Climbing in the Red

Here are a few pictures from our latest trip to the Red River Gorge near Slade, Kentucky. When we arrived, I had pneumonia, so mostly I just hung out at the crag, though I did manage to get in a few routes towards the end of the trip.

Snakes

The copperhead that almost bit Sean, and the black rat the came wandering out of the start hold.





Climbing

Sean on his way up Phantasia, and some shots at the Motherlode.




Nada Tunnel





Miguel's

Miguel's Pizza, still run by Miguel, Susan and Dario, now has an extensive pro shop and room for 100+ climbers to camp on the lawn.



Lil' Abner's Motel







A few pictures from out trip to Bishop, CA



Our home in the desert
the Owens River Gorge (before the long, steep walk down) at the bottom of the long, steep walk down



the rickety bridge we crossed to get to the routes

Sean checking out the Happy Boulder :-)
Sami attempting to climb an arete Sean cranking through a much harder problem


Tufa the price of one at Mono Lake




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