Weekend Excursions and other Adventures

This trip was spectacular. The weather was perfect, the park was not too crowded, and the company was great. Early on the 19th me and one of my good friends met up in Provo and drove to Green River. There we met with one of my other good friends. We carpooled from there down to the Needles District of Canyonlands, stopping at Newspaper Rock and driving past the spectacular cliffs on either side of the entrance.       Our objective for the day was Elephant Canyon, where we had EC2 reserved for the night. Out of all campsites in Elephant Canyon, I think EC2 is the best. We made great time and had camp set up and our cameras out, ready for the sunset. We got some great photos that night. These 3 pictures are some of the favorite I have taken over the past year or so. I would have been happy if the trip ended after the first night, but luckily we had a full three days planned in the area. The next morning after breakfast, we pressed on to Chesler Park. W...

Looking Glass rock is an unassuming rock protruding from the desert floor 25 miles South of Moab, UT. Well, at least that is what I thought until I was on the South side of the rock and I had a good view of the huge alcove and the small arch off to one side. Me and two of my friends got together late Friday night after school/work and drove down to the area. We camped on the West side of the rock in a dirt patch. The night was clear and the camping was actually really great. The next morning, we geared up and headed up the fin on the West side of Looking Glass. The climb is on Mountain Project and is listed as a 3 pitch 5.5 or so. We practiced full multi-pitch technique on the climb but it could easily be done just by climbing it or connecting the first and second pitches then just walking up the third pitch to the top.                                       Me belaying the first clim...