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North Six Shooter


Desert Towers, Utah, USA


Trip Report
First Weeks Out. GLORY!!!! +VIDEO
Saturday March 21, 2015 7:51pm
Well, I took a couple classes early at the local community college and I was able to skip a whole trimester... and get a diploma!!! So, no more high school for the whitemeat, no more pointless learning about things I will never use, and no more boredom for 5 70 minute periods a day!

So my last day was friday, and i drove out to the Utah splitter land on saterday.... thats what this TR is about, my first 2 weeks in the "real world" climbing splitters and hangen with the coolest folks around!

I was lucky enough to have a badass, awesome, experienced, and rad partner show me around for a week or so.. this guy has the name of Jim Donini. he took me around the desert and showed me around, brought me up my first tower, and even gave me the opportunity to climb some ice!

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driven to the creek
driven to the creek
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SPLITTERS!!!!


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sando at the base of technicolor wall.
sando at the base of technicolor wall.
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Jim walking up to the castleton tower!
Jim walking up to the castleton tower!
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Jim sending
Jim sending
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Now, the ouray ice park!

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READY to climb some ice!
READY to climb some ice!
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OUGH!
OUGH!
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Then Jim took me to the black canyon to just look, but no climbing this trip, next time! I don't have any pictures that will upload to this site though :( sorry!

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me leading crack attack!
me leading crack attack!
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hangen around the campfire!
hangen around the campfire!
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north six shooter!
north six shooter!
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tayler up on lightning bolt cracks!
tayler up on lightning bolt cracks!
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on the top! great freaking view!
on the top! great freaking view!
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indian creek is RAD!!
indian creek is RAD!!
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fish tacos
fish tacos
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Cool camp site!
Cool camp site!
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this is the video I made of the lightning bolt cracks on north six shooter!

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Well, thats it for now, I am hanging out with my brother in fort collins CO... We are climbing local and may take some trips to vedavoo or eldo.. hit me up if you want to climb! OOOGGGHHH!!

See you all in the real world!

PS: I haven't taken a shower sense I graduated high school a couple weeks ago! Woohoo!!!

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whitemeat
About the Author
whitemeat is a trad climber from San Luis Obispo, CA.

Comments
SC seagoat

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, Bozeman, the ocean, or ?
  Mar 21, 2015 - 08:46pm PT
No shower. TMI
"Saterdays" are great! Now you'll have nothing but.

You're l iving the dream...loved your pics and especially the vid of Six Shooter. A classic. The music was great. You are good at that vid stuff.

Perhaps we'll bump into each other in the high desert sometime this spring.


Susan
Evel

Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
  Mar 21, 2015 - 08:51pm PT
Strong work lad! While you're in the area you owe it to yourself to come get on Country Club Crack and its neighbor Athletes Feat. And be sure to check out the Splatt!
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
  Mar 21, 2015 - 09:51pm PT
Nice job guys. If I had it all to do over again your path might be the one I took.
Flip Flop

climber
Earth Planet, Universe
  Mar 21, 2015 - 10:13pm PT
And stay out!
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
  Mar 21, 2015 - 10:33pm PT

Travel and drink in the special world of the wide open spaces a great TR
And a fun read.



Uh how many times have I spelled Jim's last name wrong ?no soup for me!
Sorry Donini
snowhazed

Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
  Mar 21, 2015 - 11:39pm PT
you just got the IC level up
climbski2

Mountain climber
The Ocean
  Mar 21, 2015 - 11:56pm PT
Absolutely loved the vid. Especially the "It got awkward" had me giggling too. Would love to hear more about your time climbing with JD. I'm sure that had to be pretty cool.
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Mar 22, 2015 - 03:23am PT
frigging awesome Meat!!!
And you got to climb with THE Jim Donini,
Way cool!!!
Kalimon

Social climber
Ridgway, CO
  Mar 22, 2015 - 08:53am PT
Way to be Whmeat! Your priorities are in order . . . maybe Liquid Sky next time you're at the Sixshooter.

