Gothics adventure - a few pictures

[dagibbs]

This is the south face of the Gothics, well most of it at least. The climb we were planning to do starts (below) about the center of the bottom of the picture, where the rock runs off the frame, and continues to the center of the right side of the picture (and on) where, again, the rock runs out of frame.

The red circle shows about where we bivied.



I led (in the dark) across the bottom of that arching overlap that goes between the sections of trees near the red circle.

Here we are looking up at the face.



I am about 2/3 of the way up the first pitch, squatted down trying to place gear. The highest point you can see is the end of pitch 2 -- about 280' up of 800' to be climbed.

And here we (me, K8, Celine) in the bivy:



You can't actually tell that the ground is quite definitely not-horizontal, but believe me, it is. (Then again, looking at where the bivy is, from the first photo, might give that clue. :)

Comments

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

That is not a very persuasive smile. Are your feet being nibbled by a party of rats or something?

:-)

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Bugs. Trying to not shiver. Trying to not get blinded by the camera. Covered in pine boughs. Yeah.

[roseknospe.livejournal.com]

oh! the second photo is so stunning, yet scary.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

:)

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Good thing there were trees!

It looks easy at first then you realize how far the climb is.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

It is a fairly easy climb, for the most part -- not too steep. But there are steep bits, and it is long.

[frenchzie.livejournal.com]

Wow, looks like a had a terrific climb!
Yay!!! :)