Saturday, October 15, 2005

Sawtooth between Crestone Needle and Crestone Peak

The intent was to bag both the Peak and the Needle by way of this sawtooth ridge I am viewing. I backed off due to bad weather rolling in (as you can see) and not having technical equipment with me. We turned back and summited another, less technical peak. Others may call that "pussing out". That's ok. Only two weeks later, helicopter rescue was brought in to remove a body from this ridge. The climber got caught in similar weather, slipped and fell to his death. RIP dude.