith, trimming his wood


the anchor is ready


soda springs basin, canyonlands national park


the tower - yum kipper


the gear


the approach


remnants from past travelers


getting close


the climbing on some of these towers isn't always pretty


halfway


the summit at nightfall


warming with tea


more tea and contemplation of our sanity


ya, that's right, duct tape


ari, man'ing up, and rappelling into the blackness from the 4x4


yup, thats the anchor


on the ground. both us and the anchor. a successful ascent and descent leaving no fixed anything!


the anchor give'ath warmth
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3 comments:

  1. Kurt AchtenhagenDecember 12, 2009 at 8:36 AM

    Love the story through the pictures! Was the 2x4 used as a pivot arm to retrieve the "anchor" after rappelling?

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  2. Andrew Burr PhotographyDecember 12, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    exactly, you got it!

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  3. 2010 Team NepalJanuary 16, 2010 at 11:03 PM

    Dude, wicked funny site. You boys git after it hard and in superstyle. I thought our "ALL MULLET WEEKEND in YOSEMITE VALLEY" was cool, your 3PIECE ALPINE MORNING was legit. Hey, what kind of lens are you using in those woodshop photos. I have a Nikon D200.

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