Donkey Mountain (Nov 2017)
Donkey Mountain had been on our to-do list for a while. Late November wouldn’t normally be our preferred time of year for a high traverse/camp but when Jon put it on the SBW Program we jumped at the opportunity. It was a warm weekend and even though we had finished the main ascent by 10am we were dripping with sweat. To be fair we were carrying water for the whole weekend (and some people seemed to have the same amount of wine…). It was delightful to get to our camp and set up in the cool innards of the canyon.
A new meaning to a squatters camp!
Once we’d set up tent city, and with much lighter day packs, we set up off to spend the rest of the day exploring.
Jon above a large canyon
I don’t think we’ll be going any further down there
What is so amusing?
Jo choosing her own special way through
Tom enjoying views of the Wolgan valley
Tom taking a more technical way into this canyon
Zoolander eat your heart out
Canyon
Squeezing our way up the slot
So Utah doesn’t have a mortgage on skinny canyons after all
Careful pagoda climbing
Jon and the daisies
Jo pagoda climbing
Happy hour views
More exploring on Sunday morning
Lunch views on Sunday
Start of the steep descent
“the slab of death”