Gallery | Climbing | Camping and Climbing in Sugarite Canyon: September 12-14, 2008

The heavens aligned for one brief weekend, and Mark and I were able to drive 4 hours south to New Mexico, and spend the weekend camping and climbing with Dylan and Ann.
Dylan and Ann's camper in a field of wildflowers
Ann says these little yellow flowers are called DYCs
Our campsite on a clear, sunny, Saturday morning
The view of the climbing area from our nice site
Fuzzy camping friends!
T-Rex and Liv, the camping critters
A forest of oak trees covers the sides of the canyon
Looking out at the mesas of New Mexico
First fall colors
Ann and Dylan start planning their day
Looking up at the pink basalt cliffs
Wow! A collard lizard!
Lizard chasing
Dylan, Ann, and Liv on the edge of the mesa
View of the canyon from our climbing perch
Dylan looks up his first crack of the day - a 5.8
The lovely new rope has seen alot of use this summer!
The rock is really interesting
Liv cowers in the shade
Mark is having a great day
There is a lot of potential for beautiful crack climbing on this cliff
Dylan considers how best to turn the big roof
And he finds the easy way!
Mark raps down into the evening light
Kate and Mark had a great day of climbing
Kate and Mark in New Mexico!
Dylan looks at home in the desert
Kate having fun with friends
Sunday morning is cloudy and grey
There's a sunrise out beyond the mountains
The top of the Mesa is enshrouded in cloud
Looking down on the canyon and the clouds
A distant desert beyond the morning clouds
The sunrise through the clouds
It's still a beautiful morning
Clouds cover the top of the canyon
The clouds break up, but still pour into our little canyon
Views of early sun on distant desert
The sun in the cloud banks
Mark and Kate try to cook biscuits on a campfire
Campfire biscuits and ham
One yellow tree
The day gets sunny and beautiful as we leave the canyon
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