Ten Sleep canyon
I pick up S from besides the road, a friend from Alaska, and we are heading for Ten Sleep canyon. With no guide book and no clue what is what, we jump on 2 random climbs in the middle of the day. Pretty pumping but good climbs. Later we find out that there are over 700 climbs, next time with a guide book maybe???
Devils Tower
The main destination is however Devils Tower. When erosion took away layer after layer of the surrounding landscape an solidified magma intrusion became exposed and formed an very impressive tower. The magma which formed Devils Tower cooled and crystallized into a rock type known as phonolite porphyry. But the more important feature for us, climbers, is that it formed hexagonal (and sometime 4-, 5- and 7-sided) columns separated by vertical cracks.
We do warm up climbs for 2 days, but then the weather turns bad. Meaning we never make it to the top and now I have to come back for sure. And for sure we will camp again in the garden of the local climber F, who lives inside the park. The place to be...
Mount Rushmore
I am a tourist, so we have to do it.
The Needles
Run out, super beautiful slab climbs on needles, I should climb here. Nonetheless I am a bit done climbing and drop of S, who meets up with a local climber. Another place to come back for.
Sorry Black hills, I will be back though.
Dag,
Iris (Custer state park, 18281 miles)
