Standard Pretty Mountains with lake in foreground shot...
More generic photos. Standard B/W backlit trees with Sun
Oh and i couldnt resist the B/W indian paintbrush
Sort of a shame I didnt make it up higher. There was a formation called El Capitan, though unlike its California namesake is only 2000 feet high and is composed of decomposing metamorphic rock (bad news) and not bullet hard granite.
Been thinking alot about the el cap in Yosemite. Everyone i run into says the rock is great but the scene there is intolerable. I am inclined to agree. Waking up early to reserve campsites. The "heart of the climbing universe" lots of tourists. Sounds like everything i dislike. Maybe the approach is to go there with haul bags packed and get right on a wall. No dilly-dally in the valley.
Just things to consider. I need to find another 2 day wall at least the get comfy again with the whole big wall thing. My climbing is getting near the level needed to do it in a reasonable amount of time.
More importantly. My sister went to the hospital today to get ready to have her baby. Due in the next few days!
Not going to Montana, maybe to a place called the Fins, and then to pick up Eliza on Tues!