Black Canyon, Colorado Springs, & Summit Photos

First, here are some of Jeff's pictures from the past few weeks!

Hiking the overlook trail of West Thumb in Yellowstone & campsite at Wild Iris.













Summit of the Grand Teton & Adam on the way up the Grand Teton.
 Katie climbing on Symmetry Spire & on the summit of Symmetry Spire.


On Friday, Jeff & Adam arrived at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison and investigated the approach and route for their climb on Saturday.  The canyon is huge and impressive, with 1500 foot walls.

Despite their planning, they had some difficulties on the approach but eventually managed to find the base of the route.  Although the setting was beautiful, the climbing wasn't great and the rock quality was terrible!  They eventually found their way back up and out of the canyon and headed to Colorado Springs.



In the mean time, Odub & I had been enjoying spending time with my Uncle and cousin and his kids!  We went to two parks on Saturday and Odub had great fun running around with his cousins.


On Sunday we headed to Garden of the Gods where despite some trail closure difficulties, we found a great spot for some top roping to take my cousin David's kids climbing!  They had a blast and totally rocked up the wall!  (photos courtesy of Uncle Chris)



We managed to get 3 climbs in for each kid before heading out to avoid the storms.  After naps, we headed to David and Maggie's for a delicious dinner followed by a little bit of jamming with the famous Cowboy Dave!




Today is a rainy day, so we've been hanging out and plan to see the Cave of the Winds later this afternoon.  Hard to believe there are only two days left on our trip!





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