2. 2008

Moab, UT

We spent a whole week in Moab, where we met up with a bunch of photographers at the Smugmug shootout. We took a small portion of them out for some climbing and high-angle photography, as well as a rope jump and all-around good times.
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Tracy fires off a nervous grin as she descends into the shadow of Castleton Tower.
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Tracy fires off a nervous grin as she descends into the shadow of Castleton Tower.

Tracy BorlandUtahMoabRock Climbing2008

  • Jess grins happily on the last pitch of the <i>Kor-Ingalls Route</i> on Castleton Tower, with five hundred feet of air underneath her feet.
  • My toes stand on the brink looking straight down 500 feet at the base of the <i>Kor-Ingalls Route</i> we just climbed.
  • A stitched panorama of over 360 degrees from the top of Castleton Tower.
  • Medusa watches the last of our group reach the top of the <i>Kor-Ingalls Route</i> on Castleton Tower.
  • Kelsey mans the belay as the last of our group reach the top of Castleton Tower.
  • Richard grins through the exposure on the last few moves of the <i>Kor-Ingalls Route 5.9</i> with hundreds of feet of vertical below.
  • Kelsye snaps a few shots straight down as Tracy climbs the last pitch.
  • The whole makeshift eight-person party we formed to climb the <i>Kor-Ingalls Route 5.9</i> a little more efficiently.
  • Jess and Medusa double-check their rigging before scooting off the edge and simul-rappelling to the base of Castleton Tower.
  • Kelsey sits at the edge of a five-hundred foot drop, rigging his rappel to head down.
  • Jess Young slowly and tentatively lowers herself onto the rope on the rappel from Castleton Tower.
  • A few weeks worth of growth clings to Richard's face at this point in our road trip, with the beautiful Utah mountains falling away behind.
  • Tracy fires off a nervous grin as she descends into the shadow of Castleton Tower.
  • Richard rigs his rappel on the edge of Castleton Tower.
  • Dennis drops over the edge, leaving me to clean up the last of our gear and follow down the 500-foot rappel to the ground.
  • So long Castleton! Until next time.
  • For a few days in Moab, we teamed up with photographers at the Smugmug.com annual shootout and taught them how to climb and use ropes to gain altitude for photography.
  • Smugmug.com's Schmoo works her way higher on a nice 5.6 at the Ice Cream parlor.
  • Kelsey stands quiet and still at the edge of Dead Horse Point near Moab, shooting the scenery just before the sun comes up.
  • Photographers of the Smugmug Shootout stand lined at Dead Horse Point waiting for the sun to come up and give us some good light.
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