The past week has been a bit slower than usual. We are in a transition from 5 day hitches to 9 day hitches and so we had a 4 day weekend last wekend so that we could switch. I went climbing again on Monday and I climbed an even harder route than before, rated at 11b. Tuesday was another exiciting day. Four of us climbed Emmigrant mountain. It is 10,900 feet, not the tallest in the area, but the area around it is low, so the gain in the climb is 6000 feet of elevation in only 3 miles distance. Below are pictures from the climb.

The first half of the current hitch is training, so for the past three days we have been going through many different training introductions. We have had speakers who are wildlife managers in the area come in to talk and we are learning the basics of all the projects we will be doing this summer. Sunday we will head out into the backcountry again for the next 5 days.


This is Emmigrant from part way up the trail. The real summit can barely be seen sticking out from behind what appears to be the summit.

This is me on the summit with the Gallatin mountain range in the background.

This is a view to the south. Far in the background Pilot and Index mountains can be seen. Pilot is the needle sharp point on the right with index the stubbier point on the left. There is a picture of these two from closer in my last post and they are a 2 and a half hour drive away.