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Slideshow (57 photos) |
| Adirondacks (map) |
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Chronic Fixation: Chris warms up on one of the easier routes at the King Wall |
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Kingdom Come: Jim belays Chris who is following the second pitch; the traverse is hard, but made easier using chimney moves with your back |
| Black Canyon (map) |
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Russian Arete: Chris at the bottom of the route |
| Mt. Kenya (Kenya) (map) |
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A bicycle repair shop on the way to Chagoria |
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A bicycle repair shop on the way to Chagoria |
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Our camp near the Austrian Hut |
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Our camp near the Austrian Hut |
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Feeling full after eating |
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Stormy weather moves in after setting up camp near the Austrian Hut (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Reviewing route beta (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Ravenous after our successful ascent of Nelion (4 hours) (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Group shot in front of Nelion (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Southwest Ridge: Soloing the "easy slab" (more like 5.5 in places) to the notch |
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Southwest Ridge: Let's get the hell out of here…retreat! |
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Southwest Ridge: Fueling up for the descent (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Our first day on the approach to Mt. Kenya (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Hanging out in front of the filthy Mintos Hut (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Resting at Tooth Col (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Eating at McKinder's Camp (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Talking about options…should we climb another route? (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Descending back to the roadhead, just entering the jungle (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Resting at the Met Station, totally beat (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
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Normal Route: We soloed several pitches up to some ledges, then racked up here at daybreak |
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Normal Route: Chris leads the section right of McKinder's Chimney |
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Normal Route: At the top of P15, Chris downclimbs into a gully and up the other side |
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Normal Route: One of the many raps from the summit |
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Normal Route: Racking up after soling a couple pitches (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: Chris belays somewhere on the route (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: Sitting in front of the Howell Hut (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: Investigating the ruined Bailies Bivy (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
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Normal Route: This thing is barely hanging together; completely unusable (Copyright © Chris Yenkey) |
| Nairobi (Kenya) (map) |
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Dining out in Nairobi (Copyright © Lucie Wellner) |
| RMNP (map) |
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Arrowplane: Chris begins the third pitch |
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Arrowplane: Self portrait at the summit |
| Salmon River Falls (map) |
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Play It Again, Salmon: Chris on the second ascent, hanging from a ripped out screamer after a tied-off ice tool popped; the other axe is left placed well above his head |
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Play It Again, Salmon: Chris on the steep ice column on the second ascent |
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Play It Again, Salmon: Chris reaches the first bolt on top of the steep ice on the second ascent; the route continues to the right onto a ledge (the one with the icicles), then pumps through three large roofs to the rim |
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Play it Again, Salmon: Chris belys Tommy in a field of blue ice blocks; while following the route, enormous ice blocks released, completely burying this belay spot in tons of fresh ice |
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Play it Again, Salmon: Chris belays Tommy while he places a screw |
| Spring Creek (map) |
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Spring Creek Tower: Chris at the top of the "tower" after climbing a new line -- an absolute choss pile |
| Taylor Canyon (map) |
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Chris relaxes in the pass above Taylor Canyon |
| Tsavo (Kenya) (map) |
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Chris poses with the corporal's weapon, about 40 lbs |
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Ivory Corner: Chris arrives at the P2 belay |
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Some final sandy pits are crossed before we find a suitable camp site |
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Chris asking for directions and explaining what we're doing. Rock climbing seemed very foreign to the locals. |
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Chris and Corporal Bulge look around for a suitable place to camp…preferable not next to the river where all the big game are |
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Corporal Bulge shows Chris the fresh lion tracks; we're not gonna camp here |
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Our camp below Kitchwa Tembo |
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The approach to the east face of Kitchwa Tembo was some of the thickest bushwhacking I've done. Afterwards, I threw my pants and socks into the garbage. |
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More bushwhacking |
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The approach was harder than the climbing…at least more effort |
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Covenant: Finally up at the col, we can start our climb up the large obvious spire |
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Covenant: We soloed the ridge up to the base of the final spire, about 5.5 or so |
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Covenant: At the base of the final spire, Chris pulls the vegetation away from the mouth of the chimney |
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Covenant: Chris arrives at the top of the chimney. This feature was unprotected for more than 100', and about 5.7 in difficulty. |
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Covenant: Rappelling ths chimney on the descent |
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Our truck broke down just about every time we drove anywhere; this is the first of many repairs |
