Tag: desert
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Muddy Creek – 5/28
Sometimes weekends just fall in to place. Taryn was scheduled to start a month rotation in Moab at the start of June. A week out some other friends mentioned that levels for Muddy Creek were looking good and they were planning on running it on Sunday. Muddy Creek, a canyon in the southern San Rafael…
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Swell New Routing 12/3
I’ve learned to always say yes when I get the opportunity to adventure with Cass. Any adventure with Cass is probably going to involve some pretty chossy rock and scary climbing, but it always proves to be a memorable and rewarding experience. So when Cass hit me up about trying to do a FA of…
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The Swell – 10/23-10/24
No real write-up for this one. Just some pictures from a beautiful weekend climbing in the beautiful Swell. Climbed at Trojan Wall the first day and Dylan Wall the second. Highlights include:* Questing up an unknown wide pitch at Trojan Wall and fighting through sand, broken holds and self-doubt to reach the top. * Figuring…
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Desert Thanksgiving – 11/21-11/29
After 8 months of squeezing adventures into long weekends, I decided to use the week of Thanksgiving to finally take a week off work. I headed down the first weekend for a couple of days of biking with friends. My only other desert biking experience was a heinous day riding Mag 7 last spring where…
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Desert Weekend – 10/10-10/12
No large write-up or grand adventures, just a photo dump from a three day weekend in the desert. Itinerary:* North Face of Castleton Tower * A day climbing in the Creek (Reservoir Wall)* An exploratory evening run in The Needles district of Canyonlands (ended up at Druid Arch)* A morning run up Mt. Tukuhnikivatz (approached…