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Be There Or Be Talked About.
After those initial couple days, we drove up to Moab to meet Brad. After enjoying a nice Thanksgiving Spread at the lodge by the Colorado River, a very chilly morning greeted us (teens). Plans got quickly scaled back from thinking about Zenyatta-Entrada, to Kor Route on Dolomite Spire, to finally settling on the shorter/easier Be There Or Be Talked About line on the South Gossip in Arches NP. Sandy climbing with much A0 on my part leading to a super cool tower summit!
Photos
Sheep Rock and the shadows of The Three Gossips as seen from the base of the west face in the morning before our climb of Be There Or Be Talked About (Nov. 2007).
Shirley racking up at the base (Nov. 2007).
Starting up Be There Or Be Talked About first pitch. Harder than it looks – if it were not sandy, it would go at 5.7; on Entrada it was C1 (Nov. 2007).
Higher on pitch 1 (Nov. 2007).
Leading pitch 1 of Be There Or Be Talked About on the South Gossip Tower of the Three Gossips formation. Shirley is belaying. Bitter cold November morning 2007.
A different perspective on roughly the same moment in time (Nov. 2007).
Shirley following pitch 1 of Be There Or Be Talked About (Nov. 2007).
Starting the lead of pitch 2 of Be There Or Be Talked About on the South Gossip. Shirley (in yellow jacket) is belyaing (Nov. 2007).
Pitch 2 (Nov. 2007).
Starting up pitch 2 of Be There Or Be Talked About on the South Gossip, C1 to a nice 5.10 crack. Shirley is on a nice belay ledge (Nov. 2007).
Leading pitch 2 of Be There Or Be Talked About.
View down from midway up pitch 2 of Be There Or Be Talked About on the South Gossip. A bit of easy aid (gear pulling for me) followed by stellar (5.10- ?)thin hands crack in an acute dihedral. Shirley’s belaying from a good ledge (Nov. 2007).
View of Sheep Rock (Nov. 2007).
Argon Tower (west face) and Park Avenue beyond (Nov. 2007).
Starting pitch 3 (Nov. 2007).
Summit bolt ladder of pitch 3 (Nov. 2007).
Shirley belaying from the shoulder of the South Gossip 30 feet below the summit. Photo from the bolt ladder on pitch 3 of Be There Or Be Talked About (Nov. 2007).
The short bolt ladder that marks the third pitch of Be There Or Be Talked About. Camera must not like sand as it had problems autofocusing – sorry (Nov. 2007).
Shirley jugging the short bolt ladder on P3 of Be There Or Be Talked About. South Gossip tower (Nov. 2007).
Shirley topping out on the South Gossip summit via the bolt ladder pitch. Argon Tower in background (Nov. 2007).
Shirley on the summit of the South Gossip admiring the Organ Towers across the park road (Nov. 2007).
Shirley & I (or our shadows) on top of the South Gossip tower (its shadow visible too) after our climb of Be There Or Be Talked About. Other two Gossips visible (Nov. 2007).
Shirley on the summit of the South Gossip. Organ Towers are on the left; Argon Tower is on the right. LaSal Mountains provide the background (Nov. 2007).
Some wanker with Organ Towers (Nov. 2007).
Another summit shot with the frozen puddle (Nov. 2007).
Shirley rapping (Nov. 2007).
Shirley rapping off of the South Gossip (right side) on west face of the towers. Middle and North Gossips also visible in shot (Nov. 2007).
Tower Of Babel from the base of Three Gossips (Nov. 2007).
Shirley hiking down after our climb of the South Gossip (right).
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