[TR] Moab Area - Creek and Towers 10/21/2007

[David Trippett]

Trip: Moab Area - Creek and Towers

 

Date: 10/21/2007

 

Trip Report:

Autumn is a great time in BC to migrate to warmer, drier climes. Birds do it, so can I. Time to pack the rig and recharge the Vitamin D for the long winter...

 

It was my first trip to the Moab area. In general, I enjoyed the towers a lot more than the Creek....too much of a good thing I guess. As much as I love trad, lugging around 64billion cams is a bit much. The Towers are much more interesting and climb more like granite than the Creek.

 

The first week I climbed with my friend Stewart from Squamish and the next with Blake "Megalodon Meister" Herrington. We managed to get in a lot of cragging with a wide cast of characters and also managed to squeeze in a few towers. In the end we did Primrose Dihedrals on Moses tower, Lightning Bolt Cracks on North Six Shooter, Fine Jade, The first two pitches of Coyote Calling, and Ancient Arts.

 

Here's a few photos of the trip....I'll post some more as they come in.

 

Photo Credits: Blake, Me, Stewart, and Israeli Zach

 

 

Stewart on "Anunaki"

 

me on "Digital Readout"

 

me on "Rocklobster"

 

me on "Unbelievable"

 

Alf "The Human Encyclopaedia" on Wiggins I

 

The SIx Shooters

 

Approaching the Rectory

 

Blake leading the summit pitch of Fine Jade

 

Blake beginning the head-first down-climb

 

Pitch 1 of Coyote Calling

 

Castleton

 

Blake cooking up some Meth in his mobile lab

 

Dr. Seuss weirdness in the Fishers

 

Blake on Ancient Arts

 

The Lorax

 

me charming the cobra

 

Gear Notes:

6 sets of cams each from blue Alien to 6 Camalot

 

Approach Notes:

High Clearance Internal Combustion

[DRep]

nice job guys. can't wait to go down over thanksgiving!! thanks for the motivation. How would you compare the ratings to somewhere like index or yosemite.

[David Trippett]

the ratings in the creek are "suggestions", the towers I climbed were mostly dead-on, and I found the boulder problem on Primrose to be a bit height dependent

[kevbone]

RAD

[olyclimber]

AWESOME! Man I loves me some fall desert sunshine. Thanks for the TR.

 

Great shot!

 

[Blake]

The top of that tower was scary and made a creaking noise when flexed. Climb it before it falls over, I am glad I was able to do it... ONE TIME. The wingate sandstone towers have the best climbing down there, watch out for the last moves on the first pitch of Coyote Calling!

[fgw]

Primrose Dihedrals on Moses tower, Lightning Bolt Cracks on North Six Shooter, Fine Jade, The first two pitches of Coyote Calling, and Ancient Arts.

 

that's really racking them up in one trip!! way to go - congrats esp. on the tower bagging. Cool photos too.

[111]

some day... I need to quit my job, win the lottery, and my fiancee needs to get over her fear of heights so I can have a ropegun

[Mountainstyle]

Nice Ancient Arts pics.... and the cobra. Ancient Arts is nothing but a scary choss pile, but worth a climb at least once! It makes me miss the desert.

[backclipped]

Makes a guy wanna run from the hills and settle in the desert...beautiful pictures.

 

Spitting on tourists from atop towers--love it. But tell me, how is a traveling climber not a tourist?

Edited November 10, 2007 by backclipped

[Sherri]

Nice work, guys! As awe-inspiring as the pictures are, I can only imagine how spectacular the climbing the climbing must have been. Thanks for sharing. Love the "mobile methlab."

[David Trippett]

Makes a guy wanna run from the hills and settle in the desert...beautiful pictures.

 

Spitting on tourists from atop towers--love it. But tell me, how is a traveling climber not a tourist?

 

it's only a joke. no one spit on anyone, not to worry.

[Sherri]

Spitting on tourists from atop towers--love it. But tell me, how is a traveling climber not a tourist?

 

That's easy: tourists can't spit on climbers.

[Alpinfox]

 

Awesome!

[backclipped]

Damn straight! And I think tourists dress differently...I mean, the clothing is probably similar, they just don't jingle when they walk.

 

Cheers...

[beaconben]

wow david. another great tripp. glad to hear you got so much done