Mt. Hubris, Cosmic Wall

September 28, 2008
with Doug Nelson, Sue Carey and Juli McGlinsky

At Indian Spring JCT
At Indian Spring JCT

First sight of Castle Dome
First sight of Castle Dome

Dawn
Dawn

Castle Dome
Castle Dome

Rocks
Rocks

Acorn fashions
Acorn fashions

Hubris
Hubris

Bumper crop of acorns
Bumper crop of acorns

chicken
chicken

Mt. Hubris
Mt. Hubris

Across the valley
Across the valley

I’ll take the high road. Ooops!
I’ll take the high road. Ooops!

Arch
Arch

Shasta
Shasta

Wading through the manzanita
Wading through the manzanita

Another of Hubris
Another of Hubris

Ready to climb
Ready to climb

“That wasn’t too hard” Top of first pitch
“That wasn’t too hard” Top of first pitch

Belaying me up second pitch
Belaying me up second pitch

Piton on second pitch
Piton on second pitch

Stepping onto that block at the top of the second is pretty tricky
Stepping onto that block at the top of the second is pretty tricky

Shootout!
Shootout!

Shasta from top of the second
Shasta from top of the second

Nearing top of third (NS) pitch
Nearing top of third (NS) pitch

Ready to start forth
Ready to start forth

Nearing top of forth
Nearing top of forth

Tree-in-a-crack & flakes
Tree-in-a-crack & flakes

Detached flake
Detached flake

Lichen garden
Lichen garden

View west
View west

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Isn’t fill flash fun?
Isn’t fill flash fun?

Balancing plate
Balancing plate

Long way down
Long way down

South
South

Resting at top of forth
Resting at top of forth

On top of Hubris
On top of Hubris

Juli rides the stegosaurus
Juli rides the stegosaurus

On top of the world
On top of the world

Bad hair day
Bad hair day

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Rap tree down below
Rap tree down below

Nothing to it
Nothing to it

Strawberry cracks
Strawberry cracks

Lichen at rap tree
Lichen at rap tree

Juli starts first rappel
Juli starts first rappel

Sue starts second rappel
Sue starts second rappel

Cracks at bottom
Cracks at bottom

Rest before downclimb
Rest before downclimb

Green inclusion
Green inclusion

Forth class scramble
Forth class scramble

chicken
chicken

Blocks
Blocks

Last light on block
Last light on block

Shasta
Shasta

Last modified: September 30, 2008

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