Black Canyon and Durango Hat, September 2-5, 2010
Aaron and I headed to Colorado for Labor Day weekend; we first climbed for a day in the Black Canyon ("Comic Relief") and then headed to Durango for the super fun Durango Hat Ultimate Frisbee tournament.
Hiking down the SOB gully early in the morning. We'd gotten an early start because I'd forgotten a helmet (bad, bad me) and so I didn't want the chance of there being a party above us. We hiked down the SOB gully.....past the climb.....and down to the river. It's not THAT hard to find your way around the Black, but we have a real knack for missing the correct buttress: it's the second time we've hiked way, way farther down the SOB gully than we should have.
Finally, Aaron starting up "Comic Relief."
Aaron on the crescent-shaped crack of the crux pitch, with the crescent-shaped moon pointing the other way.
Aaron.
Panorama of the opposite wall.
Aaron.
Aaron.
Amy.
Aaron styling the lightning bolt crack variation.
Another party across the way.
Aaron topping out.
Durango Hat Tourney
Garvey and Aaron (an unfortunately framed picture with a cross growing out of Aaron's head).
Garvey marking Aaron, with one player picking his defender around them.
Aaron marking Garvey.
Aaron and a teammate.
Not a particularly good pic but I like the position of the guy on the right.
Aaron running.
Aaron's team in a huddle.
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