From Lumpy Ridge, we could see many peaks in the RMNP. The higher we climbed, the more that was visible. Most intriguing to me was the Diamond. I've heard SO much about this piece of rock. It was great getting to finally see it - even if it was miles away. There is still a lot of snow on the mountains.
We hiked from the car to an area called the book. Though it is difficult to tell from the photo, this area has many multi-pitch climbs on it. The first climb we did is on the left-most rock in the photo. There is a left-leaning arch on the center of the rock. That is Romulan Territory (5.10a - yeah, sure!). It hardly looks it in the photo, but that climb is 400' tall with the top being at about 8,600 feet in altitude. This was a super fun climb with smearing feet, lay backs and underclings the entire way. I really enjoyed this physical and fun climb.
After topping out, then scrambling all the way back to the ground we moved to the right a little to do a two-pitch climb on the Bookmark Pinnacle. I've totally forgotten the name of this climb (maybe I never knew). The first pitch was a fun, less-than-vertical hand crack. Very easy, but interesting and fun climbing. The beginning of the second pitch offered the hardest moves of the day for me. Aside from that gut-buster 10 feet, the climb was just fun. This pinnacle tops with a tiny little point.
We rapped off the pinnacle and scrambled back to our packs and started the hike out. After an hour drive home, we were having dinner on the back porch to a beautiful sunset with all sorts of gorgeous colors on the clouds.
Tomorrow is a rest day for me (i.e., work day). I need it. Saturday we plan to get up and ride to Ward on the bikes. Hopefully I don't expire mid-ride. :)
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