Indian Creek

Last Day of Cragging at the Creek

North Six Shooter at Sunset

Matt on Generic Crack (5.10-)

Me getting the onsight on Quarter of a Man (5.11++)

Me Redpointing Scarface (5.11)

Will onsighting Annanaki (5.12-)

Kathy and Will at Reservior Wall

The Incredible Handcrack (5.10)

Kathy on Slice and Dice (5.12)

Dan onsight attempt on Layaway Plan (5.11+)

 

Swedin Ringle (5.12-)

Desperate Clip to the Anchors on Swedin Ringle

Made it back home to Texas to spend Thanksgiving with the fam after spending the last few weeks in Indian Creek, Utah. Indian Creek has to be the best crack climbing area in the world, and having only climbed there once before, this is now definitely my favorite cragging area. We had a great group of climbers to hang out with in the creek as many of the people I met in Yosemite were there as well. Lots of fun, climbing long splitter cracks on great sandstone rock, with good friends and excellent camping, what more could a climber want. After climbing the "Lightning Bolt Cracks" on the North Six Shooter Tower on my last day, my body was completely destroyed, I had climbed 5 days in a row and my body needed some rest. So I am back in Texas for the month of December, then I will fly out to Chile on January 9th for some Patagonian adventure. Then back to the Creek in the Spring!

Zion

                                                    Iron Messiah            

                                            Kathy jugging on Space Shot

                                     Kathy loaded up on Space Shot

Steep Jugging on Space Shot

At the end of October I left Yosemite to make my way to the Utah desert for the remainder of the Fall. I stopped on the way to Indian Creek in Zion where I met Kathy and we spent a few days climbing in this area. On the first day we climbed Iron Messiah, a multi pitch route with lots of chimneys and interesting climbing on soft sandstone. On the second day we cragged on some single pitch routes and on the 3rd day we attempted a big wall route: Space Shot. Next onward to Indian Creek!