Tag: Utah

  • An interlude – Moab, Indian Creek, and Joshua Tree

    An interlude – Moab, Indian Creek, and Joshua Tree

    00 Desert detour At the beginning of April, various opportunities presented themselves to climb in the deserts of Utah and California. Although I originally planned to travel straight to Yosemite after getting on the Penitent Path in Utah, the opportunity to climb at Indian Creek presented itself and I said yes. A subsequent period of…

  • Farewell to Bozeman + the Penitent Path

    Farewell to Bozeman + the Penitent Path

    00 Concluding a productive (and abbreviated) Hyalite season After leaving Ouray, Colorado in late February, I headed towards Bozeman for my last scheduled commitment — a graduate school recruiting visit. The following month of March was then spent in Bozeman with the exception of a short trip to Utah. No commitments. No plans. Just the…

  • The Heretic Anthem

    The Heretic Anthem

    00 How we got here Above Bridal Veil Falls, past some mank fixed lines, and in a chossy cave located in Provo Canyon, UT, The Heretic Anthem (D10+) is a new drytooling route put up by Vitaliy Musiyenko this year in January. The inspiration for drytooling in Provo Canyon came from my drive going from…