The Canyons That Started It All In the spring of 2006, Cow (Chris Cowenhoven) and I ventured out to Moab for some bouldering. After a day of climbing, we wandered off on a hike one afternoon and stumbled upon a tiny, dry wash with some cool,...
Pregnant Emma was too pregnant to make the journey and Juan Diego managed to injure himself remodeling (hopefully wearing the pony-tail helmet for safety), so this trip was just Andy, Brad, Brent and Cristina. I hope the inaugural adventure didn’t scare off Ben & Ritziko...
Friday May 27 This year's LaFame crew included Andy, Emma, Brad, Brent and Cristina; our dear John Doug couldn't make it. At long last, Jan & Jorge returned as our camp hosts and were kind enough to secure our favorite Temple Mountain campsite two nights early...
This year's crew met at the Veintimilla's (now Rafa's bachelor pad) on a Wednesday morning to load up the cars and start the drive at about 10am. We stopped to buy approximately 200 beers, some of which we packed into the shower bucket. We reorganized...
Day 1 | October 4 | Zero Gravity A fairly impromptu trip (compared to our usual months and months of planning) following our very disappointing Poe trip less than six weeks ago meant our camp hosts and several LaFames weren’t able to join us, so we...
Day 1 | September 3 | The Squeeze (aka Segers Hole) This year we added two LaFames to the crew: the unstoppable Emma, and Juan Diego, who managed to complete all three days with barely a scrape to prove he was there. Brad was back minus...
The last time just the three of us (Andy, Brent & Cristina) attempted a canyon (Little Sedgers), we almost lost Andy to hypothermia in a keeper pothole. The last time we did Quandary (James, Andy & Cristina), I lost all of my hand skin and...
Trip Report (trip report created 6 years after trip, so details are a lacking a little) We had a larger group with us this year. James, Laura and Amanda came from Greeley. Rafael and his GF came in from Denver. Brad, Emily and I drove together. And,...