Independence Monument: May 2010

Colorado National Monument at dawn	Independence Monument standing apart from the cliffs	Independence Monument
Ryan at the start of Otto's Route	View from the base of Otto's Route	Ryan belaying
Pitch 2	Ryan belaying at the top of pitch 1	View from the top of pitch 2
Ryan heads up the 4th class tunnel	Pitch 3, above Lunchbox Ledge	4th and final pitch to the overhang
Ryan at the base of pitch 4	Ryan arrives exhausted at the ledge below the summit	Summit of Independence Monument
Ryan on the two-rope rappel from the summit	One rope rappel down pitch 2	Another double rope rappel down the first pitch
Independence Monument