Have fun, be safe.
lars johansen

Trad climber
West Marin, CA
  Mar 22, 2015 - 09:54am PT
Video rocks! You may have found your calling.-lars
L

climber
Just livin' the dream
  Mar 22, 2015 - 11:14am PT
Excellent TR, as usual, Whitemeat.

Loved the video...And then things got awkward....had me rolling on the floor.

Keep postin' and livin' your dream!
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
  Mar 22, 2015 - 11:52am PT
Gettin' lost and found by donini...such fortune comes but to the worthy.

LET FREED, um, RING!

Wiser and bolder you are becoming as you grow older, right before our tired eyes.

You guys looked like Beavis & Butthead at their awkward stage, IMO.

Keep on splittin' and hangen like you been doin'...pretty soon you'll be a-shewin' everybody up.

Thanks for the TR--abbreviated or not, it was a good look-see into a young man's mind.

Russ Walling

Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
  Mar 22, 2015 - 12:01pm PT
MEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
steveA

Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
  Mar 22, 2015 - 12:56pm PT
Your living the good life. Keep it up while you can, but don't forget to have a plan for the future, when you get old.

Your buddy, Jim Donini had a plan for the future, and that is why he is still living the good life. Great TR as well.

( J.D. was my host on my 1st visit to the Creek.)
Jaysen

Big Wall climber
NYC
  Mar 22, 2015 - 08:43pm PT
Mickey, your music taste is awful and spelling still unreadable, the only other thing that hasnt changed is the STOKE. MONKEYS ARE SENDING
Peter Haan

Trad climber
Wyoming
  Mar 22, 2015 - 08:54pm PT
You're a great young enthusiast and your threads are wonderful. Thanks tons for the terrific stoke you always share! Uplifting to all.
jonnyrig

climber
  Mar 24, 2015 - 08:52am PT
Congrats on the diploma. Looks like you're having fun out there in the vertical world as well. Nice!
John M

climber
  Mar 24, 2015 - 09:11am PT
And then things got awkward… LOL.. you got the right attitude. Long live the stoke!
briham89

Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
  Mar 24, 2015 - 09:22am PT
OOOOOUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Jones in LA

Mountain climber
Tarzana, California
  Mar 24, 2015 - 12:17pm PT
Woo hoo! Go Meat!

Rich Jones
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
  Mar 24, 2015 - 12:26pm PT
So sick Mickey!! Glad to see you out there having fun buddy!!

You should come up north this summer and dirtbag it up! I'll show you around and introduce you to the right people. You'll be ripping up Squamish in no time! Might even have some work for ya if you can snag a visa.
steelmnkey

climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
  Mar 24, 2015 - 12:36pm PT
GO MEAT!!!!!
guyman

Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
  Mar 24, 2015 - 02:52pm PT
Whitemeat.... way to go get after IT.

hope to run into you someday.
SC seagoat

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, Bozeman, the ocean, or ?
  Mar 24, 2015 - 02:54pm PT
Meat Man....are you in the Moab area yet? I'll be there by the weekend.
If you are please stay in contact and stop by. You can have a shower after I hose you off first.


susan
johntp

Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
  Mar 24, 2015 - 02:58pm PT
I guess teenagers no longer need to go to college or work. Poor bastards.

Go man go!
Grippa

Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
  Mar 24, 2015 - 03:51pm PT
f0ck ya!
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
  Mar 24, 2015 - 09:37pm PT
Great hanging out with you dude! I see alpinisim in your future. Rib healed, the Black beckons.
telemon01

Trad climber
Montana
  Mar 24, 2015 - 04:43pm PT

The Whitemeat Cometh
melski

Trad climber
bytheriver
  Apr 24, 2015 - 12:33pm PT
the Black beckons the White ???? way to live the Life...
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North Six Shooter - Lightning Bolt Cracks 5.11b - Desert Towers, Utah, USA. Click to Enlarge
The climbing route as seen from the base.
Photo: Dougald MacDonald