The Dawn Wall

One uplifting story in the news right now is a couple of professional rock climbers climbing on Yosemite's El Cap wall.  The route is called the Dawn Wall and is considered by most in the rock climbing community as the hardest rock climb ever.  They have been on the side of this rock face for over two weeks now with no place to walk around, only sit and climb.  The feat is incredible.  I have been up El Cap once with a couple of good friends.  It was a very memorable experience in my life. It was a route called the Salathe Wall and it took 5 days.  We used mostly a different climbing technique called aid climbing because suffice to say we were not strong enough to climb most of the route with our own hands and feet.  One of the professional climbers on the Dawn Wall climbed the entire route my friends and I took 5 days to climb in less than a day.  Anyhow this route they are doing right now cannot really even be compared to the Salathe Wall.  But check out the story http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140111-interview-kevin-jorgeson-dawn-wall-yosemite-adventure/  The main reason I am blogging about this is that most people reading this are not climbers, they are pilots.  Sometimes as pilots we wish others could understand and have the same experiences that we have.  Sometimes people are interested and sometimes not.   One reason Colorado Backcountry Flying was started is for this reason.  I love the backcountry, the adventure, and the experience.  And I want to share it with others, some will be interested and some won't.  Those interested will be changed, just like I have been.