Finishing out January Properly

Decent temps lured a crew of 8 to the Batholith on a ground-snow Saturday. "Bozeman" represented with Tom, Pat, Guy, Dominic, Ron, Ty, and Trevor--I was the lone local...

Some snaps of the the day:


This way, right?



What a grunt-fest



Winter Bouldering, eh?



New meat on the problem



The motivated bro-duo returning to the car after a successful Kingsbury (Pat) send.



Racing towards the next destination--the Desert



Guy trying to get the elusive top-out on the Bolted Boulder



Ron moving upwards on a pebble that he would later send



Trevor on clean, dry rock



The inspiration "TKings" on a fun arete



Some of the crew on support



In spite of the snow cover on the ground--decent bouldering could be had on the last weekend in January...

Desert Party!

Last Saturday, a large crew showed up in the Desert to partake in some winter pebble pulling. 15 folks, a dozen pads, 3 dogs, and ~50 beers....good times ensued.

Group shot of the day, under the Optronic Eye



The Buttian Warlord saw a number of repeats, and the obvious extension heading out the nose was worked out as well. Nice Send Levi!

Kevin checks out the extension





Optronic Eye Session. Congrats on the repeats y'all!

















We then headed back over to the Airship Arete, where Levi added a sit start and he, Dean and Andy all repeated. A strong finish to the day to be sure.










Dean shows us the descent




Overall it was a superfun day. Great to see so many folks out enjoying what the Boulder Batholith has to offer. Hope to see y'all out again soon, if not the Desert, somewhere else out in those woods...

Cheers!

Tom

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