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Summary
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Javaman.
Photos
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Starting the hike up to Beehive Basin on a late afternoon (Sept. 2018).
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More approach scenery (Sept. 2018).
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Benny on approach. There’s always the energy left over for some vigorous stick play (Sept. 2018).
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Shirley and Benny on the hike in. Beehive Peak is the pointy thing just right of center (Sept. 2018).
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Late afternoon approach to Beehive Basin (Sept. 2018).
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Benny in our camp in the evening (Sept. 2018).
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Beehive Peak above Beehive Basin. The Original Route (a.k.a. Javaman) climbs more or less the center of this SE face (Sept. 2018).
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Cooking up something gourmet (Sept. 2018).
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Morning in Beehive Basin (Sept. 2018).
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Benny ready to go (Sept. 2018).
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Starting the approach to the route in the morning (Sept. 2018).
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Small crags above camp. There’s a short 5.7 mulitpitch on that formation reportedly (Sept. 2018).
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Beehive Peak. The Original Route or Javaman starts at a tiny overhang just above the ground and adjacent to the black streak on right (Sept. 2018).
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A closer view (Sept. 2018).
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Charging up (Sept. 2018).
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Benny on the hike up (Sept. 2018).
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Chilling (Sept. 2018).
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Racking up for the route (Sept. 2018).
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Leading pitch 1 of Javaman (Sept. 2018).
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Good boy!!
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Good climbing on pitch 1 ; the whole route in fact (Sept. 2018).
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Shirley on pitch 1 (Sept. 2018).
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Leading pitch 2: nice cracks to good slab to crux dihedral above (Sept. 2018).
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Looking back at Benny from low on Javaman (Sept. 2018).
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Shirley on the slab section of pitch 2 (Sept. 2018).
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Looking into Beehive Basin (and our camp) from low on the route (Sept. 2018).
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Shirley on the crux of the route (pitch 2; Sept. 2018).
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Shirley at an uncomfortable belay atop pitch 2 of Javaman (Sept. 2018).
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Shirley topping out on the pitch 3 traverse (Sept. 2018).
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Views tainted by the ski resort (Sept. 2018).
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Belay atop pitch 3 (Sept. 2018).
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Starting up pitch 4 – quite nice (Sept. 2018).
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Looking back at Shirley from the lead of pitch 4 (Sept. 2018).
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Higher on pitch 4 (Sept. 2018).
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The view is not pristine. Big Sky ski resort takes a little bit away unfortunately (Sept. 2018).
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Shirley topping out on pitch 4 of Javaman (Sept. 2018).
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Views into Beehive Basin. Our camp is just right of that larger puddle (Sept. 2018).
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Shirley nearing the top of pitch 5 of Javaman (Sept. 2018).
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Shirley on the summit of Beehive Peak (Sept. 2018).
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A plaque and an empty summit register (Sept. 2018).
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Views from the summit. One of these is probably Beehive Lake on the opposite side of the mountain to where we’re camped out (Sept. 2018).
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Shirley entering the shit gully on descent (Sept. 2018).
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In the shit gully (Sept. 2018).
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Shirley and Benny hiking down (Sept. 2018).
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Descending with Beehive in the background (Sept. 2018).
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Shirley and Benny hiking down back to camp (next to that large puddle below; Sept. 2018).
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Almost dinner time (Sept. 2018).
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Benny nearing our camp (Sept. 2018).
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Chilling back near camp after our climb (Sept. 2018).
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Life is good (Sept. 2018).
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Not much of a lake…more of a puddle (Sept. 2018).
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Camp life (Sept. 2018).
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Tent family times (Sept. 2018).
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Hiking out early in the morning on day 3 (Sept. 2018).
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