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tanya
04-07-2008, 06:22 AM
What a long and great hike we did yesterday. This peak is that HUGE one, next to Bridge Mountain that you can see when driving in from the south side of Zion. Think Bridge Mountain and add some ups and downs.... :eek2: People who came on the hike but do not post here were DB - AWESOME Lady and James --- who is brave enough to want to do a Courtney hike weekly and had no issues with swimming in the Subway right now without a wetsuit! :haha:

Pictures....

tanya
04-07-2008, 06:31 AM
:popcorn:

What a fun group. I loved seeing Jeff again! Last time I saw him, when he hiked across Zion in a day with Bo, he was moving so fast I hardly got to see him. :lol8:

tanya
04-07-2008, 06:46 AM
:five:

Three of my favorite hiking buddies.. Bo, DB and CP (Courtney)! You all know Bo is awesome, but DB and CP are too! :nod:

Bo_Beck
04-07-2008, 06:55 AM
Thought I'd show everyone where our scramble and ramble took us!

Bo_Beck
04-07-2008, 07:03 AM
:five:

Two of my favorite hiking buddies.. Bo and DB! You all know Bo is awesome, but DB is too! :nod:

Imagine the potential if Courtney and DB would break down and get some real hiking shoes! :lol8:

It definately was an awesome hike with some really great, fun lovin' folks!
Thanks to all, and especially to you Tanya and the patience you have to stop and smell the roses! Beautiful photography as usual! We kept a fast pace 0 PPH (photos per hour) on the first leg of the journey and dropped off to a pleasant 200 PPH rate on the second leg! :2thumbs:

tanya
04-07-2008, 07:04 AM
The Peak Bagger! Ram... eerrrr... Courtney :lol8:


From the looks of his attire he has bagged a lot of peaks too :lol8:

oldno7
04-07-2008, 07:07 AM
congrats on another peak. Great shots as always. :2thumbs:

Win
04-07-2008, 07:09 AM
Great TR, as usual. I thought that might have been your LR at the overlooks lot. We came thru about 6 or so.

Win

tanya
04-07-2008, 07:16 AM
More Courtney Attire... and Jeff demonstrates why to never wear shorts on a Bo or Courtney hike. :five:

cp0915
04-07-2008, 08:22 AM
For a day with so many highlights, it's hard to pick out my favorite point in the day...but finding the ram head definitely ranks up there. I love stuff like that.

A great day out. Shane, you shoulda been there. Good times.

Randi
04-07-2008, 09:21 AM
For a day with so many highlights, it's hard to pick out my favorite point in the day...but finding the ram head definitely ranks up there. I love stuff like that.

A great day out. Shane, you shoulda been there. Good times.

I wish I could've been there! Great photos Tanya, thanks for posting those. That looks like a super hike.

I'm with you Courtney, on finding stuff like that rams head...
I love stuff like that!
Thanks for the route map too Bo!

The Panamints were awesome too, but we didn't make Sentinal peak! Not enough motivation (on my part). I picked up some kind of bug last week, and was feeling under the weather. We had about 6000' of elevation gain as it was, and it nearly did me in!
We backpacked into Panimint city, and then onto the saddle, which overlooks Death Valley! It was soooo beautiful there, and there was so much water! Every spring was flowing and there's so many surprisingly green riparian sections in that canyon!
Last time I'd done this hike was about 10 years ago ~ and I'd forgotten how pretty it is.

Lookin at the topo yesterday - and recalling Rick Kent's adventure - I can hardly believe it! Are you sure he's not pulling your leg Courtney? If he really did all those peaks in a day then :hail2thechief:

I'm happy you all had such a great time.
Hope I can join you before too long.

~Randi

cp0915
04-07-2008, 09:29 AM
Randi,

I'm sorry you didn't make it...and no, Rick's not pulling my leg. I've been on similar (though not nearly that intense) death marches with Rick. He's the real deal. Makes me look like a complete poser, which of course, I am.

CP

Iceaxe
04-07-2008, 10:54 AM
Tell Courtney that the 60's called and they want their shirt back. :lol8:

Looks like a great day.

:2thumbs:

Randi
04-07-2008, 12:19 PM
Randi,

I'm sorry you didn't make it...and no, Rick's not pulling my leg. I've been on similar (though not nearly that intense) death marches with Rick. He's the real deal. Makes me look like a complete poser, which of course, I am.

CP

YOU a poser? You're as much a poser as I am an orienteer! You just be the modest and humble type CP.
You guys (you and Rick are quite amazing).
I just hope that I don't have to run to keep up with you when we do a peak together!

I HATE running! :mrgreen:


Tell Courtney that the 60's called and they want their shirt back.

:roflol: That's FUNNY!

