Photos by lossinsantafe

These old pictographs have long since been desecrated by drinking teenagers who have scratched names directly over them. If that wasn't bad enough, the whole cave was covered in chalk, some of which were directly on top of pictographs. I'm posting these in the hope that we can raise awareness that NOONE should climb on anything of historical signifigance. I cleaned off most of the chalk where it wouldn't affect the pictographs, but much remains.

Some of the hands are no longer visible due to climbers scraping off the top layer of rock with their shoes, please respect what was there before you.

making my way across some younger sandstone, great pockets and pinchers at the end on the left

moving past the crux on the traverse, watching for choss to fly in my face.

Getting solid footing and hands to top of crack to make the monkey swing crux, a jutted out sloper with room for one.

Shot was taken slightly early, but the crux is a swing to the one handed sloper, then other hand immediately into off width crack (not visible due to angle)

left foot in toe pocket, right foot smear, left hand on slight positive hold, right hand opposing weight in crack...

These were drilled about 4 feet off the ground, on a section directly over a pool from the stream.

Just practicing some traverses off the US160.