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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 30, 2017 - 12:57pm PT
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I could get into a City of Rocks visit, with maybe a trip into the Wind Rivers afterwards...assuming as always that the various out-of-warrantee body parts hold up.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 30, 2017 - 01:05pm PT
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I'm in....just set the date. I'll bring Ralph Tingey and pitch it to George Lowe.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 30, 2017 - 01:10pm PT
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One of the special things about this particular summer in the Tetons was the wildflowers, apparently a byproduct of the gargantuan snow loads this winter.
Dick Dumais in shoulder-height fireweed near Phillips Pass, Tetons, August 2017.
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Alan Rubin
climber
Amherst,MA.
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Aug 30, 2017 - 01:19pm PT
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True climbers--this summer isn't quite over and we are already planning the next one!!! Such plans and dreams are what keep us going, especially ones built on the fading season's adventures such as Rich has enjoyed.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Aug 30, 2017 - 06:04pm PT
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Richard Dumais!!
Joe Kelsey!!
Richard Goldstone!!
As Perry Beckham once said to me, "Dinosaurs still walk the Earth."
Well told and shown.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Aug 30, 2017 - 06:22pm PT
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Holy potatoes! That's a lot of flowers rgold!
TFPU!
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 30, 2017 - 07:12pm PT
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I added a few more pictures to http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2988208&tn=60#msg3006234.
The shot of Table Mountain recalls another feature of the trip---really a generic feature of visiting the West in the summer---namely smoke, in this case from fires in Idaho. There were days when the haze almost obliterated the mountains.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 30, 2017 - 07:32pm PT
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Richard Dumais!!
Joe Kelsey!!
Richard Goldstone!!
As Perry Beckham once said to me, "Dinosaurs still walk the Earth."
(Repeated for the dinosaur theme.)
Approaching thunderstorms kept me from messin' with selfies on South Teton and Buck...
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 30, 2017 - 08:12pm PT
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Speaking of thunderstorms, the weather wasn't always perfect...
But then things clear up and all is well again...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 30, 2017 - 09:51pm PT
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Great pictures....thanks!
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Aug 31, 2017 - 05:01am PT
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Rich,
Great TR and photo's.
I'm heading to the Wind Rivers/Tetons in a few days-solo. It was a rushed decision, spurred by a really cheap flight non-stop to Salt Lake City- $260
round trip from Boston. At least the bugs won't be bad in the Winds this time of year.
I'll be looking out for that possible get together next Summer of the "Coffin Dodgers Club". My old friend Paul Ross, in the UK, has dubbed his group this uplifting name, since they are all mostly 80, and above, but are still very active.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 31, 2017 - 11:17am PT
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Wow Steve, that is cheap; I think I payed about $600 round trip from NYC.
As for going solo, I ended up doing that quite a bit, but noticed that I felt more vulnerable on my solo jaunts than I think I used to back in the day. Part of this might be the prevalence of bears and the possibility for an encounter, something that wasn't on the radar years ago. And now I find I know too much...for almost every mundane situation I could think of someone who had some kind of misfortune with it.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2017 - 08:34am PT
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Here are a few more photos from the trip. After this I promise to quit posting to this thread...
Here's a generic telephoto of the Grand, Owen, and the Disappointment Peak buttresses.
A shot of Buck Mountain.
The East Ridge of Buck Mountain viewed from the North. (This is probably not the ideal way to go. I scrambled up to the ridge via some chimneys at the left end of the picture.)
The approach to Buck goes up a lovely trail in Stewart Draw.
One of my early conditioning hikes, with Dick Dumais, was up Cody Peak at the Southern end of the range. The trail cutting through the talus is visible at the right.
Finally, the end of another day in paradise: mountain shadows (I think probably Nez Perce) creep across Jackson Hole. Phelps Lake in Shadow, Taggert about to be enveloped.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Really nice photos.
Thanks for posting
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Rich, please don't stop. this place is often in my dreams.
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rockanice
climber
new york
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I'll second the motion to continue posting ! Those of us here in the Northeast need a fix - and thanks for the inspiration.
Brian
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2017 - 02:01pm PT
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Well, y'all twisted my arm and I found one or two more pictures...
Morning high in Stewart Draw
Rainy day almost at the top of Phillips pass
Kelsey and Dumais in New Fork Canyon
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Great!
Yeah, keep 'em coming!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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I'll keep the chorus going..."keep 'em coming!"
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2017 - 08:52pm PT
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Ok, dippin' into the last ones now...
The dinosaurs conquer Mt. Elly (a very mild first-day outing for the newly-arrived lowlander). Yeah, we got wet.
Slow as I am, I had to be on the road early in order to get up anything. Early often meant in the dark, but more modest undertakings allowed for sunrise starts, with subsequent photo ops along the way.
Speed is safety...but sometimes the day is long and the climb is short. Here Cam Pavone chills in the shade of the pine at the end of the first rap from Guide's Wall.
Taking a breather on the way up Hanging Canyon...
...and the view from Cube Point
Ok folks, I'm outta "film" here.
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