Maple Canyon - The Pipe Dream

Our first week in Maple Canyon has been pretty awesome! It has been pretty rough getting in shape for the pure endurance routes here (see photos!). Our fitness has started to get to the point where we can actually start trying things in the Pipe Dream Cave - you must be in "Pipe Dream Shape" according to the guide. The guide states that Dream Pipe will "reward the fit and punish the flabby". The Dream Pipe is home to numerous STEEP 5.13 and 5.14s ranging from 20 to 30 bolts long - 100 feet or so of upside down climbing....Getting ridiculously pumped is the name of the game here.

no hands rest on Sprout 5.13a

"full on double knee bar"

the entrance to Box Canyon

resting after massive amounts of steep climbing

Sprout 5.13a (photo: John Cooper)

Pipe Dream head wall - yup, still steep....(photo: John Cooper)

Prepped for battle