Shoshoni to Apache - the so called Kasparov Traverse. Great fun with something for everyone. I needed to keep moving and age being what it is, I only climbed the White Knight. Not having a rope means you do have to find a way around the short rap off the last Chessman to get to the saddle where the final climb of the north ridge begins. Not hard, just took a while to find it. The descent from the summiit of Apache to Isabelle Lake is long and tedious. Round trip took me about 10 hours.
CAL TOPO MAP - CRATER LAKE, PAWNEE PASS REGION
SUNRISE ON THE HIKE TO PAWNEE PASS
LOOKING DOWN TO ISABELLE LAKE FROM THE PAWNEE PASS TRAIL
MORE SUNRISE SHOTS ON THE WAY TO PAWNEE PASS, INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS
MORE SUNRISE SHOTS ON THE WAY TO PAWNEE PASS, INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS
SUNRISE VIEW OF NAVAJO AND SHOSHONI FROM PAWNEE PASS TRAIL
FULL VIEW OF THE DESCENT OFF OF APACHE
A PARTIAL VIEW OF THE DESCENT OFF OF APACHE
SHOSHONI AND THE UPPER SECTION OF THE TRAIL TO PAWNEE PASS
LOOKING OVER AT SHOSHONI FROM THE UPPER SECTION OF THE PAWNEE PASS TRAIL
VIEW NORTH FROM PAWNEE PASS
INTERESTING VIEW FROM THE TOP OF A SMALL RISE ABOVE PAWNEE PASS
MORE VIEWS OF THE COMPLEX TERRAIN ON THE WEST SIDE OF PAWNEE PASS
COMPLEX TERRAIN ON THE WEST SIDE OF PAWNEE PASS
ONE OF THE FEW BOULDERING HOPPING SECTIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAVERSE
LOOKING OVER AT IROQUOIS AND HOPI FROM SHOSHONI
BIGGER VIEW WEST FROM THE MEADOWS ON THE SUMMIT RIDGE OF SHOSHONI
APPROX ROUTE I TOOK ON THE TRAVERSE FROM SHOSHONI TO APACHE
A MORE DETAILED VIEW OF THE TRAVERSE FROM SHOSHONI TO APACHE
THE FIRST LITTLE FALSE SUMMIT THAT MARKS THE END OF THE EASY TERRAIN AND THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAVERSE
LOOKING OVER AT THE MOHLING TRAVERSE AND CRATER LAKE
LOOKING NORTH TO RMNP
A BETTER VIEW OF THE TRAVERSE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE DOWNCLIMB
THE 'WHITE KNIGHT' FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE DOWNCLIMB
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE 'WHITE KNIGHT' FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE DOWNCLIMB
LOOKING BACK AT THE LONG DOWN CLIMB THE MARKS THE START OF THE TRAVERSE
SUMMIT VIEW FROM THE 'WHITE KNIGHT'
LOOKING BACK AT THE START OF THE TRAVERSE FROM THE 'WHITE KNIGHT'
LONG'S PEAK FROM THE 'WHITE KNIGHT'
LOOKING UP AT THE ROUTE TAKEN TO GET UP THE 'WHITE KNIGHT'
THE ROOK
THE BISHOP'S SCEPTER AND THE BLACK KNIGHT
ANOTHER VIEW OFTHE BISHOP'S SCEPTER AND THE BLACK KNIGHT
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE ROOK
THE KING AND THE KING'S PAWN