On Sunday, I was without a spare CV so Jamie and I went solo to do just Poison Spider and stay fairly close to civilization, but in a moment of irrationality, decided to do the whole 7-hour "Trifecta" of Poison Spider, Golden Spike, and Gold Bar Rim. Except for a couple of Farabee rentals and some dirt bike, we had the trail to ourselves and made very good time. We finally ran into a large party at the Golden Crack, who had come in from the other side. It was very compforting to have company for the rest of the trail.


Monday morning, we spent getting a bent tie rod straightened and sleeved. After lunch we joined back up with the Albuquerque group to do Hell's Revenge:





Here is some of the action on Hell's Gate:


...and in the Devil's Hot Tub:

We didn't make it and had to winch out.