Album: 2004: Climbing: Red Rocks, November 2004

This was originally supposed to be a trip to Zion, during which we hoped to do a two-day ascent of Moonlight Buttress. But the weather forecast started looking bad when we were halfway there, so we went to Red Rocks instead. We climbed a few single-pitch routes the first day, then climbed The Black Orpheus the next day, an excellent long route. The following morning we woke up to snow and rain, and had to head home early.

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	Another Red Rocks Sunrise ... the morning before we climbed The Black Orpheus. (Note: the photo is level, as you can tell from the cloud line. It's the horizon that's sloping.)	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 2.1 MB
	Really Red Rocks The sunrise reflecting off the rock at Red Rocks. The darker red bands near the top are barely distinguishable from the white rock lower down. The canyon on the...	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.7 MB
	Red Rocks at Sunrise This is another shot of Red Rocks the morning that we climbed The Black Orpheus. I like the pink colors of sunrise reflecting off the rock in this picture.	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.6 MB
	The Black Orpheus Looking up at the first pitch of The Black Orpheus, one can see the first part of the route in the big dihedral on the right, as well as a little bit of the...	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.5 MB
	Where am I? A rust-colored lead line, matching the color of the rock, winds up into a sea of slabs and blocks. Somewhere up there is a climber... me. This was taken by...	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.6 MB
	Oak Creek Canyon Looking out of Oak Creek Canyon from the nice belay ledge at the end of pitch 2 of The Black Orpheus.	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 2.0 MB
	Oak Creek Canyon The opposite side of Oak Creek Canyon, as seen from halfway up The Black Orpheus.	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.6 MB
	Enjoying The Black Orpheus Me, chilling on a ledge on The Black Orpheus.	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.6 MB
	The "crux" This is the crux of The Black Orpheus. While the climb overall is beautiful, this crux is totally a one-move-wonder. And I definitely don't think it's 5.10a......	November 20, 2004 1536 x 2048 pixels 1.5 MB
	Oak Creek Canyon ... and Aaron's legs. Obviously, this view is looking down into the canyon.	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.8 MB
	Aaron leading Aaron leading the second-to-last pitch of The Black Orpheus. This was a really fun pitch... easier than it looked, too.	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.5 MB
	Aaron leading Aaron leading the second-to-last pitch of The Black Orpheus. This was a really fun pitch... easier than it looked, too.	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.5 MB
	The opposite wall This is the wall on the opposite side of Oak Creek Canyon, seen from the summit of The Black Orpheus.	November 20, 2004 1536 x 2048 pixels 1.7 MB
	The Upper Painted Bowl This is the Upper Painted Bowl, as seen from the summit of The Black Orpheus. I have to admit, this is one of the prettiest areas of Red Rocks that I've climbed...	November 20, 2004 1536 x 2048 pixels 1.5 MB
	At the summit of The Black Orpheus Aaron, standing at the summit.	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 2.2 MB
	Oak Creek Canyon This is the upper part of Oak Creek Canyon, opposite from The Black Orpheus. There are a few shiny spots in this photo that are areas of water runoff (much of...	November 20, 2004 1536 x 2048 pixels 2.2 MB
	At the summit of The Black Orpheus Me, standing at the summit of The Black Orpheus. This picture was taken facing into Oak Creek Canyon.	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 2.2 MB
	At the summit of The Black Orpheus Me, standing at the summit of The Black Orpheus. This was taken facing the mouth of the canyon.	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 1.7 MB
	Las Vegas from Red Rocks A slightly smoggy view of Las Vegas from the summit of The Black Orpheus.	November 20, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 2.1 MB
	Aaron at the summit Aaron at the summit of The Black Orpheus, with the Upper Painted Bowl in the background beind him.	November 20, 2004 1536 x 2048 pixels 1.7 MB
	The Upper Painted Bowl This is the Upper Painted Bowl, seen from a point just below the summit of The Black Orpheus (where we started our first rappel.) While that red mark does look...	November 20, 2004 1536 x 2048 pixels 1.5 MB
	An appropriate comment Okay, I swear we didn't write that, but we completely agreed with the sentiment it was expressing. After climbing The Black Orpheus at Red Rocks, it got really...	November 21, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 694.6 KB
	Snowing in the desert?! On our way back from Red Rocks, on a day when we were supposed to be climbing Johnny Vegas to Solar Slab.	November 21, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 696.1 KB
	Snowing in the desert?! On our way back from Red Rocks, on a day when we were supposed to be climbing Johnny Vegas to Solar Slab.	November 21, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 684.2 KB
	Snowing in the desert?! Me, bummed and freezing, on our way back from Red Rocks, on a day when we were supposed to be climbing Johnny Vegas to Solar Slab. As you can see, a few...	November 21, 2004 2048 x 1536 pixels 647.8 KB