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Smoke's Rock Course

Buttermilking basics
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  • Smoke's stuff

    Smoke's stuff

    A string and all

  • Doug starts out

    Doug starts out

    Shakedown moves

  • Eva follows closely behind

    Eva follows closely behind

    It was real climbing right away

  • Moving through the course as a team

    Moving through the course as a team

    Spotting and coaching is the invisible rope used on the course

  • Marty Hornick contemplates the Flying Squirrel move

    Marty Hornick contemplates the Flying Squirrel move

    I knew he would do it at this point, so I waited for the leap

  • Alchemy of Action

    Alchemy of Action

    Marty commits

  • The Rubber Tester

    The Rubber Tester

    Nancy puts new technology to an old test

  • Burrowing through the landscape

    Burrowing through the landscape

    So many moves

  • Doug downclimbs

    Doug downclimbs

    Leading the way, making it look easy, Doug keeps tensions low

  • Reckoning

    Reckoning

    In agreement

  • Moving into the Faucet

    Moving into the Faucet

    Old school technique on improbable moves

  • Classic Buttermilker

    Classic Buttermilker

    An iconic move

  • In his element

    In his element

    Surveying the territory

  • Moving through the creases

    Moving through the creases

    Like children at the playground, we followed one and other into and through the crumbling granite rockscape

  • A hallway

    A hallway

    Granite Lane

  • Curiosity

    Curiosity

    This seemed a prerequisite for becoming a Buttermilker, the desire to go have a look

  • Entering the Charcoal Chimney

    Entering the Charcoal Chimney

    Smoke said that this was once filled with guano that caught on fire from a lightning strike and it burned for days.

  • Eva following suit

    Eva following suit

    Up into the Charcoal Chimney

  • Marty reaching

    Marty reaching

    Corridor climbing

  • Gaining the Charcoal Chimney

    Gaining the Charcoal Chimney

    Marty makes the move

  • Oh the places you'll go

    Oh the places you'll go

    A surprisingly easy passage

  • Inside

    Inside

    Little space

  • The many faces of Buttermilking

    The many faces of Buttermilking

    Nancy said she was having fun, but there was gravel falling in her eyes

  • Marty

    Marty

    Gaining the Skin Diver

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    Entering the Charcoal Chimney
    Eva following suit
    Marty reaching