Chris Dessert Expeditions 2005


Vantage, Washington 2/13/05

My buddy Jeff had been wanting to get out to an area near the town of Vantage, Washington.  According to him they had a nice couple of canyons that are great for rock climbing. 

Since we have mostly done our climbing at indoor gyms we enlisted Tom to come out with us.  He's done plenty of climbing and was pretty familiar with the procedures and steps to lead climbing and setting up top ropes.  Plus he had a rope. 

So we drove out Saturday night and slipped into the Vantage parking/camping area a little after 11pm.  It was pretty dark, the road wasn't exactly established, so we ended up driving over and through some campsites and a few big rocks. 


Vantage Pictures!
Our campsite with 'the Feathers' in the background The Vantage region, taken from the top of 'The Feathers' Lower Canyons
Our campsite with 'the Feathers' in the background The Vantage region, taken from the top of 'The Feathers' Lower Canyons
The Feathers Help!  Mommy! What are you doing up there?  Preparing a salad?! Chris loves crack!
The Feathers Help! Mommy! What are you doing up there? Preparing a salad?! Chris loves crack!
All finished!  Time to find some more! Sunshine Wall to the left. Chris looks back to make sure his belay man is still there. Tom and Chris after a hard day's work.
All finished! Time to find some more! Sunshine Wall to the left. Chris looks back to make sure his belay man is still there. Tom and Chris after a hard day's work.
Jeff loves to touch rocks!
Jeff loves to touch rocks!
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