My daughter Amy is back from college for 10 days. She will be 21 years old next month,. The subject of her trip through Heaps in 2010 came up. The trip was planned, by her request, as her Sweet sixteen, coming of age present. We brought up the pictures and reminisced. I also noted the collection of characters along for the trip. Being that it was back in the Yahoo days, there was never a TR with pictures. So on this quiet day, I thought I would put this post together, to sooth my disappointment at not being in Ouray or on a mountain somewhere.
From the Yahoo post
Me? Old friends and new friends. I love the slot but am terrified of the wall. My daughter deals the challenges. A Big soccer win, as goalie in a battle of the undefeated, against the team that dumped her last year. She would have given up Heaps, as painful as that would have been, before not being there for that! She made the difference. Then a grueling travel that evening, then the canyon, then the travel home and school and team sports….in spite of the walking pneumonia she picked up along the way. A tough and stubborn one, that one is. Thanks to Sonny and friends for escorting her back and forth from Vegas. Yeah good stuff, all around, with this collection of fine folks.
Pictures
headlamp start from Lava- Amy- Jenny and Pascal behind
Jenny…who’s close friends did the first descent of this canyon. For her, this was a special day
Sun-a-cummin
Calius
My only canyon I recall with…Luca
Amy, with Tom behind
West temple over Phantom Valley
Amy learning knots. Jenny the teacher
recent flow. look how sand has been pushed into the pool on top
And sand is clinging to sandstone as it drys
Pascal reflecting in Phantom Valley
All the way from Italy for the fun- Pascal smiles brightly
Sonny at the beginning. The man is organizing workshops in Ouray between graffiti removal projects all over the southwest
Tom
Then the surprise birthday party at Crossroads
A total surprise
From the whole nutty gang
pretty mud….quicksand maybe?
Yup, quicksand
help and support….taking pictures ;-)
pack drag
big wall
bruce from bryce
And Amy’s trip was an inspiration for my Heaps trip the following year on my 65th birthday (my post is in the archives). Superbly led by Tom.
Ram
And today is Amy’s 21st birthday.
The old TR
http://canyoncollective.com/threads…ll-probably-only-do-it-once.16625/#post-65158
ratagonia
Nice. A great trip.
Tom