Enjoying the melt-off

A mostly blue-bird Winter day awaited anyone who came out to the Pipestone Desert to play--the takers were: Tom, Guy and Missy from the 'Zone; Levi, Dean, and Kelsey from the 'Zoo; and Molly, Lyddie, Ladd and myself from the Pit.


The day's Master of Ceremonies:




Dean topped out a tall-one from the back-side



Missy in full control with Kelsey on the spot



Kelsey's turn on the stone



Levin pulling hard on the toughest send of the day



Dean finishing out the day on cruiser ground


A great outing had by all...

Trailer Daze

February was a pretty quiet month for me. With the boss out of the country, I had some time to pull out the trailer and hang in the Boulder Batholith. While we've encountered a wetter winter than usual, thankfully the psych has been at great levels. Lots of exploring, new finds, climbing, scoping and fun was had...and we're getting ready to finish off the month right by heading out for this weekend. Should be a great time.

Here's some pics from over the last month, a handful being taken by my good friend Brian Hayes check him out at: http://www.flickr.com/people/fotohayes/


Home Sweet Home


cleaning top outs






techie OW


Lights of Butte




My favorite bar in Butte, The Freeway Tavern




Birthday Crack


proj...


New problem in the Druthers




Got to see Scott H Biram down at the Filling Station...great show!








Snow hindered a send, but Pat will cruise in better conditions...really cool line!


They Dance Alone...Dwight Bishop's hardest sport route?




Exploring the 'ice caves' and tight canyons of Tony's




New find in the Trailer Boulders


Maybe I'll see you out there?

Cheers!

Tom

Dry pebble report

The areas that would be best for dry bouldering this weekend:


Rock Resorts



Trestle Resorts



Benchlands



Desert--West Hill



Desert--Main Area


Come out and play, folks...

Weekend Whiteout

No, not the sniffing kind--the cold and blustery stuff.



Hardcore K-bros climbing weather


Coming off the hill after being "over" the weather--next stop, the Desert...



Once we headed from the Resorts to the Desert, dryer rock not hit by the mini-storm was located.



Pat, pebble project progressing...



Tom and Lyddie eyeing the future



Back in the warm confines Tom's camp trailer

CDT goodies

These photos are of one fine outcropping off of the CDT on Homestake--out of view, but not out of the way, these need to be climbed:












That's all for today and most of this area...

Keeping the stoke goin'

To give another perspective of a fine pebble...




What wideness waits in the wings?



Can it get better?

Trailer Trials

With Tom's trailer nestled in a out-of-the-way spot for February adventures, bouldering in the 'Lith this month now has a base camp for small gatherings and cold weather sleeping for good friends.





Bad sawing technique leads to bad scarring:-(



Even in a place not known for having any decent boulders, there are decent boulders in the batholith.



Cool end tables anyone?



Tom and Bryan's find--one of the best looking steep faces found in a long time...waiting for some pullers.