Storms brewing in western Wyoming while heading west on I-80 towards City of Rocks Idaho.
Partial view of the group camp site at City of Rocks in Idaho. About 15 long time climbers got together to climb and socialize for 8 days at "The City". Here is Greg and Felicia from Phoenix enjoying the afternoon weather.
Lots of interesting rock formations at "The City". The granite is very good quality and has weathered into cool shapes all over the place.
A view of Eagle Rock through a rock window near camp.
I managed to cut up the back of my hand on a crack climb on just the 2nd day of the trip - doh!
A view of "The City" from some rocks near camp.
An old truck weathers in a field down near the town of Almo Idaho.
Greg displaying a defunct tractor down near Almo.
Mari and Eve read an apology letter dropped of by some younger climbers that visited our campfire one night and had a little too much to drink...
The dinner and drink table at the group campsite.
Mimi and Steve doing the burrito thing :-)
Another view of the wacky weather east of Salt Lake City as I drove to Idaho.
Rock City is a family owned pizza and beer business down in Almo, just a few miles from our camp. We had pizza two nights while there, good stuff and their selection of specialty craft beers (in bottles) is very impressive for being in the middle of nowhere!
Sunrise on my first morning in Idaho camping on BLM land just outside the City of Rocks.
My 'camp' spot the first night. It had rained quite a bit during the night.
The photo below is my friend Kim from Salt Lake. He and his son Marshal and I climbed together for my first day at The City.
The pic above is me leading a 'warm up' 5.10c route that had a tricky almost no holds section - welcome to The City!
This pic is Marshal showing his approval of the day's first climb :-)
Here Kim and I do a little rope work on the summit of Castle Rock.
Poser summit shot on top of Castle Rock.
Rigging a double rope rappel after climbing a nice long one pitch 5.10a called Red Rib.
The scene back at group camp. One of the Twin Sisters is in the background. Both of the Twin Sisters formations are closed to climbing due to "negative visual impact of climbers" on these formations - ridiculous in my opinion - what about the roads, RV's, campgrounds etc?? Silly.
Greg and Felicia ready to head out for a day of climbing in the central City.
Some of the crew at the east face of Window Rock - lots of good routes here.
Felicia and Greg at the base of a really fun 10a crack called Bloody Fingers
Felicia and Greg climbing at the decadent wall.
The aspens up high in the city were changing, but the colors were muted, perhaps due to persistent dry conditions over the last few years.
Expressing my feelings about a rain day, although my fingers did enjoy the rest...
The rain day scene at camp. Climbers get bored easily when they are washed out :-)
The view to the west showed continued unstable weather for the afternoon.
Some changing trees below Window Rock - great scenery at The City!
Another view to the west at The City
Alby, Cooper the dog and John hanging out at the base of Elephant Rock.
Dinner time! Looks like burritos again! :-)
More dinner stuff going on
The final night's campfire - great stories and lots of fun! Cheers until next time!
