Van 2001
 Jay leads a 5.8 route, called The Uprising, which is located at the grouping called The Feathers. |
 A lone pillar, with the unfriendly name of Satans Pillar, with a climber topping out. |
 My turn - a nice 5.10A arete, located at the opening of a walkthrough to the sunny side. |
 Almost near the top of this arete called Desert Shield, while Chris is doing a fine job belaying. |
 On the sunny side, Chris climbs a vertical 5.8 route, called Don Coyote. |
 Jay leads Don Coyote, with Chris belaying. |
 We all worked on this route, eaach tried to lead a part. Here, I finish the route. |
 The end of day one, Jay and Chris pose while sunset plays upon The Feathers. |
 The sun slips behind the last rock formation, and the air quickly becomes cool and crisp. |
 From close to our dusty campsite, one final look at The Feathers, a warm-up for our next day. |
 Day 2. We are joined by my son Ben and climbing partner, Barry. |
 We hike a short distance, through a narrow chimney, to exit here at the start of Sunshine Wall. |
 Ben tackles his first route, a 5.7 called The Chossmaster, which we did in two pitches. |
 Barry is climbing another fun route, Seven Virgins and Mule(a 5.7 chimney). |
 Chris, doing a great job at leading the last pitch of The Chossmaster. |
 Chris makes it look easy, as he gets ready to top out, after the last clip is made. |
 At the top of the first pitch, I set an anchor to belay Ben up to me. |
 Many routes are all around. Here another team is climbing one next to us. |
 Ben completes the last pitch of The Chossmaster -- good job, Ben! |
 Now to get down! Ben rappels the 80 foot cliff to the bottom. |
 Jay belays, while Barry works a 5.10c called Steel Pulse. |
 It was a lot of work, but Jay stands triumphantly at the top of Steel Pulse! |
 A fun lead up a popular 5.8 trad route called Party in Your Pants, a double crack all the way up. |
 Chris leads Party for the first time, using a top rope only as a back up, which was unnecessary. |
 The gang: (l-r) Chris, Jay, Barry, Me and Ben |