Starting the semi-cold approach at 7:30 in the morning. Our destination is the steep slope to the right of the brown mountain (center). |
The alluvial fan coming off the mountains. |
Starting up the steep approach. Those rocks look pretty innocent but they were so rough, they were like needles. Plenty of cut fingers ensued. |
Poor Annette felt too sick to continue, so she returned to the car, following the wash down. She's there at the bottom of the shot. |
Rich unraveling the 300-foot rope. |
Rich took a tumble. |
Buttercup Canyon. |
Kevin and Jerri belaying Rich as he tries to find a route past the first major downclimb. |
Kevin working his way around the downclimb. |
Rich on the first rappel. |
Kevin backing up the anchor for Rich. |
Jerri on the first rappel. |
Jerri rigging the rope to a rock cairn anchor. She's right near the edge but clipped into the anchor with a safety line. |
Kevin descending the second half of the longest rappel of the day, a 280-footer. |
Rich helping Jerri out of a muddy pothole. |
Rich maneuvering over the edge of a rappel. |
The last rappel just as the sun is setting. |