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Be There Or Be Talked About — 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

Be There Or Be Talked About — 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).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Shirley racking up at the base (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — 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).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Higher on pitch 1 (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — 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.

Be There Or Be Talked About — A different perspective on roughly the same moment in time (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Shirley following pitch 1 of Be There Or Be Talked About (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — 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).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Pitch 2 (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — 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).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Leading pitch 2 of Be There Or Be Talked About.

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).

Be There Or Be Talked About — View of Sheep Rock (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Argon Tower (west face) and Park Avenue beyond (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Starting pitch 3 (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Summit bolt ladder of pitch 3 (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — 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).

Be There Or Be Talked About — 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).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Shirley jugging the short bolt ladder on P3 of Be There Or Be Talked About. South Gossip tower (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Shirley topping out on the South Gossip summit via the bolt ladder pitch. Argon Tower in background (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Shirley on the summit of the South Gossip admiring the Organ Towers across the park road (Nov. 2007).

South Gossip — 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).

South Gossip — 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).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Some wanker with Organ Towers (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Another summit shot with the frozen puddle (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Shirley rapping (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — 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).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Tower Of Babel from the base of Three Gossips (Nov. 2007).

Be There Or Be Talked About — Shirley hiking down after our climb of the South Gossip (right).

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