Lightning,huckleberries,raspberries,a snowflake on the Elephant's Perch

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Monday September 1, 2014 10:49am


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Comments

go-B

climber

Sep 1, 2014 - 11:04am PT

I want some! Worth ten thousand words! :)

Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber

Old and Broken Down in Appalachia

Sep 1, 2014 - 11:08am PT

Okay....Looks like Colorado? South Platte?

Spider Savage

Mountain climber

The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles

Sep 1, 2014 - 11:40am PT

Great summer vacation!!!

Looks like City of Rocks, Tetons, Bitterroots (Blodget Canyon?) and that big red dome maybe the Sawtooths or the Winds'??

NO WORDS NECESSARY

keep on livin' the dream.

Ezra Ellis

Trad climber

North wet, and Da souf

Sep 1, 2014 - 01:16pm PT

Nice city of rocks and Elephants Perch pics,

Is that astro elephant???
What route on the EP????

Thank you Johnny!!

Hardly Visible

Social climber

Llatikcuf WA

Sep 1, 2014 - 02:13pm PT

very nice

johnboy

Trad climber

Can't get here from there

Sep 1, 2014 - 02:47pm PT

Wow, your not afraid to use your camera and I for one am very appreciative for it.
Nice vid too.

Thanks so much.

crunch

Social climber

Sep 1, 2014 - 05:16pm PT

Wow, great photos! I have fond memories of the Perch. Your pics take me back there!

Aerili

climber

Project Y

Sep 1, 2014 - 08:23pm PT

Woot woot! Taking care of business in the summatime.... ;)

Larry Nelson

Social climber

Sep 1, 2014 - 09:01pm PT

Fantastic photos, fun adventure...TFPU

coopah

Social climber

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Sep 1, 2014 - 09:08pm PT

nice johnny :) glad you had a good trip bro

Fritz

Social climber

Choss Creek, ID

Sep 1, 2014 - 09:47pm PT

Gneiss photos. So-----after E Perch, you went on to the Lost River Range?

le_bruce

climber

Oakland, CA

Sep 1, 2014 - 09:50pm PT

I'd like to climb all of those climbs. Thanks for sharing.

Mungeclimber

Trad climber

Nothing creative to say

Sep 1, 2014 - 09:55pm PT

so many pics, so great!

limpingcrab

Gym climber

Minkler, CA

Sep 1, 2014 - 09:57pm PT

Sweeeeeet! Such cool areas but I don't know what they are, at least give us some picture captions!

mike m

Trad climber

black hills

Sep 1, 2014 - 10:43pm PT

Musta spent hours uploading photos. Looks like a sweet trip.

Darwin

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Sep 1, 2014 - 11:06pm PT

Thanks. Not a word of text, but a pretty good story nonetheless!? Cool.

GirlInGreen

Trad climber

Central California

Sep 2, 2014 - 11:02am PT

I'm usually content to lurk, but just couldn't hang back in this one. I have to say, "Wow! Nice job!" I completely enjoyed your photos and the story they told. Thank you very much!

johntp

Trad climber

Punter, Little Rock

Sep 2, 2014 - 02:42pm PT

TFPU.

Grippa

Trad climber

Salt Lake City, UT

Sep 2, 2014 - 04:18pm PT

the city, the perch, AND the Cottonwood Traverse! NICE WORK Johnny. You're practically an SLC local with all those ticks under your belt :)

eagle

Trad climber

new paltz, ny

Sep 2, 2014 - 08:19pm PT

MMMMMMMMM PIZZA

Fritz

Social climber

Choss Creek, ID

Sep 2, 2014 - 08:48pm PT

Grippa! I will defer to your wisdom!

the city, the perch, AND the Cottonwood Traverse! NICE WORK Johnny. You're practically an SLC local with all those ticks under your belt :)

I was grasping at the 3rd set of adventure photos being Idaho's Lost River Range, even though I recognized none of the peaks.

Wow! I also do not recognize any of those peak shots from my living in SLC 1983-84, & enjoying peak bagging adventures in between Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood Canyons. I must not have got to the good spots--------or have spaced the memories.

Sly of the posters, to not show shots of the SLC urban floor.

MatteL

Trad climber

Idaho

Sep 2, 2014 - 08:56pm PT

This is why I love living in Idaho. Hurt myself in early summer and haven't been out since... Thanks for the beautiful pix and letting me re- live some of my fav climbs vicariously!

Johnny K.

climber

Author's Reply

Sep 4, 2014 - 12:25pm PT

Berries never tasted so delicious in the summatime...=)

Captain...or Skully

climber

Boise, ID

Sep 4, 2014 - 05:27pm PT

That's some good shtuff there...I never saw berries at the Perch, though I've macked on them in various places, like Slick Rock.
Really fricken good TR. I like your style. TFPU!

skcreidc

Social climber

SD, CA

Sep 5, 2014 - 05:45am PT

Looks like you all had a really sweeet time. Good job!

Aerili

climber

Project Y

May 31, 2016 - 07:32pm PT

Bump for memories.

Levy

Big Wall climber

Calabasas

May 31, 2016 - 08:05pm PT

Orange and bronze colored granite is so sexy. Nice photos!

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