Have fun out there ..
Have fun out there ..
Have fun and be safe Travis!
I ran Kane creek today, what a BLAST! Steep, rocky climbs, lots of water, amazing scenery, it had it all. I wasn't sure the taco could make it up a few of those obstacles, but I had a good spotter and I follow directions well. The locker helped too . I did get a minor scrape on my rear passenger door, but nothing that even dented the metal. I need a good photographer with me next time, but my wife did get a few good shots. Will post them when I get home.
Ran fins yesterday and top if the world today. Moab rules! Will have pics in a few days.
Sweet Travis, looking forward to pics!
Moab Pics!!! Top of the World
Cool guy we saw on the way up
First real 4x4 driving my wife ever did. Needless to say, she liked it. I'm scared.
Laura drove a bit too!
Another desert dweller
Me and my little lady
Lucas looking tough
Fins and things.
THis one needs a meme
Here is my view doing what the 'runner just did
Fins continued
Kane Creek Photos.
Kane Creek Pt. 2
Very nice Travis!! Cool bunch of Toy's too! I cannot tell how much of a good thing it is that your wife enjoys this whole wheelin' thing
Thanks for the pics, Travis!! Looks like a great time! I've never seen anyone Hilift a rock before!!
I can't imagine how hard it would be to get out to wheel if the wife and baby weren't with me!
That rock just split off one on the side of the trail. We were trying to lift the rock so that we could get a tow strap around it... We ended up just pushing it off into the creek. The part of the group that couldn't see us thought someone rolled off! They came running up the trail so fast, they were pissed until they realized we didn't scare them on purpose.
looks like a ton of fun!
Not build related, but cool anyway:
Climbed Mt. Lindsay in the Sangre De Cristo Mtns Last Saturday. Intense.
First View of the summit
Starting to get an idea of the route. Had to climb up to then follow that ridge
My camera is pointed at roughly a 45 degree angle up, to give you an idea of the ascent angle. Steep and loose, jagged granite. THe crevice to the right of the round mound is where I was headed. about 1k feet up.
Getting closer to that crevice now. But decided I didn't want to go that way after all. Got kinda hairy after this shot, but exciting and fun too. Went up to the right to get off the loose rock and before I knew it, I was climbing solid rock that should have had me in a rope and harness. Decided not to fall but to keep going. This is what summiting big mountains is all about.
Decided to take a seat and take a pic towards the I25 corridor
I call this "heartbreak ridge" because I thought it was the summit, but turned out to be a false one. The real one was visible once I got up to the top of this and was about 300yds further on a rotten knife-edge saddle that involved a 50ft downclimb only to gain that plus 100 more on the route to the real summit. Good news was that I came WAY further than that, so it wasn't going to stop me from bagging this peak.
My climbing buddy, Tony, and I on the summit. Everyone has a ceremony at the top. Mine is the Ceremonial Stogie! That is Blanca and Ellingwood in the background.
My buddy has mutant feet and climbs 14ers in Chacos. My feet are way too bitchy to do that. Received lots of "WOWs" and "HOLY SHITs" from fellow summiters.
Back down in the valley, you can see the smoke from the Huerfano fire :(
Abandoned mining site
The Sangres are such a beautiful range. If they weren't so far from home, I would be there weekly.
Where is Mt. Lindsey?
Between Walsenberg and alamosa
that's quiet the trip. What level hike is it?