Hiking - Part 49

Rock Climbers

The subjects of today's post are not just hikers.  They are a group of serious rock climbers who have a tradition of climbing peaks and rock formations naked.  The tradition was started by Noah "Gotsteez" Gostout, seen above atop Warbonnet, Cirque of the Towers, Wyoming.

This is Monster Tower in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

And here are Dan Rothberg, David Fay and Drew Thayer atop Monster Tower.  That's what I mean when I say they are serious rock climbers.  This and all the following photos are from the blog carrotsandpb.blogspot.com by Drew Thayer.  (You'll find lots of mountaineering photos there, too, but these are the only nude ones.)

Dan and David atop Standing Rock, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, another vertical tower.  The summit is only about 20 feet square.

Ascending Argon Tower, Arches National Park, Utah.

Dan Rothberg on Lone Peak, Utah.

Dan on the summit of Lone Peak.

John Collis in the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming.

We end with David Fay in the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming.  Are his cheeks rosy from the cold?