Be Outdoors

My summer has been packed full with guided trips on the Grand Teton in Wyoming. It’s kinda nice to be busy with work.  I have had very few days off this summer once the guiding season started.  I did manage to do a one-day ascent of the Centennial Route on Mt Cowen in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana.  This involves 9 miles in followed by a dazzling alpine rock climb (roughly 1,800)  on spectacular granite.  The hardest pitch is 5.11b but the majority of the climbing goes at around 5.10.  The descent involves two rappels into a snow-filled couloir then glissading and down climbing to the base.  After that is the long 9 mile hike out back to the car.

Apart from that I really have just been guiding here in the Tetons.  The JanSport Cloud Ripper packs you sent me work great for light one-day pursuits whether it be on the rock or running on the trail.