2 More complete (Church/Donaldson) only 2 to go.

We met a group of 8 people from Boise to Burley for this climb. 2 peaks, 8 miles, 5500 ft elevation gain and over 9 hours of entertainment.

Below are a few pics and recap of the journey.

Here is a picture of the 2 peaks we climbed. The one on the right of the picture is Mt Donaldson the one on the left in the shadows is Mt Church.The route to the saddle climbs right up the middle angling to the right.



Here is a picture I got from the web that shows the route up through the cliffs/scree to the top of the saddle.



Garrett showing me the way up the "stairs"


Here he is showing me a shortcut to the top of Donaldson. The picture makes it look steep... it was :)


This is Garrett on top of Donaldson #6


Here is a picture of Garret and our local sherpa guide Kerry on top of Church. This was Kerry's 9th and final 12er!It was Garretts 7th.We met Kerry and a group of 8 people the night before our hike. Garrett out hiked all of them. He was quite the celebrity on the hill as everyone had to have their picture with the 9 year old that was climbing these big mountains.


Here is Garrett helping me down the scary ridge from Church


I loved this pic. Garrett is doing a fun scramble back up to the ridge on Church. Look close he is half way up the cliff.


Here Garrett is making sure I don't get out of control on our scree slide down to the rock skipping pond.


This is a cabin in the mouth of the drainage leading up to Church (N Fork of Jones Creek??). I sure wish I knew the history of it.





Click Here for a link to all the picture we took during the climb.

GPX Link - Here is a link to download the GPX tracks if you want it.

KML Link - Here is a link to download the Google Earth tracks.

Only 2 more peaks to go... Its going to be tough to get them done before school starts, wish us luck.