The Palisade
Dinner, our second night in a dry wash
Morning gear prep
Hiking up the dry wash
Ascending the "alluvial fans"
Steep and loose
Initial scrambling
We're headed up there
Pete gets a first close look
Initial scrambling
Pete on the first pitch
Hiking on the exposed ledges
Narrow section
Cairn or step ladder?
Scrambling above pitch 2
La Sal mountains in Utah
Nearing pitch 3
Fixed rope on pitch 3
Above pitch 3
The summit 2 pitches above
View towards Gateway
On the sandstone boardwalk heading to pitch 4's seam
Ryan getting ready to lead pitch 5
Pete starts up pitch 5
Only the walking remains
Okay, maybe a few short scramble moves
Bed fit for a princess
Egg beater added to the climbing rack
On the summit
Summit with egg beater
Added to the cairn
Starting the descent
Rope coiling, we did a lot of this
Pete below pitch 3
Looking up near the base of pitch 2
Pete rappels pitch 2
Back on the sidewalk
Trees smashed from rockfall
Pete rappels pitch 1
Descending the "alluvial fan"