I like that shirt! :2thumbs:

accadacca
04-07-2008, 12:34 PM
Very cool photos. I like that pink shirt tanya. That shirt against the redrock makes a cool contrast. Now that I have a baby girl at home, I have to start appreciating that color. :ne_nau: :haha:

cp0915
04-07-2008, 01:11 PM
Tell Courtney that the 60's called and they want their shirt back. :lol8:

Looks like a great day.

:2thumbs:

Yikes! Glad I didn't bust out my tye-dye neck sunshade. That'll be coming out in early May!

Iceaxe
04-07-2008, 03:22 PM
Het!!!! what happend to what was my favorite pink top picture.... :ne_nau:

Yeah.... I'm a perv... :lol8:

tanya
04-07-2008, 03:25 PM
Het!!!! what happend to what was my favorite pink top picture.... :ne_nau:

Yeah.... I'm a perv... :lol8:


Shhhhh..... you are thinking of the picture I sent to your mailbox :twisted: :cool2:

Iceaxe
04-07-2008, 03:30 PM
Last edited by tanya on Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:06 am; edited 2 times in total

Yeah... right....my mailbox is empty :nono:

I need to remember when the ladezz of Bogley post a hot picture (or leave their pictures unlocked) I need to press the download button.....

:wallbash:

Bo_Beck
04-08-2008, 06:55 AM
For a day with so many highlights, it's hard to pick out my favorite point in the day...but finding the ram head definitely ranks up there. I love stuff like that.

A great day out. Shane, you shoulda been there. Good times.

I wish I could've been there! Great photos Tanya, thanks for posting those. That looks like a super hike.

I'm with you Courtney, on finding stuff like that rams head...
I love stuff like that!
Thanks for the route map too Bo!

The Panamints were awesome too, but we didn't make Sentinal peak! Not enough motivation (on my part). I picked up some kind of bug last week, and was feeling under the weather. We had about 6000' of elevation gain as it was, and it nearly did me in!
We backpacked into Panimint city, and then onto the saddle, which overlooks Death Valley! It was soooo beautiful there, and there was so much water! Every spring was flowing and there's so many surprisingly green riparian sections in that canyon!
Last time I'd done this hike was about 10 years ago ~ and I'd forgotten how pretty it is.

Lookin at the topo yesterday - and recalling Rick Kent's adventure - I can hardly believe it! Are you sure he's not pulling your leg Courtney? If he really did all those peaks in a day then :hail2thechief:

I'm happy you all had such a great time.
Hope I can join you before too long.

~Randi

It was a truely fun day Randi! I'm sure you'd have had a great time with our motley crew! I posted a map, but can't give further details in anticipation of Courtneys soon to be released Zion Peakbagging Book!

erial
04-09-2008, 09:19 PM
a rockin' day

tanya
04-10-2008, 02:50 AM
Hey Jeff! It was a great day! Are you home now? How was the rest of your trip?

Bo_Beck
04-10-2008, 07:05 AM
Hey Jeff! It was a great day! Are you home now? How was the rest of your trip?

According to the post in the "other group" :haha: This is what he did on the day after our sunday peak!

erial
04-10-2008, 09:07 AM
Bo, your map route is just about spot on. If you could slide that second arch location over to the blue dot, that would do it.

I didn't explore a possible (purple) backdoor route up the south facing side. It might go and if so, a hiker might be able to get a closer look at that arch that's in the second layer of cliffs from the top.

cp0915
04-10-2008, 09:18 AM
Any photos, Jeff?

erial
04-10-2008, 11:34 AM
Ok, here's a photo of the small arch across (west) from checkerboard just before you climb sand up to the pass/saddle. Next photo is from atop that hersey's kiss of a mound a bit SSW of the pass. Finally a zoom and long range shot of that arch on the other side of the X6537 mesa.

cp0915
04-11-2008, 07:01 AM
Very nice! Good finds.

Thanks for sharing, Jeff.

tanya
04-11-2008, 07:05 AM
Yeah! Now I want to go and refind them. :2thumbs:

Win
04-11-2008, 08:01 AM
Great TR, I might venture out that way tomorrow. Thanks.

Win

cp0915
04-11-2008, 08:07 AM
And so might I.

erial
04-12-2008, 08:08 PM
a cool moment enroute to g2

tanya
04-13-2008, 04:37 AM
The vortex! :2thumbs:

accadacca
04-13-2008, 07:42 PM
a cool moment enroute to g2
Nice peekature. . . :five:

tanya
04-15-2008, 09:35 PM
I finally finished the album for this route! ~whew~ .. am I behind!

http://www.zionnational-park.com/images/album2/index66.htm

sportsman
04-22-2008, 12:10 PM
looks like fun

tanya
04-22-2008, 12:22 PM
Welcome to the Group Sportsman! :2thumbs:

sportsman
04-22-2008, 01:10 PM
thanks, when you going to come north and bag some peaks up here?

tanya
04-22-2008, 04:28 PM
You must live in the SLC area.... I don't go that way often but the majority of this group all live up there.