Ready for six days of climbing at Smith
Ready for six days of climbing at Smith
Me too!
Scot belays Larry up Ginger Snap
Doug belays Sue up Ginger Snap while Juli tops out on Rodney’s Chocolate Frosted Love Doughnut
Small snake climbs above Cinnamon Slab
Juli watches the action from Fourth Horseman area
View from the top
Scot on top of the Dihedrals
Sue tops out on Cry Baby
Me in double-rope rappel
again
Sue rappelling
Ready for first(?) Crocs ascent (TR) of Easy Reader
Tied in & set to go
Crux move onto the boulder
Nearing the second bolt
At the top!
Second day—Crescent moon
Deer on the butte above camp
Larry on Purple Headed Warrior
with Juli belaying
Juli at the crux of Time To Shower
Doug watches the action on Phone Call From Satan after leading it
Larry cleans Time To Shower
View from top of Phone Call From Satan
Larry on Phone Call
Juli on Phone Call
Scot belays
Morning of third day at the Deschutes River gorge
First crocs lead of Easy Reader (photo by Sue Sullivan)
Moving out to the second bolt (photo by Sue Sullivan)
John climbs Night Flight
John belaying on Lichen It (photo by Sue Sullivan)
Doug leads Snuffy Smith Buttress (photo by Sue Sullivan)
Sue S on Snuffy Smith Buttress
Hotfoot! (new shoes) (photo by Sue Sullivan)
Doug leads Jete while John climbs Dancer
Sue C on Jete, Sue S on Dancer
Photo shootout from top of Dancer
Preparing dinner back at the campground
Evening
Fourth day crescent moon
Doug leads Bunny Face
Doug leads Helium Woman, Chris on Bunny Face
Sue S lowering off of Helium Woman
Sue C at the crux of Helium Woman
Sue C on Helium Woman, Sue S on Rabbit Stew
Sue on Five Gallon Buckets
Sue S TRs Lions Jaw (thanks to Leavens and April for putting it up)
Sue and John below Lions Jaw
Doug leads Five Gallon Buckets
Cliff formation on the way to the campground
Jeff in the evening
Day five morning at the campground
Sue waits to climb Catherine Finds An Edge
Catherine Finds An Edge (photo by Sue Sullivan)
Friday at Smith
Rapping off of Catherine
Doug leads Little Indian Princess
Doug TRs Am I Evil?
Sue on Am I Evil?
Downstream on the Crooked River
Me on Am I Evil?
Another shot of the Crooked
Mowat Face (photo by Susan Sullivan)
Sue on Don’t Tread On Me
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Me on Don’t Tread On Me
Evening at Smith
From the Bridge
Day Six: Juniper at CG
Cars galore on Memorial weekend Saturday. We were planning to climb at Adit Rock, but it was closed for raptor nesting, so we continued on to Koala Rock
Sue flashes Round Here
Sisters
Doug leads Round Here
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Another of the Sisters and Smith Rock group
Crystaline rock on Round There
From top of Round There
Canal and gorge
Sue leads Round There
Sue cleans Round There
Pulling the crux on Suck My Kiss
The Opossum and Brogan Spire
Fourth or fifth try on Suck My Kiss—finally got it!
Weather moving in?
Crepuscular rays
After six days of climbing
Next morning—providing the violet-green swallows with nesting material
Down offering for the swallows
Looking for building supplies
Black lizard
Last modified: June 2, 2009