We arrived in Montrose January 21 and it was like any other year traveling to Ouray to climb ice, I slept all but 20 minutes of each 2.5 hour leg from Washington, DC. The plane was wheels down at at 1235pm and we grabbed our Chevy Equinox all wheel drive and were on our way. It was weird not seeing Betty or Ted Wolfe pick us up from the airport as they have done for many years becasue we stay at their hotel in Ouray-The Comfort Inn.
We made the cutomary stop at safeway in Montrose and stocked up on a few groceries and drove to Ouray, stopping off in Ridgeway to take in the sights before we checked in to the hotel. The evening was spent sorting gear and reassembling backpacks.
630am comes early when coming from the east coast and I was up a little before that. A combination of altitude, time change, dryness and strange surroundings make for a fitful sleep the next 48 hours. We meet in the breakfast room and touch base with everyon who has made it there the first day. We decided to hump it down to South Park and set up some very easy lines for our freinds new to climbing ice.We had a great day "just off the couch" and we climbed in South Park with Lee Jenkins, Ellen, John Smith, Annette, Joe, Todd, James Pasterchk & Scott Hartsock.
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| John and Ellen at south park |
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| John, Annette and Scott |
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| Scott on the South PakPillar |
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| Lee Jenkins |
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| Lee Jenkins is the new American Alpine Club chairman for the western Colorado district. Congrats Lee |
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| John, Ellen and Lee Jenkins |
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