Zion and Red Rocks | November 2010

Sunset and moon in Zion National Park.

November is often a good time to travel out of New Hampshire because it’s getting too cold to rock climb, it’s not cold enough for consistent ice climbing, and the snowpack is too low for skiing. Here are a few photos from a personal climbing trip I took to Zion National Park, Utah and Red Rock National Conservation Area, Nevada.

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Touchstone Vertical Panoramic

This photo is of the rock climbing route Touchstone Wall (V 5.8 C2 or 5.13b) on the Cerberus Gendarme cliff in Zion National Park, Utah. The route mostly follows a crack system in the middle of the photo, you’ll probably be able to pick it out. Photo Details: 3 vertical photos taken with Canon SD800…

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Flakes, Jugs, and Splitters

*Update* Sarah’s book Flakes, Jugs, and Splitters won Best Book in the Mountain Exposition category at the 2009 Banff Mountain Film Festival! Flakes, Jugs, and Splitters is A Rock Climber’s Guide to Geology by Sarah Garlick. This is a great book if you are a rock climber, geologist, or just interested in the processes that…

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Night in Zion

This photo has a bit of grain/noise in it, but that’s the image quality tradeoff when taking long exposures with a small camera. You’re looking at climbers in portaledges on the climb Lunar Ecstasy in Zion National Park, taken on the climb Sheer Lunacy. Photo Details: Panasonic Lumix LX3 on mini tripod, 30s at f/2.8…

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