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Show Russell Jacobs 2 December 2009 RJ: I believe it was . . .it was in Zion's. I believe it could have been, I want to say, Kolob Canyon, maybe. But it's .. .it was two- or three-day trip. And we were .. .it was a very remote area, uh, in the red rock-area canyon. So I think it was probably up in Kolob, which is the northern part of Zion's, is where we had a little outing. And I think there was probably ten or twelve of us. And then there was one in the Wind Rivers , uh, that I assisted with. And, uh, that was, uh .. .. MD: Also a canyoneering ... ? RJ: No, this was mountaineering. This was mountaineering in an area, southern part of the Wind Rivers called the Cirque of the Towers. And you drive in to an area called Big Sandy and, uh, there's a trailhead at Big Sandy. And the trailhead is accessed through, uh, generally I think the closest little village is Pinedale, Wyoming. Uh, and we went back in there and, uh, I believe I was there for two weeks. And there were two groups, one for the first week and the second week. But I stayed for the full two weeks. And there were several, uh, instructors. I think there were three or four of us. MD: Um-hum. RJ: And, uh ... MD: So as an instructor, what were your responsibilities? RJ: Taking smaller groups on roped climbs on some of the towers that were a little bit easier than ... you know, I mean there were towers in the cirque that you could have gone from basic easy to, uh, I wouldn't say extreme, but they needed advanced skills in order to make it to the summit. They weren't that ... and they weren't multi-day. They were just day climbs. And a day climb is typically, if it takes a whole day, is what is classified as a Grade IV. Roman numeral IV. Um, so there are, uh .. . Wolf's Head Traverse is one. 13 |
